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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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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 …
Do You Want Manufacturing, Office Space, Townhomes, and Assisted Living Between Jeremy Ranch Elementary and Burt Brothers?
A developer is requesting input from the Planning Commission around using almost 11 acres acres of land between Jeremy Ranch Elementary School and the Burt Brothers for manufacturing, office space, an assisted living facility, and town homes. This use is not currently available via the General Plan; however, a Specially Planned Area (SPA) could be approved that would …
Park City’s Balloon Fest Is Good for the Soul
Standing in the middle of ten balloons, all getting ready to take off, you can’t help but look around. You gaze in amazement at these huge, multi-colored balloons decorated like frogs, pumpkins, and gremlins, gently lifting and ready to break their earthly bonds. Your eyes then drift to the people around you and then a little farther. Everywhere …
There is hope. You Can Still Make A Difference in Summit County
If you pay attention to events in Washington D.C., you’ll know that our congress people have an approval rating of about 10%. People look at what is going on around them and feel they have no input; no way to change the course of events. They then extrapolate that despondence onto the events they see closer to …
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