A few weeks ago we received an email from a community member. They are concerned with the water usage of the Park City Nursery. Specifically, the author is worried about whether the nursery is taking more than their fair share from the river and whether they are using water efficiently. We reached out to Park …

Summit County seems hell bent on putting 600 or more units of affordable housing between Jeremy Ranch Elementary School and the Burt Brothers complex (The Cline Dale parcel). They are contemplating taking a piece of land that would have had 1 home and are now putting 600-plus homes on it. During this week’s Summit County …

Sappy? Yes. Beautiful? Yes. True? Yes. More Seattle than Park City? Yes.

Most people agree that idling vehicles are bad for our community. Every year, it seems, the Park Record comes out with an article about Park City upping enforcement of anti-idling laws. Currently Park City and Summit County have laws that say you can’t idle for more than one minute. It used to be three minutes, but …

We all know that recycling is “The everyday way to save the world.” I mean, who doesn’t want to save the world? With that in mind, we have a question for you. Which of the following can be put in your curbside recycling bin?     If you aren’t 100% confident, you aren’t alone. In a …

Every few years, the topic of banning plastic grocery bags comes up in Park City. I’ve never been a fan of the potential ban. It inherently made sense to my thick skull that plastic bags were bad and other forms of bags were better, but I could never understand how that would work for all …

According to the New York Times and Accuweather, Park City was over five degrees warmer than average in 2015. We also had 36 inches less precipitation than normal during the year. Let’s hope 2016 returns to normal.    

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 …

Over the past few years, Park City and Summit County have worked hard on sustainability. They’ve achieved semi-finalist status in the $5 million Georgetown Energy Contest. They’ve initiated group purchases of solar panels. They’ve made anti-idling ordinances stronger. I think our collective governments have made a great start at changing behaviors in our community, so much …