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Show A-2 Wed/Thurs/Fri, November 20-22, 2019 The Park Record Continued from A-1 The Park Record. Serving Summit County since 1880 The Park Record, Park City’s No. 1 source for local news, opinion and advertising, is available for home delivery in Summit, Wasatch, Salt Lake, Davis and Utah counties. Single copies are also available at 116 locations throughout Park City, Heber City, Summit County and Salt Lake City. SUBSCRIPTION RATES In Summit County (home delivery): $56 per year (includes Sunday editions of The Salt Lake Tribune) Outside Summit County (home delivery available in Wasatch, Salt Lake, Davis, Weber and Utah counties; all other addresses will be mailed via the U.S. Postal Service): $80 per year To subscribe please call 435–649– 9014 or visit www.parkrecord.com and click the Subscribe link in the Reader Tools section of the toolbar at the bottom of the page. To report a missing paper, please call 801–204–6100. 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I feel like I’ve learned so much at these other stops that I hope I’m a stronger leader now coming back.” Goar returned full-time to Park City at the beginning of October, and he said he’s just about gotten his bearings. He said he wanted to take a careful approach to the acclimation process, noting that he has to adjust to his employees just as they need to adjust to him. “I’m trying to be realistic and understand that things have changed since I was here last,” he said. “Certainly I am not coming back thinking, ‘Oh, I have this all figured out, I’m dialed in.’ I’m not dialed in. So I’m trying to be mindful that there has been change and I’ve tried to be tuned into that.” At the same time, acclimating to the community hasn’t been difficult. Goar jokingly likened it to a high school reunion. “It’s been amazing seeing so many familiar faces,” he said. “It’s been fun to see everyone in our meetings, and I am so grateful for the warm welcome I’ve had since I came back.” What’s new this season Goar said he is excited to get the season underway, with two projects in particular he is eager to introduce to the community. First and foremost, he said, is the new Over and Out lift, a fixed-grip quad that will pick up guests near the base of the Tombstone Express lift and drop them off near the top of Sunrise lift, allowing skiers to Continued from A-1 more easily descend into Canyons Village. “It’s funny, because it’s a little lift,” he said. “We’ve all built bigger lifts, right? But I’ve never been as excited for a chairlift as I am for this one, simply because of the impact it will have on the guest experience.” Goar said if a skier is coming from the southern parts of the mountain, including the Park City side of the resort, to the Canyons Village base, that skier has to go through Tombstone. “And then they have a choice of two runs,” he said. “One, Red Pine Road, is really easy, and the other, Sidewinder, is quite a bit harder.” Over and Out, he said, gives skiers a third option. “This new lift takes you from the base of Tombstone a short ride up and over, hence the name Over and Out, back to Canyons Village,” he said. “It’s fantastic and it will change the experience for our guests in so many ways.” Primarily, he said, the benefit is expediency. If it’s the end of the day and a skier is tired, they’ll be able to head straight to the base. “Of course the two runs are still great options if that’s what you want,” he said. “But this is a third choice, and then there’s the simple fact that we are adding capacity, which we expect will essentially cut the lift lines for Tombstone in half.” Speaking of Tombstone, Goar said the other big addition to the on-mountain experience is the new Tombstone Restaurant, which replaces the former Tombstone Grill and features 50 seats indoors and an expanded snow beach area. “Not only is it bigger, it’s been realigned out of the way of the most congested areas, which will really make a difference. And it still features the same menu, so you’ll still be able to get barbecue on the mountain.” For those with little ones new to skiing or snowboarding, the Park City base will now feature an expanded learning area similar to High Meadow Park on the Canyons side. “Those are the real highlights heading into the season,” Goar said. “And I have to say, while I look forward to every ski season, I think I’m even more so looking forward to this one.” The Park Record online is available at www.parkrecord.com and contains all of the news and feature stories in the latest edition plus breaking news updates. The Record’s website also hosts interactive entertainment, restaurant and lodging listings and multimedia features. Biden leads pack from one donor. The Park Record searched the FEC’s online database for 2019 contributions to the 10 Democrats who have qualified for the November debate, plus Trump and Walsh, for this report. Those 12 candidates have raised $117,632.22 total. Contents of The Park Record are Copyrighted 2015, Wasatch Mountain News Media Co. All rights reserved. No portion may be reproduced in any form without written consent of the managing editor or publisher. Obama and 2016 nominee Hillary Clinton each held campaign fundraisers in town while seeking the White House. Summit County was one of the three counties in Utah that voted for Clinton in 2016. On the left flank of the primary, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders has raised $7,067 from Summit County residents, putting him fourth, while Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren has underperformed her national status as a frontrunner in the race as the sixth highest, raising $3,207. Billionaire Tom Steyer has not raised any money from Summit County donors. The Summit County data displays a contrast with the national fundraising picture, where Bernie Sanders has raised more money than any other candidate solely through individual contributions. Harris’ fundraising ranking in Summit County vastly exceeds her national standing, while Warren has been one of the best fundraisers on the national stage. Trump, meanwhile, has raised about $16,412 in Summit County, while his GOP challenger — yes, he has a GOP challenger — Joe Walsh, a former Illinois congressman, has received $200 State of the race Park City, along with the rest of Utah, hasn’t seen significant campaign activity yet in the fight to challenge Trump, as the top four candidates have remained in a dead heat in polling. Warren hosted an organizing event in Salt Lake City earlier this year while Biden spoke at the University of Utah in January prior to his candidacy and his visit to Park City. Utah Democrats are set to make their choice alongside the rest of the states that hold their primaries and caucuses on Super Tuesday — March 3. Biden’s commanding fundraising lead in Summit County is in line with his performance in at least one other mountain town. The Aspen Times recently reported that he holds the lead in Pitkin County, Colorado, with $67,790 raised. The New York Times’ most