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Show Pleasant Grove Review New Utah - Thursday, March 6, 2003 - Page 8 Plan Park From Front Page for new businesses to move into. He said that companies compa-nies prefer to move into existing buildings as opposed to building their own offices to begin with. Fourth, a city must have a BEAR plan. That is, a Business Expansion And Retention plan. Blanchard said that 70 percent of a city's commercial growth comes from the expansion of existing businesses. Therefore, it is important that a city recognize and take care of its existing commercial base. Fifth, in addition to protecting pro-tecting its existing businesses, busi-nesses, a city must add businesses to increase employment opportunities. A city shouldn't count on a Micron coming to town to create jobs, said Blanchard. Growth comes through consistent addition of smaller businesses as well as the expansion of existing ones. Based on high school graduation projections for Pleasant Grove, Blanchard estimates that the city needs to create 235 new jobs each year if it hopes to keep its new adults in the community. Sixth, a city's downtown should be protected. Blanchard Blan-chard said that Pleasant Grove's downtown is in pretty good shape for now. Seventh, a community needs a strong Chamber of Commerce. Eighth, it also needs a community relations rela-tions group and an economic econom-ic development committee with local residents serving on them. Funding and support for entrepreneurial development develop-ment is important to help new businesses get off the ground and is the ninth point. Blanchard said that Price and North Logan have good programs in place. Finally, Blanchard said it is important that a community commu-nity be part of a larger picture. pic-ture. It should find its place in the regional, state and national economy. Blanchard concluded by saying that he plans to be part of the Pleasant GroveLindon community for a long time. He said that he had never before been treated so well by a community. Residents voiced the desire for a safe, level place to walk in an area of the city that is mostly hilly roads. "There's no place to walk up there," said resident Dianne Dowd. "It's not level and it's dark." A walking path with security lighting around the perimeter of the park would solve the problem, they said. Another priority of residents resi-dents is to keep the park small. Fearing the park will turn into a "family reunion" park, crowded with hundreds hun-dreds of people at a time, they said they would rather see it as a small park for families with a lot of open space and a few small pavilions. pavil-ions. However, that probably won't happen, said Leisure Services Director Deon Giles. "The amenities you put in the park is what will draw people to it," said Giles. "And you don't have any From Front Page baseball diamonds and courts." , So when Giles proposed approximately 60 parking spaces, residents balked at the idea. The unanimous agreement: "That's too many." "We don't want that many people." But the reality is, said Giles, parks in Pleasant Grove are utilized a lot. Parking is the biggest problem prob-lem at all of them. "It's easier to plan for too many parking spaces than not enough," said Giles. Almost a dozen residents of the neighborhood volunteered volun-teered for a committee to work with the city on specific specif-ic plans, including the parking park-ing issue. The group plans to meet immediately. It's likely that the entire park won't be finished this year, said Mills. The roads will be finished right away and other things like the grass, walking path, rest-room rest-room and electrical work can probably be finished this year. The rest is yet to be seen. Police arrested a man in .. and public intoxication. The HiHpixU'- assault and was later apprehended a'Hifi the victim's injuries. The male victim 1.1 ..rlr PVfi. S! A trailer containing several th . 1 ,.4.1, 1 T.. R a y a.r A bicycle with an estimated vak'' Spi from a local Pleasant Grove elemental ''ica A bicycle with an estimated va? ol from a Lindon residence. e,'!oma Tools worth over $300 were take 1 e n vehicle at a Lindon business. D 3 Sa A shoplifter was cited and releaftd Maces in Pleasant Grove. 1 uuue icopujwtu wj a ueceptjfjjj L individual sold hay to another, but pay for the hay. Vca A ladder worth $350 was stolen 6. St&1 in northwest Pleasant Grove. '";r 2 A purse containing cash, credit car 5' Gc and medication was stolen from a vehiclf. -fUS A purse containing a cellular phone tf' taken from a local Lindon business. A bike and scooter were stolen W 3S ant Grove address. c A truck tailgate was taken from i!, address. , en1 Library at car tot ate PGArts Council prepares budget GRAMA The Pleasant Grove Arts Council budget was reviewed for submission to the city council at the February arts council meeting. The budget is $2,000 more than previous year's with the Children's Choir and Pleasant Pleas-ant Grove Players and Youth Theater budgets listing $1,000 more each in expenses. expens-es. Breakdown of the budget request is as follows: the orchestra directed by the arts council chair, Jeralyn Merril, is asking for $1,500; concerts in the park, $570; visual arts, $500; Heather Broch Dancers, $130; youth theatre, $4,200; Pleasant Grove Players, $3,600; the Children's Choir, $1,000; and administrative costs, $500. The arts council chair will present the budget and request approval from the city council. From Front Page plete the added requests, taking them away from other job duties. The city is allowed to charge a fee if the request takes longer than 15 minutes min-utes to complete, but hadn't in the past. But according to the new resolution, there will now be a $10 per hour charge for any task that takes longer than 20 minutes. min-utes. The city hopes that these changes will allow employees employ-ees to keep up with the increased demand. "It's not something we want or intend to make money on," said Mills. "But we have to pay for our time." area of the library. Librarian Kammi Lyman shares stories for all ages. No registration is required for "Twilight Tales." Upcoming Upcom-ing themes include "St. Patrick's Day" on March 12, "Old Favorites" on March 19, and "Stories from Other Countries" on March 26. The Young Adult Reading Group continues as a year-round year-round program. Young adults age 13 and up are welcome to come on Thursday Thurs-day evenings at 6 p.m. to share and discuss their favorite books. 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