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Show ‘November 2, 1999 Cauiiee: oe srowth 1 a fire. A ee fire. , The county, however, is using the 1953 add-on of the North School to house the Parks and Recreation offices, plus a few community education classes and aero- Last year, the school board held a public In the past few years, Heber City has © - begun to make great strides towards revitalizing its downtown and business dis— trict. Studies and plans have been drawn up to create a pedestrian-friendly envi- meeting to get input on what the com- munity wanted to see happen with the overwhelming North School. The response was to turn the school into a ronment, and last summer, the Utah ‘Transportation Commission was in town community center, which McMullen, since to hold a public meeting on funding for the reparation of the tattered state of Heber’s Main Street. If ever the time was right for the North School to rise again, it is now. address the school board and get their approval to move on the project. McMullen her is serious is good for next step the a catch. Even ‘though the — with North School is a public building located within the city of Heber, its not owned by the city. Its owned by the school district, a county entity, and neither the district nor the county has plans for the agencies looking out its plans for the building and to get er; a place that offers historical and nostalgic significance, too. a revitalization project would have to be raised. Even with all these steps ahead of © successfully revamp the North Maybe before the Olympics. funding and assistance.. McMullen has escorted state officials around the mostlypaved grounds of the North School and through the building. a has shown interest. ‘way to keep the historic heart of Heber. esae . so there would always be activity and a nostalgic feeling,” McMullen says of her hopes for the project. “It’s a jewel ° in thecenter of the community.” % meeting rooms, art facilities, and possibly a sf a 2 — came in,” . says “Revitalize and renovate. It would be a School. McMullen would like to see the North . School become a community center, with ° a AT&T n eee & — _ Wasatch a someone like McMullen. her, McMullen has no doubt that she can_ for’ Send Yo Courier offers to print. -~announcements— free of ch large u r: re uary OW yn ~ eeddin and goin to (435) 654-2531 fax \ | — for the building. And finally, funding for ~ rr The While it is a es project,‘cae the North School were to be revitalized prior to the Olympics, corporate sponsors renting space within the structure could potentially fund much of the renovation project with their rental fees. “Imagine if _from the community on what they want numerous historic preserva- tion societies and room for a library and for a museum. A familiar place where the town could gath- even be revitalized, public input meetings would have to be held to gather feedback is to about saving Now the real work starts. First McMullen must approach the school board to find the okay to look for funding for just the feasibility study, the second step. Once McMullen finds out if the building could North School. She has already been in contact But there’s CT putting history y Sometimes that meant aside to make way for progress. bics classes, but no one is occupying the 90+ year old; 16,000 square foot main building, which is the nee amaprce__ sive part of the school. Mah that meant removing hazardous eye-sores. ir ered to be best for the financially-ailing community as a whole; sometimes that meant tearing down the old and building new structures in their place. Sometimes building as ’ ernment officials who haeodl these ce sions on what was, at the time, consid- 23,000square foot sandstone of now. Tira TINT he page 18 - Rb y E SCHOOL continued from are | NORTH che rooms inside the North School School is over 23000 square feet. ’ While not in use at the present huge; usuable space in the igi Te i a ry : Mba ] Terrie © "WASATCH COUNTY COURIER _ conten and ives OF you FaMhes iN our cOMMUNITY. _Wasatch School District is looking for volunteers to. help with Spanish. translation. If you are bilingual, we would love to add you | to our list of school volunteers. Many new students do not speak English. Your assistance could vary from help in the classroom and parent conferences, to phone calls to. parents who do not speak English. If you are interested, please contact the Wasatch School District Special Programs. Office at 654-1478. ee (oe (ee ofa la" gies wsles NOW IN STOCK Excellent — Le By Holiday Gift Selection # be Wonderful Gifts ‘¢ Framed Prints % Home Accessories %# Country Furniture Many Clearance Items 20-50% off 120 ey esac cree sz SS ae iiw ios) ew iia iia! iw var Lo |e lie |lalio |e ww} he | te an rs te fn ee ee ae Tritt : si sae Le. tSaeoe! i | t ‘ge | Pw Saviavings tems ee apaar aesreat ais ecoratin Sy 2.Leae| : # ak . Peers tT wi ed os TT | Le Trevi [eI wii mes |