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Show OREM COMMUNITY Pagt3 NEWS, STORIES AND EVENTS FROM YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD Thursday, September 21, 2006 pVERHEARD IN OREM Should homes on the market have to be tested formethamphetamine before they're purchased? Why or why not? ' II ""Iv r"iwiiniiii,ii,mi,i y . 'Definitely. I just fhmfe there's a lot of it around and you never know. It 's a pretty popular drug." I Ashley Lotee "If the home buyers request it. that would he fine." I Rachel Child "Yes. Because if there's little children around they can get contaminated. Plus, there's a lot of drugs out there." I Eirwna Irvallo "Homes should be tested so that consumer get exactly what he or she paid for." "Probably. Juot for better safety." I Steven Moody T ! 1 mi""- in ill frn iI"t ' - J hi & X (, , "i M(tLmSiiiii I, ii jm (" mrium -1 m j" A u " thmfe they $hould test for it ... fust to he on the safe side. People have kids. It gets into the carpet." I Danka Asbury thi'nfe so, if it leaves a residue and makes future ho meowners sick. My opinion is that there should be no drugs in Orem." I Mind) Zobelf Buffalo chips ARE NO LONGER AN OPTION. Boffalos: Meat and Heat. Nojok. fty wrttlrr uth Mountain Wi ud buffalo chip for cooking ni beating. While "alternative energy sources" are all the rage ri"warJay. we tirongly discourage uing buffalo ch( in existing heating units, Besides, natural gas is much cleaner, efficient, and convenient. RUMIANI MAVf TH RiCHT iOt. Stiu$ yimt Take Us for Granted this Winter. Today most people just flick a switch an1 tley have a warm house. Ta-da. That's it. People don't flunk much about buffalo chips or how they're going to heat their homes. They kind of take their home heating for granted, To he honest, that's fine with us because it means we're doing our job, Think or Onions, When ym intuit inn id yina warm )n,n, uvy in uhuA tiun unyitu UuMy it M nimux UfKi. tu my vitm, liirm iirK (( Uytm t hmmuik wH kiiy Lj-i. to umiUiiiiH Uyl Ul4 $ ftfiAectl UfT. Ready, Town has new plans underway for residential development Lorianne Flint MDIH COUNtY iTAO For generations, the small town of Vineyard has been just that smalL But plans are underway for new residential resi-dential development projects that will skyrocket the current cur-rent town population of 150, according to the 2000 Census, to a projected 20,000-30.000 in the next 10 to 20 years. One of the largest development develop-ment projects coming soon is Homesteads at Vineyard from Anderson Devekipment. The project is 320 acres with a total of 1, 100 homes, including the 264 town homes and a senior community. This fall residents can expect to see work starting start-ing on the roads and infrastructure. infra-structure. Bill Fowler, project manager at Anderson Development, said the idea of the project is to create a community where people in every stage of life will want to live. "We're trying to create a community ... that people will love so much they will want to spend their lifetime there," he said. "We're trying to make it a well-mastered community." Fowler said another way they're trying to create a sense of community with the project is by the landscaping. landscap-ing. Every house and all the avenues in certain areas of the development will have the same tree with the idea that as 1 heui. set grow in Wimieyaird it grows and matures, it will bring a further feeling and emphasis em-phasis of the master plan. "We're investing a lot of money into the landscaping," he said. "As you drive down the roads, there will be a nice green median in the middle with nice concrete walls on the side with landscaped trails that connect to other trails that , connect to public areas." Currently, the 4.4 mile town is on well water and septic tanks so the developers are working on possible improvements. improve-ments. Anderson Devekipment is working with the town and Timpanogos Sewer to build a sewer line to Vineyard. They're also working on a couple of different water options. op-tions. House construction for the Homesteads Is scheduled to start in the spring with the first new residents able to move in at the end of next summer. The name of the project. Homesteads at Vineyard, was also intended to emphasize the heritage of Vineyard. "We chose that name because be-cause of the people we bought the land) from, the Holdaway family," Fowler said. "It was their great grandfather who homesteaded this area. We wanted to pay tribute to the heritage they have." Another upcoming residential resi-dential development project approved is located north of the Sleepy Ridge Golf Course. While most of the golf course is located in Orem, with a few holes in Vineyard, the housing development will be in Vineyard Vine-yard and will include 162 new homes. Brandt Andersen, a general gen-eral partner of "The Lakes at Sleepy Ridge," a corporation Website for News and Conquer the Cold. We've got our snow tires on, our antifreeze topped off and our boots laced up, We're performing system maintenance and actively securing gas supplies for winter. Kveryihing's set on our end. But you probably have a few things to do too, Five to be exact. . If 1 A - If J - mil if - LJW Ol. t- T' '4""' t""mm' QUESTMR Gas owned by Cambridge Partners, Part-ners, said the area will include single family homes both on and off the golf course. "We've tried to create the community in a way that puts an emphasis on golf and landscaping," land-scaping," Andersen said. "In Vineyard, there are about 162 lots, and those will begin to go under devekipment in spring." Another devekipment plan was discussed with the Town Planning Commission on Sept. 5. A zoning amendment was proposed to rezone 23.51 acres of property in the northwest corner of Gammon and Vineyard Vine-yard roads, known as the "LeCheminant Properly." The proposal to change the land from an agricultural district to a higtvdeasity residential zoning district was not recommended recom-mended to be approved by the commission. "We need to get our roads figured out, and we need another an-other access out of Vineyard before we can approve any more developments," said Jeff Gillespie, Town Planning Commission chairperson. "We've already approved about 1,200 homes to be built and if those are built and we don't get any more access, it's going to be very tough to deal with." Gillespie said once the town receives more access, the commission will be more apt to approve development plans. The town is aLso concerned con-cerned about public safety and the timing and size of the development. As far as commercial development de-velopment in Vineyard Is concerned, con-cerned, Gillespie said a $330 million power plant has been approved and is in the process of being built. There are aLso Information in Central Utah. 5 Things You Need to Do-. I HtfAwt: youf fuuuut jilrt It i itfttf u nmfiU of htukt, Wtft mt nuikf u hiff tttjfrrrtof u fwwuf tffu wiu y a Hrmwt fUttHmaUUiombuiUM imUfuiU jiom ttrw ynut fttftuut We faq t tUti t fwnt Ui nfOiUt u ht ttu4 U i (jwh you futiuur timin Ui trtmlft hturu turn u rwn you iUru tm a jut; it Wm lirUrt '' Sttnw fnm ifAf nfifilu-t tttft Milk tuft yout nit w.islk, uM an trtutm and iiffti ttjfHten wr firm j fhtft ttfOftt ttf otl ii youf futtuu i imriot m uii U Ukkt. to krrf thuif t ut tm If only your kuU wit tluti my U tiuuuift. Outk itvtw iMtUn belli, iuo tj ttwy re ntukrd, fefrtwttrttn ri llavrytmr iuntmr intftn trd Ityg liirnurd hrsling MntriwUtr. "f t tmwt Omd fhtntfmt) Ut tivunUim, um Ui ftfrtttt hmmiM uite orur. 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Gillespie Gil-lespie said the town Isn't looking for heavy industrial like Geneva again, but quality residential, commercial and retail developments are possible pos-sible options for the property. "DevelopersJ are serious about bringing in quality residential resi-dential and commercial property)," prop-erty)," he said. "We can't put everything in housing or the town wouldn't be self-sufficient. But opportunities are definitely there." iV w litrf ifirMu,m ttl fliut f0it liJfMf WffMMef r :opy '-. ' ' - ' . i 4 t t i i i 1- A A I |