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Show The National Enterprise, May 11, 1977 Page nineteen Water Watch Parks hurt by recession Growth patterns among Utah industrial parks may have been changed by the recent recession, according to a University of Utah researcher, and rural industrial parks may soon prosper like their urban cousins. Heres a summary of drought wide open spaces must confront Salt Lake Countys dominance of the Utah industrial park scene. The report notes the county's advantages in access to potential markets, is not mentioned elsewhere in the bureaus reports. Restric- and tenants. Wagner's park reflects this belief in the type locations, financing, availability of labor. Non- - tive covenants, says Wagner, allow' developers to be very selective about tenants, and keep out undesireable Industrial Parks by Regions Parks Acreage Companies $Acre Occupied Trackage news around the state: Salt Lake City, water officials announced a new7 crackdown on excess water In usage, and at the same time reported that voluntary water cutbacks are apparently having an effect on water usage. The county water conservancy district has asked residents to cut in half their watering of lawns, gardens, shrubs and other landscaping. The district will charge $10 per thousand gallons over the 50 percent figure, and will cut off water service in five days for of such charges, non-payme- with a $50 fee. Meanwhile, Salt Lake City water officials noted 6.7 percent less water usage than one year ago, despite 1,000 new customers hooked up in the past year. They attribute the drop to voluntary cutbacks by Figures by Bureau of Economic and Business Research v Expanding on his recent report in the Utah Economic and Business Review, Mark E. Linford says firms wishing to move into industrial parks may start looking for smaller buildings, cheaper acreage and less expensive labor, and finding those things in com- paratively rural industrial Tenants just arent parks. putting out the money they used to, says Linford. Industrial parks have not pulled out of the recent recession the way other enterprises have, he continues. Although I have not calculated an accurate vacancy rate for industrial parks, my informed impression is that it is high. He predicts the parks may soon see an upturn in sales and rentals, provided the rest of the economy continues on its present upward course. Salt Lake County parks are significantly different in structure, it notes, having a higher incidence of community-sponsored and commun-ityprivat- e facilities. Reflections of a pioneer Utah's first industrial park entrepreneur and one of its most successful, I.J. Wagner, lists a factor in the success of his first industrial park which r i-- ; . Js-- ' ' I:- v, Owens-Comin- g, Safeway, G.E., and Land values in his south Salt Lake facility have jumped 3-- citizens. In Provo, deputized water department employees will issue Linfords report suggests citations to citizens who capitalization is an important factor in park success, noting that lack of adequate capital is the most common reason for ignore lawn-waterin- restricofficials will g tions. City such water use only permit two days a week between 8 failure. i'O- - 'v V . .s j, .j declining. cated in Firms that Utahs present lo- 32 industrial parks over the past 20 years, usually did so to take advantage of fast, dependable transportation, cheap labor and good utility service, Linfords report indicates. He speculates that rural areas with these attributes could make big gains in their governindustrial ment-sponsored parks in the long run. of the Weber Basin water conservancy district are restricted in using irrigation water. Homes with even numbers are restricted to lawn and garden watering on Monday and Thursday. Those with odd numbers may only water on Tuesdays and Fridays. Watering hours on all days are restricted to 6 a.m. to 8 a.m., and 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. No restrictions have been placed on use of culinary water. In Roy, lawmen are issuing misdemeanor citations to citizens caught illegally cross- connecting culinary and irrigation water systems. Officials report finding about 100 such connections last week, and say some incidents of disease, apparently from contaminated water, have been reported. In North Ogden, city fathers even-number- ed ed gallonsminute to the city's '77T IF THE EGYPTIANS HAD KNOWN ABOUT CONCRETE, THEY WOULD HAVE USED IT. long lasting durable no maintenance better resaleHower insurance We have 50 years experience in the concrete business. Both the buildings we construct and the materials we sell will last through the ages. IM0NR0CI Congratulations to LITTLE AMERICA on the completion of their new concrete building READY-MI- PRECAST - PRESTRESS SAND BLASTING-GRISPECIAL SANDS T - GRAVEL SLAG ASPHALT . water supply beginning in 3 weeks. The county extension agent reports winter wheat production will be off at least 30 percent. 1,500 acres of winter wheat were lost to high winds in April. Pinto bean acreage, which depends on May moisture, could be cut in half. At the State Capitol, Governor Scott Matheson has allocated another $107,000 to various communities for emergency drought relief. A combined $87,000 will go to the communities of Kanab, Helper, Central, and Enterprise to drill new wells. North Emery and Huntington will get a combined $20,000 to lease additional water shares. In Cache Valley, well drillers are booked up for over a year with appointments to drill wells for customers worried about the drought. Drillers, warning of $30,000 costs and six months production time, are cautioning people against and panic rushing into g just because of the drought. well-drillin- 1730 BECK STREET Still, industrial parks in the for In Monticello, outside watering is prohibited entirely and rationing has been in effect for two weeks. Testing is underway on a new water well which could add 30 ed The industrial park market Linford peaked in 1973, says, and has now leveled off. The market is extremely competitive, and in some urban areas is saturated and In Weber County, customers odd-number- s d Signs of leveling off lawns. houses, Tuesdays and Fridays for houses, and Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays for lots larger than 5 acres. Weber County Industrial Park, a government-sponsoreenterprise, stopped exbest-capitaliz- In Nephi, 6 hours a week is the upper limit for watering days The bureaus report indicates panding in 1976, with two clients closing in early 1977. The report says only the and most widely-know- n parks, such as the Clearfield Freeport Center, failed to suffer during the past The Freeport two years. Centers vacancy rate, among the lowest in the state at one percent, still climbed to four percent in 1976. In Heber, lawn watering is restricted to 3 hours per day. are drafting an ordinance providing misdemeanor punishment for those not adhering to city watering policies. Lawn watering hours are 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Mondays and Thurs- v'J . : v including Dupont, . . -' ' a : ; 'V : ; v ' of tenants he has attracted. since 1959, from $8,000acre to $60,000acre. enterprise-sponsore- d nt a.m. and 8 p.m. P.O. BOX 537 SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH 14110 B01 3b9 3701 |