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RAMP Sports appears to have jumped into the abyss
Local Park City ski, board, and long board maker RAMP Sports appears to have closed up shop. The company’s facility, that used to be near the Home Depot, now sports a “For Lease” sign. According to a Facebook post by a sponsored skier, the company had an investor pull out. That’s too bad for a company who …
Park City is No Longer Vail’s Largest Ski Property — Vail to Buy Whistler Blackcomb
Vail is on a buying spree. Today they announced they are buying 100% of the stock of Whistler Blackcomb, North America’s largest ski resort (by acreage). It has also been named the top ski resort in north america by Ski Magazine for 3 of the last 4 years. According to Forbes, “Specifically Vail Resorts announced …
We miss the Park Record’s online comments
With the most recent changes to the Park Record’s website, they effectively killed their comments. They now require a facebook account to add a comment, which of course removes the possibility of anonymous comments. We think that’s a shame. It’s true that we always felt we were wading through 90% of crud to get to the 10% …
Don’t Raise Our Taxes! Raise the Park City Resorts’ Taxes.
You may have heard that Park City and Summit County governments are gung-ho about raising taxes related to “solving” transportation problems. We understand their passion. A few times each year, and on the occasional Saturday, traffic backs up from Sidewinder Drive to Summit Park. It must be solved… we guess. According to the Park Record, Park …
I’m sorry…
It was one of those mornings. I “walk my kids” at Gorgoza along with our nine month old puppy. Today, my 4 year old wanted me to tell him the story about how I “swam with ducks” in the Gorgoza pond. I faithfully obliged but then wasn’t paying attention to the dog. She spotted a …
Lead in our Park City soil may not be harmful
When we moved to Park City years ago, we heard all about the “lead contaminated” soil in Prospector. It was one of the reasons we weren’t too excited to look for homes in the Prospector area. Since that time, we continue to hear about all of Park City’s lead problems. The soil on school ground on …
This Summit County Fair Ad is Fabulous!
We love the Summit County Fair. From the Demolition Derby to just walking around and talking with your neighbors at the fairgrounds in Coalville, it’s a great experience. If you haven’t gone, we’d recommend trying it this year. If you need more convincing, just look at the ad below. We love it.
How many more multi million dollar homes do we need?
We saw a story in the online magazine The Observer entitled, “Live Like It’s Always Sundance at This Chic New Park City Development.” When we read the following line in the article, we took notice, “Those who happen to adore the locale not just for that celebrity-infested period in January might want to check out developer Columbus …
The problem with surveys…
We remember when we first started following the Snyderville Basin Planning Commission, they were discussing an update to the General Plan. The General Plan guides what development should be allowed. Repeatedly, a survey from a few years before, where a hundred residents showed up, and completed some sort of activity, that then ranked the top priorities, was …
Park City School District and Associate Superintendent are parting ways; agree to $200,000+ Severance
On the 13th of July, The Park City Board of Education and Associate Superintendent Tom Van Gorder entered into a “Severance, Waiver, and Release” agreement. The agreement conveys that: Mr Van Gorder’s tenure with the district will end on 8/31/2016 The District will pay up to $200,000 to purchase retirement service credit for Mr Van Gorder The …
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