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Show A-10 Sat/Sun/Mon/Tues, March 9-12, 2019 The Park Record MARKETPLACE C Nightly Lodging Tally B f Occupancy Report for week of March 3 - 9, 2019 100% New store is a jem for rising jeweler 90% 80% 70% 60% She has designed, sold pieces for the last 10 years 50% n b b 40% 30% 20% CAROLYN WEBBER ALDER 10% The Park Record Sun Meredith Marks always loved fashion and creating art. But it wasn’t until a fateful morning that she decided to pursue her passion. Marks, a jewelry designer, founded her namesake business Meredith Marks in 2009. She designs and sells fine jewelry, and she recently opened a store on Main Street in Park City to display her necklaces, rings and earrings. Meredith Marks Owner, Meredith Marks Jewelry She stumbled into the career after an event convinced her to leave her job in the real estate development industry. She was walking down a street in Chicago while on the phone with a general contractor. He told her one of his workers would not be able to come in to work on a house because he was in jail for beating up his girlfriend. Seconds later, a man pushed Marks on the ground and robbed her. “I decided I didn’t want to do business with men who beat women. I sold everything and got out of those businesses,” she said. After she left her work, she tapped into her passion for art Tues Wed Thurs Fri Sat 2019 - As of 2/15/19 Week High 2019 ..........Sat 69% 2018 - As of 2/15/18 Week High 2018 ....... Tues 77% 2017 - Historic Actuals Weekly Average 2019 ....... 68% Weekly Average 2018 ....... 68% NOTE: This is not a forecast of bookings. Data presented in this report represents occupancy on the books as of the report date. Source: DestiMetrics & Park City Chamber/Bureau © 2018 TANZI PROPST/PARK RECORD I decided I didn’t want to do business with men who beat women. I sold everything and got out of those businesses,” Mon Sally Nadler, left, and Meredith Marks sell Marks’ jewelry and other designers’ clothing in the new store on Main Street. Marks also designs outerwear. — she studied fine arts in college — and rediscovered her love for jewelry. She became certified with the Gemological Institute of America and started making and selling jewelry at small trunk shows. “I just went for it,” she said. Almost 10 years since Marks’ first sales, she has sold jewelry all over the world. Celebrities such as Rihanna, Charlize Theron and Chelsea Handler have been photographed wearing her pieces. Marks continued to grow her business when she moved to Park City five years ago. She sold her jewelry online, in some stores and at events around the globe, but she began to think about having a brick-and-mortar store dedicated entirely to her jewelry. Then, she met Sally Nadler. Nadler, a Park City resident, had experience in the fashion world but had transitioned to raising kids and volunteering for nonprofits when she met Marks. Nadler loved Marks’ jewelry and helped her business grow by hosting a couple trunk shows in Park City and New York City. As the two women worked together, they began talking about opening a Meredith Marks store in Park City. Marks said a storefront would give the brand good exposure, and Nadler was interested in getting back into the fashion world. Marks moved back to Chicago while the pair looked for a place on Main Street. They spent more than a year looking when an opening became available last October. They spent the next couple months renovating the space and finding designers to partner with. They opened on Dec. 9. The store sells Meredith Marks products, as well as handbags and clothing from other designers. Nadler runs the store and Marks, who remains in Chicago, designs the products and visits the store monthly. Marks said her jewelry is meant to be “fun and wearable.” She uses gold, silver and both precious and semi-precious stones, but she also uses a lot of negative space in her designs. She said she does that because she started selling her jewelry at the height of the U.S. economic recession in 2009. She tried to use less gold so it was more affordable. She also made the pieces versatile so people could use pendants from a necklace and convert them into earrings, for example. She said she finds inspiration for her designs from nature, such as a flower she saw while hiking in Park City. Almost a decade in, Marks still gets giddy with joy every time she sees her pieces go from an idea to a reality. “To see something in your brain that you threw down on paper actually come to real life is just amazing,” she said. She recently started designing outerwear, too, and said she plans to grow her brand by designing handbags and other accessories in the future. Meredith Marks 511 Main Street meredithmarks.com Brewers upset beer discussion bottled up Despite lobbying against it, they are unhappy bill failed CAROLYN WEBBER ALDER The Park Record Utahns may have to get used to slim pickings in Utah grocery stores after a bill in the state Legislature aimed at raising the alcohol limit for beer failed. On Wednesday, a House committee rejected S.B. 132, which aimed to raise the current limit for beer sold in grocery and convenience stores from 3.2 percent alcohol by weight to 4.8 percent. The bill’s failure was met with frustration from consumers. Although the majority of Utah brewers opposed the bill’s proposed limit — they said the 4.8 percent figure caters to domestic breweries — they were upset the discussion about increasing the alcohol content of beer was quickly shut down. The bill, sponsored by Sen. Please see Beer, A-11 ECCLES THEATER, DOWNTOWN SLC FINALS Top scorers from the qualifiers will compete in The Park Record Bee on March 11, 2019. Winner of The Park Record Bee will compete in the Scripps National Bee in May 2019. FINALS WILL BE MARCH 11, 2019 AT THE EGYPTIAN THEATRE. 328 Main St, Park City Join us to support our schools and our students! 2nd and 3rd graders start at 4pm 4th - 8th graders start at 6pm MARCH 30 The UPS Store Park City, Utah Live-at-the-Eccles.com • (801) 355-ARTS ArtTix Box Offices (M–F 10a–6p, Sat 10a–2p) George S. and Dolores Doré Eccles Theater, 131 Main Street, Salt Lake City P s p p g f o i o w a Jerry Stevenson, R-Layton, failed in the House Health and Human Services Committee. The group endorsed a substitute bill that would form a task force to dig into the issue since several national breweries have indicated they plan to stop producing 3.2 percent beer. Nicole Dicou, executive director of the trade organization Utah Brewer’s Guild, said she did not consider the bill’s rejection a success even though she and several Utah breweries lobbied against it. She said the breweries are in favor of raising the limit, but they did not think the bill raised the limit high enough. She hoped lawmakers would come to an agreement during the session to pass a bill with a higher limit. Since the bill failed, she said the guild is regrouping and trying to voice its mission to the public. “Obviously, we are on the same side as consumers that want a higher ABW,” she said. The guild argued the 4.8 percent limit was an arbitrary See it LIVE #AtTheEccles MARCH 21 p e n a d s D w J |