Entries Published On September, 2014
Cathy Clark Has Left Friends of Animals
We heard some unfortunate news today. It appears within the last couple of days Cathy Clark has resigned from Friends of Animal Utah. Cathy had been Director of Operations for a number of years.
Can Park City Be a Little Less Condescending Toward Summit County?
Throughout the debate of whether the Park City Film studio should be built at Quinn’s Junction that culminated in 2012, we continued to hear that Park City needed to annex film studio land into the city, so that the city’s development codes could be used. The implication was that Summit County would have somehow allowed a monstrosity to be built while Park City would use its strict design guidelines to help create the next Taj Mahal.
Film Studio Timeline
In case you were wondering what Park City Film Studios means when they say the project is “anticipated to remain on schedule,” we were doing research on the Film Studio and came across a “phasing timeline” which states when various elements of the Park City Film Studio are supposed to be done.
Interesting… As Game of Thrones often says, winter is coming.
Ski Magazine’s Review of PCMR Explains Exactly Why We Should Be Thankful Vail Bought the Place
The middle part of this review sums it up. Bad parking, old ski lifts, dreadful dining, and lack of creature comforts. Give it 3 years and let’s see what the review says. Our bet is Canyons/PCMR is vying for #2 with Deer Valley.
More info on Park Rag… and Come Write With Us.
We’ve received some great feedback over the past few weeks and wanted to let you know about some changes at Park Rag. First, if you want to know more about who we are, why we are doing this, what our history is, and what we are trying to accomplish please check out our About Park …
Why the Game Lemonade Stand Still Makes Me Wonder Who Will Get Screwed on Vail Sales Tax Revenues
Remember the old computer game Lemonade Stand? Nostalgia. Now, let’s use that to demonstrate why there still isn’t a good explanation of how Epic Pass taxes will be divvied up between Summit County and Park City. In Lemonade Stand, you make choices about prices and marketing to achieve success in the sugar-water business. Let’s complicate …
Park City is Paying 60% Commission on Ad Sales at The Ice Rink?
If you’re a local real estate agent your commission is probably 1%-2% of your next transaction. If you sell cars, you’ll probably get 25%-30% of the profit on your next sale. If you are doing general sales work, pounding the pavement, you’ll likely receive 30%-40% commission on your next deal. If you have the contract …
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Just wanted to thank the person who just helped with the “Submit A Tip Page”. We really appreciate the feedback.
This Week’s Summit County Manager’s Report (one of the best sources of info of what’s happening in Summit County government).
The Summit County Manager’s Report is published every 1-2 weeks and tells you what your Summit County government departments are working on. It includes information about everything from planning applications to legal matters. There is usually something interesting included. http://summitcounty.org/DocumentCenter/View/927
Are Park City’s kids college ready? Better than most but not perfect.
The Park City School District published the 2014 College Readiness Letter from ACT, an organization that provides a standardized test used by many colleges as a factor in admittance. The really encouraging news is that Park City students were about 25% more prepared for college classwork than their counterparts in other Utah schools. The results varied from 88% of students being college …
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