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Please Just Tell It Like It Is… The Citizens of Park City and Summit County are Paying For Our Leaders’ Trips to Switzerland
In Wednesday’s Park Record, an article discusses Summit County and Park City officials going to Switzerland to learn about trains and gondolas. While we are sure we’ll have more to say about that, what really irks right now is a statement attributed to Park City Councilman Andy Beerman. The Park Record says, “The cost [of …
The New County Manager Needs to Know He Doesn’t Work FOR the County Council
This morning on the radio, KPCW’s Leslie Thatcher interviewed Summit County’s new County Manager Tom Fisher. He seems like a very affable fellow. He made a number of good points like “I just want to step in and learn and listen and understand everything I don’t know because I don’t know a whole lot.” That …
Why Living in Park City Is So Great
You never know what is going to run by at noon on a Monday…
Is Salt Lake County Providing a Blueprint for Incorporating the Snyderville Basin?
Two years ago, the idea of making Snyderville Basin into its own city was brought up during a Summit County Council meeting. A potential name was even bantered about: Moose Valley. It’s the name that likely caused most residents in unincorporated Summit County to give pause. They would lose their “Park City” address. The upside of becoming …
Weren’t We Trying to Diversify our Local Economy?
Coming out of the Great Recession, we heard a lot about diversifying our local economy. We had to make sure that tourism wasn’t our driving force. We needed other businesses. We moved forward with ideas like the Boyer Tech Park, in order to bring Hi Tech jobs to Park City. Yet 2 years later we …
Park City School Board and the Curious Case of the Communications Conundrum
The Park City School Board had a plan. They knew they could benefit from hiring a communications specialist to help push through a new bond offering for rebuilding Treasure Mountain Junior High. The only question was whether they should hire someone full-time or to just get a consultant that could help through the bond election in …
Video of Tuesday’s Meeting on the General Plan
Below are three videos taken during Tuesday’s Snyderville Basin Planning Commission meeting regarding the General Plan. They do a good job of explaining Summit County’s ideas on planning for growth, resident’s opinions, and what the Planning Commissioners took away from the evening’s discussion. If you only have a few minutes of time, we would recommend …
Treasure Mountain Junior High School Faculty Will Be Asked For Opinions on Potential Changes
During Thursday’s Park City School District Master Planning Committee meeting, they discussed realigning grades. This means shifting which grades attend which school in Park City. For instance, the high school may become a 9-12th grade building. On Tuesday or Wednesday of next week, Treasure Mountain faculty will be asked to attend a meeting to gather their input on …
Park City School District’s Master Planning Committee is Considering Grade Realignment
The Park City School District formed a Master Planning Committee in 2014 to look at the options related to Treasure Mountain Junior High School. Many people within the school district feel that Treasure Mountain needs to be rebuilt and this committee was charged with providing a course of action (and potentially launching a bond offering …
Summit County Council Person Roger Armstrong on a Tunnel to Park City
This morning Roger Armstrong was on KPCW with Lynn Ware Peek. She asked him about the Mountain Accord and a proposed tunnel to Park City. His response was one that is likely shared by many of us in Park City. Ms Peek: Most recently we have heard this notion of a tunnel coming through from Cottonwood …
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