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The Mountain Accord Still Makes Me Shake My Head Sometimes
I’ve heard through the grapevine that the Mountain Accord process appears to be headed in the right direction. I’m still filing that in the “I’ll believe it when I see it” folder. That said, sometimes you have to trust people in the know that say things are getting better with the organization. Then you get an …
Planning on Skiing Alta or Snowbird Tomorrow (1/13)? Ride the Bus for Free.
UTA is offering free bus service up Little Cottonwood Canyon on Wednesday 1/13. In addition, for every person riding the bus or carpool (4 people per car), Mountain Accord will donate $1 to an organization called Protect Our Winters (POW). If you are headed up you may want to give the bus a try and …
PSA: Give Yourself Plenty of Time in Evanston
If you are one of the hundreds thousands of Utahns headed up to Wyoming to pick some numbers in the hopes of becoming Park City’s first ninth billionaire, give yourself some extra time (or go really early). It is like the Sundance Film Festival hit our poor friends to the north. Reports are there are lines 50-100 …
East Creek Ranch Is Better Than Thought
We’ve poked a little fun at East Creek Ranch over the years… from one of their houses in an ad looking like a polygamist compound to questioning the location. This weekend, I had an opportunity to drive around their site that now sports 10-20 homes (in the open area just west of Bells’ gas station). While I’m …
Anyone Want to Bet What the Kimball Junction Transit Center will Ultimately Cost?
Sometimes when I’m following news events around Park City, it reminds me of the book 1984. A key theme is that “We have always been at war with Eastasia” until they are no longer at war with Eastasia and then the statement becomes, “We have always been at war with Eurasia.” No one stops to …
Oh the Carnage!
Only one day of off-leash dogs being legal in Round Valley and the death and destruction has already started. We found this skull on the trail. My 3 year old and I debated whether it was dinosaur or human…
Are People Moving In Or Out of Utah?
One of the trends I try to follow is whether people are moving to Utah or whether they are leaving. This is important because it helps to tell us about what kind of growth we’ll see in Summit County. If more people are migrating to Utah, this puts more pressure on us here around Park City, because it …
Park City Sucks
In late December I wrote a column on how Park City may have made a big mistake by letting Vail use the term Park City for their ski resort. Since that time I’ve done research, thought more about the topic, and frankly become more upset that our community is now forever tied to a Vail ski resort name. …
Elected Officials Please Don’t Spread False Information
While I know most elected officials try to get it right, when they don’t, and you know they don’t, it calls into question all of the decisions they make. The most recent example was this morning on KPCW. KPCW’s Leslie Thatcher was interviewing Park City council members about yesterday’s city council meeting on Round Valley as an …
Save $20 to $40 a Month on Your Electric Bill
Most people are looking for ways to cut back and not waste money. While some people may be aware of a strategy for cutting your electric bill, I stumbled into this one during Christmas. We put our heat tape on our house (keeps the ice dams from building up on the north side of our …
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