Entries Published On May, 2015
Live Blogging the School Board Master Planning Meeting
The Park City School Board Master Planning Committee is meeting tonight. This is the final, of 3 meeting regarding building needs in the district. I am live blogging the meeting.
Park City Citizens Have Made a Difference With Regard to Mountain Accord
Park City and Snyderville Basin residents… We salute you. On Monday, the Mountain Accord Executive Committee met to discuss comments they have received over the last few months. One of the outcomes of the meeting, according to local leader and activist Rich Wyman, who attended the session, is that the tunnel between Brighton and Park City …
Students are Learning That They Need Constant Vigilance Too
In some twist of irony it’s a little amusing that students are upset over the high school’s media center being repurposed as a location for PC CAPS. The purpose of PC CAPS is to give students real world experience. Yet, these students who are complaining about the school board making a decision look like they …
Will Student Backlash Against The Library Conversion for PC CAPS Cause the School Board to Re-Consider a PC CAPS Building?
In today’s Park there are two letters to the editor and a full article on students who oppose converting the high school library’s media center into an area for PC CAPS. The students are complaining that they weren’t consulted about the decision. What should be interesting is whether this causes the School Board, and its Master …
Summit County Needs to Treat the New Whole Foods as More Than a Grocer
This week, the Snyderville Basin Planning Commission will hear public comment on the Canyons’s Corner development, which is the parking lot across from Ruby Tuesday’s, near Walmart. The developer wants to put a new Whole Foods grocery and additional retail space on the property. The Planning Commission will be hearing from the public and potentially …
3.0 Earthquake Strikes Snyderville Basin
At 11:45 AM Saturday morning a 3.0 magnitude earthquake struck our area. The US Geological Survey says the epicenter was 7 miles north of Summit Park. Many residents reported feeling the quake with one saying “that her house shook violently” and another “It was so jarring that I first thought a truck had hit the …
General Plan Should Keep Language About No New Entitlements
On Wednesday, the Summit County Council held its first public hearing regarding the Snyderville Basin General Plan. The General Plan defines what the citizens of Summit County want to see with regard to development around the Basin. One of the hot-button items in the new plan is section 2.3 which states “Do not approve any …
Hey Whole Foods, You’re High… I Mean Too High
Next Tuesday, the Snyderville Basin Planning Commission will be looking at a project called Canyon Corners. This is development that was approved a while ago. If you are driving by Walmart towards Ecker Hill Middle School, it’s the parking lot on your right. The developer has changed their plans from a few years ago and …
What if Mountain Accord Was a New Restaurant
This morning City Council member Liza Simpson was on KPCW again saying that we need to continue to sit at the table so we can see what Mountain Accord really is. All I could think of was, “what if Mountain Accord was a restaurant in Park City?”. Would this fly? Would they get a second… …
The Utter Dominance of the Car in Commuting and How It Impacts Park City
Vox has an interesting article talking about the single-occupant car. It opens, “In small pockets of large cities around America, a growing number of people have been walking, biking, or taking public transit to work in recent years. A disproportionate focus on these cities has led advocates and journalists to celebrate the resurgence of car-free forms of …
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