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Citizen Rails Against PC CAPS Program
In Tuesday’s Park City School Board meeting, a citizen who represents some members of the Park City High School PTO and Community Council spoke very critically about the school’s PC CAPS program. Her main issues were: Seems to be claims by parents and students that haven’t been followed up by the school district Enrollment is flat, …
Question: How Do You Know If Our Weather Is Changing?
We were having drinks last night with good friends and the topic of the “future of the Wasatch” came up. We made the comment that growth may be a moot point due to weather. We cited Utah Atmospheric Professor Jim Steenburgh and his opinion that warmer temperatures are on the way, cross country skiing is …
How Fast is Summit County Growing? Really Fast? Are You Sure?
There’s a saying, “if you repeat something long enough, soon everyone will believe it.” We are starting to see his point when it comes to population growth in Summit County. It seems like a day doesn’t go by when we here that “Park City’s population will double by 2040” or “Summit County will have 100,000 …
If the County and City Ban Plastic Bags, They Should Ban Paper Bags Too
This morning, Recycle Utah’s Insa Riepen was on KPCW talking about recycling. She mentioned that the Town of Vail (in Colorado) has banned all single use plastic bags and is continuing her push for our area to do the same. This was proposed a few years ago and promptly died over concerns of how it …
Funniest Thing We’ve Seen in Park City In a While
Yes, we’ll answer the question you have been probably asking yourself… This car is for sale. Just $10,000. So, if this screams “dream car” to you. Keep your eyes open as you drive around the Basin. You won’t be able to miss it.
Sale of Brighton Ski Resort Will Likely Tell Us a lot About Where Our Mountains Are Headed
A Friend of the Park Rag tipped us off to a story in the Salt Lake Tribune about the parent company of Brighton (and 16 other ski resorts) selling their holdings. Our thoughts quickly jumped to who would buy it. Would it be someone we know like Vail, Deer Valley, or John Cumming? Would it be some …
As Heard Around Town At Least 10 Times This Weekend…
“No way our ski resorts will stay open until April 12th.” If we get a few more days of 65 degree weather, it should be interesting. Our opinion is that Vail will stay open exactly as long as it needs to stay open. That, of course, could be tomorrow.
New Whole Foods Will Test General Plan’s “No New Entitlements” Policy
The Snyderville Basin General Plan Phase 2 is moving through the County approval process. The General Plan defines how citizens believe development and growth should occur in the Basin. It defines everything from our desire for open space to a focus on trails to limits on big box stores. One of the most interesting aspects is Policy …
Sally Elliott and John Hanrahan Lead Efforts to Start School Later in the Day
We were filming a meeting of the Park City School’s Master Planning Committee when someone mentioned that Sally Elliott, former County Council member and prominent member of our community, had sent emails requesting that citizens sign a petition to start a discussion on whether Park City High School and Treasure Mountain School should start later in …
Mountain Accord Not Ready for EPA’s Evaluation
We received an email from a Friend of the Park Rag. The person had attended a National Environmental Protection Agency (NEPA) Meeting that had discussion related to Mountain Accord. Here are the comments: Lots of great info and conversations at Tuesday’s NEPA meeting. Federal Highway man Harold Peaks said the Mountain Accord is definitely NOT …
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