Entries Published On March, 2015
Our Hope for the School District to Relocate to the Triangle Parcel is Dead
A few months back we wrote a plea for the Park City School District to consider making a school campus on the east side of highway 40. We felt they should move the entire Kearns campus there, which would allow Park City to redo their entry corridor as they saw fit. People wrote us with …
Live Blog: Master Planning Committee Meeting
We live blogged tonight’s Park City School District Master Planning Committee meeting. This was the first meeting, of three, where citizens who wanted to be part of the process joined the committee. There actually not a lot of meat here. Our impression was that citizens were hoping to provide more input. Perhaps that will change …
Bertha’s Big Bust and Why Even Though Mountain Accord May Want A Tunnel It May Not Be That Easy
The word tunnel has taken on a different connotation since the Mountain Accord came to town. Mention the word in your local coffee shop and we bet some voices will get raised. Yet, we haven’t heard much discussion over whether a tunnel is actually feasible. It seems that people assume that since the mining industry …
We’ve Finally Found a Good Use for Kimball Junction
Can’t get enough of Kimball Junction? Wish you could spend more time aimlessly wandering the streets? Do you like to imagine you are being chased by ghosts? Well, today is your day. The fine folks at Google have made it possible to play Pac-Man using Google Maps. We don’t have a dense enough street system …
Our Proposal for Easing Traffic and Diversifying Our Economy
They say growth is coming and our traffic will only get worse. To date our local government solutions have centered around the bus… iPhone apps to tell you when the bus is arriving, transit centers to make bus connections easier, circulating buses around Kimball Junction, bus only lanes to speed by cars, more ads trying to …
How Effective is our Law Enforcement at Solving Crimes?
Today on KPCW (NPR) they reported a story called Why 1/3 of Murders Go Unresolved. Along with this story, they have a crime search tool that let’s you see how your local law enforcement is doing. We decided to search Park City and Summit County. Some of the interesting findings are that violent crime has …
We couldn’t help but chuckle this morning when we heard on KPCW that the City Council wants to bring the “funk” back to the 4th of July Parade. City Council members must have said FUNK 18 times during a meeting. What’s the definition of Funk?: We know … we know… people who live in glass …
We’ve Figured out What it Will Take To Get Us to Ride the Bus
Bus. Bus. Bus. Everywhere you turn, you hear the word “bus” when people talk about solutions to our transportation problems. Unlike 80% of the people around Park City, we have actually taken the bus. Ok, that was just once and for a story. So, what would it take for us to become regular riders? We’ve figured it …
Summit County… Please Please Please Please Please Do Not Waste Our Money on the RideAmigos Transportation App
Summit County has been looking at a number of ways to help the transportation issue around Park City. Some initiatives seem more logical than others. However, we couldn’t be more opposed to the county spending $7,000 per month on the RideAmigos.com platform (plus 20 hours from a county employee every week). What does Ride Amigos …
They Say We Need To Compromise on the Mountain Accord Tunnel. We Think We’ve Found the Compromise.
A very nice person sent through an uplifting story of human triumph, community, and determination. As one person put it, it is awe inspiring. So, if you haven’t seen this before, please take one minute to go read: They told him it was impossible. It took him a hammer, a chisel, and 22 years to prove …
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