The rain. What Does it mean for our growth?

If you follow city and county government, you KNOW that the population of our area is GOING TO INCREASE by over a 100% in the next few years. We’ll go from 35,000 people to 80,000. Therefore we must plan for the future by limiting traffic, building light rail, and having plenty of quick serve restaurants to …

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Do We Really Want a Diversified Economy?

A friend of ours was visiting with a long-time Park City resident. He, like many of the people who have lived in Park City since the 1960’s, talk about how it’s not the same place it used to be. He goes a step further, though. When people ask him if they should move to Park …

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More Info On Skiing Industry Since 2010

Yesterday we took a look at visitor nights in Park City.  It showed that since 2010, visitor nights were down in December, February, March, and April. Today, we look at skier days in Park City since 2010. Again, skier days are down about 4.5% since 2010. We are not exactly sure how this jibes with …

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Is Park City’s Ski Industry Slowing Down?

We know what you are thinking. Vail is coming into Park City and that means ski growth is going through the roof. They don’t make stupid investments! Remember, though, Vail is really a development company that runs some mountains. So, when we looked at this chart of Park City visitor nights by month (2010-present), it …

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