recent national polling average shows Biden still polling first among the Democrats who have qualified for Wednesday’s debate with 25% support, followed by Warren, Sanders and Buttigieg. Harris, meanwhile, is in fifth place with 4% support. Wednesday’s debate, hosted by The Washington Post and MSNBC, airs at 7 p.m. on MSNBC. Campaign finance data, including individual donors, recipients and more, can be accessed at fec.gov/data. The Park Record (USPS 378-730) (ISSN 0745-9483) is published twice weekly by Wasatch Mountain News Media Co., 1670 Bonanza Drive, Park City, UT 84060. Periodicals postage paid at Salt Lake City, Utah, 84199-9655 and at additional mailing offices. Postmaster: Send address changes to The Park Record, P.O. Box 3688, Park City, UT84060. Entered as second-class matter, May 25, 1977, at the Post Office in Park City, Utah, 84060 under the Act of March 3, 1897. Subscription rates are: $56 within Summit county, $80 outside of Summit County, Utah. Subscriptions are transferable: $5 cancellation fee. Phone: 435–649–9014 Fax: 435–649–4942 Email: circulation@parkrecord.com Published every Wednesday and Saturday Direct Importer of the World’s Finest Rugs A t t h e H i s t o r i c Vi l l a T h e a t r e 3092 So. Highland Dr., Salt Lake City (801)484-6364 888.445.RUGS (7847) Mon.-Sat. 10 am to 6 pm Planning experts take a look at future of Kamas COURTESY OF THE CITY OF KAMAS Kamas residents participate in a visioning workshop before a community dinner Friday night. Over 150 people joined in, according to an organizer. Planning experts used data from this session, a survey, site visits and conversations with local leaders in the preparation of a 75-page report that examines the East Side city’s future growth. Team eyes strategies for city to guide growth near Main Street ALEXANDER CRAMER The Park Record Planning experts from around the country descended on Kamas this weekend to hold a lightning speed design conference focused on revitalizing the East Side city’s Main Street. A Regional and Urban Design Assistance Team from the American Institute of Architects came to town Thursday, held a community visioning session and dinner Friday, worked all weekend and presented a 75-page report to the community Monday. The work was done pro bono and the city received a state grant to cover other costs like airfare and lodging. The report includes recommendations about ways to foster smart growth in the city, encourage downtown businesses and increase residential density where residents want it and prevent it where they don’t. Mayor Matt McCormick said he was glad to have the architects in town and that the process gave Kamas some useful recommendations and started a community dialogue. “I think a community group is a really good idea to get volunteers involved and get people working together for community-wide improvement,” McCormick said. “I don’t think that City Council and staff can do it all.” Todd Scott, a Seattle-based architect and the team leader, said he was taken with Kamas’ potential and that it reminded him of where he grew up in Oklahoma. “It’s a cool town — it’s so open and clearly it’s the center of the valley,” Scott said. “Everybody seems to be willing to work together to hopefully accomplish what we’re recommending.” The short duration of the exercise means that the plan didn’t get down to specifics like language the city could use in ordinances. The plan did, however, identify several ways the city could pursue the goals the planners heard during the visioning session, which about 150 people attended, according to Kaitlin Eskelson, a community development specialist who contracts with the city. She said a survey sent out before the event received over 200 responses, as well. Some of the recommendations in the plan include working with the Utah Department of Transportation to change the “streetscape” of Main Street, adding bumpouts, crosswalks and lighting and widening sidewalks to create a more walkable downtown and encourage people to linger. The report also recommends working with UDOT to lower the speed limit to 30 mph and adopt angled parking rather than parallel parking, which would accommodate more cars and serve as a traffic-calming measure when cars slow to pull in or allow others to pull out of parking spots. McCormick said the city could begin working with UDOT soon to pursue grants for things like sidewalk repair and crosswalks. One of the questions the planners asked community members is what sort of community project they would undertake if they had 1,000 volunteers to help them. One of the most common responses was creating a trail system from Kamas to Peoa to Woodland. Other uses for a community group of volunteers would be to help beautify Main Street, including planting trees and flowers, picking up trash, installing new signage and upgrading facades like the old movie theater, the report notes. The planners looked at the city’s zoning requirements and advocated tools to cluster density in the downtown core in order to preserve open space and prevent sprawl elsewhere. The city could incentivize developments it wants to attract — like buildings with businesses on the ground floor and residences above — by reducing approval hurdles and disambiguating language in the development code to spell out exactly what the community wants to see. The proposal recommends adjusting the entry corridor zoning that lines parts of S.R. 248 to prevent it from becoming “strip commercial, which is neither aesthetically pleasing or high quality.” To incentivize business, the report recommends working with county and state small-business groups and possibly creating a coworking space in the library that could move to an underused building on Main Street. Jeff Jones, Summit County’s economic development and housing director, met with the steering committee on Friday and said he had experience with the design assistance team program from his time as a neighborhood planner in Boise. When he was still new on the job, he stumbled upon the work the group had done for Boise years earlier and that the city’s redevelopment agency went on to use that information as the backbone of later downtown redevelopment efforts. Jones said the resource offered by the design team brings a level of professionalism that’s often hard for small towns to access and the exercise itself can bring the community together. Eskelson said she contracts with the city essentially as a part-time grantwriter, and had been working in that capacity for about a month when she applied for the program, which she valued at about $100,000. The state kicked in another $40,000 to pay for logistical costs like airfare, lodging, food and the community meetings. She said she was inspired to apply for the program after visiting Helper and seeing the complete renovation that city accomplished in three years. She added that the Helper community comes out in droves to volunteer and has done a lot of labor for beautification projects. “They’ve redone their entire Main Street,” Eskelson said. “This is how you start.” |