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Show WASATCH COUNTY COURIER - McCoy and McQuarrie are doing their part. Thus far the partners have spent in excess of ~ $300,000 to develop the hanger infrastructure. When complete, the value of the hangers will be near $3. 5 million. “This is Ad a backwater airport : anymore,” McCoy quipped. But the developer has a vested interest in the municipal airport. As FBO for five years, McCoy watched over the facilities slow progression. He denied offers to buy the FBO on several occasions from California buy- ers looking to make it a “playground.” Then, after beginning construction on the new hangers with McQuarrie, McCoy sold the FBO to Park City’s Nadim Abu-Haidar in August, 2000. He said he made the handshake deal with Abu-Haidar because the men shared the same vision for the air- ie spl . 2 ED OEE oe eee OM OL . ai I IR Ta OOS port’s future. “I had to make a deca to either expand the airport or get out of it,” McCoy said. “But I didn’t want to sell the FBO and not have a place for my airplanes.” Meanwhile, McCoy built a 100-by100-square-foot hanger for one of his six planes. (McQuarrie owns the other 100-by-100 hanger). “T guess that’s the way it goes,” said Stan Burklund, a Long Beach, - Calif. pilot and developer, whose bid for the hangers was ‘rejected by the council. Retired by his focus 42, McCoy switched from an old Southern where he said he and McQuarrie expect to make 5 or 6 percent. McCoy Beautiful Midway that | use for business,” McCoy said. “But the airport is a 90/50 mix ‘of A move is afoot to clean up -business and recreation.” and beautify Main Street Currently two of the hanger owners are from Wasatch, while the rest reside outside Utah, according to the . developer. He said he miscalculated, TIM WESTBY COURIER _ however, on how fast the larger (75-by- — 75-foot) hangers would sell. All eight of the 75s have been sold, with standing offers from four more people, while eight of the 50-by-50s remain. : “I’m sure they'll sell,” McCoy said. “It’s just surprising.” — ~The cost reinforces that notion. Heber’s new hangers average 30 percent more than others in Utah. Ranging from $120,000 to $230,000 and above, they list higher than competitors at municipal airports in > Ogden, Bountiful, Provo, Salt Lake and elsewhere. | “Our hangers are extremely expensive hangers,’ McCoy said, “they're not cheap.” He | pointed out, es however, they — all of them have a price attached. _ There is only so much we can do as a STAFF small town, ith the Olympics approaching, fast the rallying cries of clean up and beautification can once again be heard around Midway. This time around local resi- dent Jerry Simons is taking up the cause. but enthusiasm One of the more intriguing ideas is to break the town in blocks and elect block captains to coordinate special needs for residents in the area like helping an elderly person with home maintenance projects. Simons suggested one way to raise money is to sell sections of sides or street lamps to donors that would then have their names inscribed on the walk or lamp. residents that want to clean up some less sightly nooks : Simons said he would also like to see the city encourage residents to use the Swiss-Alpine theme that is so prevalent around Midway. But such. efforts in the past have not been particularly successful. | George Olsen, a local architect, pushed the City Council to pass an Simons is heading up a committee of business owners, town officials and of Midway’s is conta- gious,” he says. and crannies and begin to explore ways to include the best steel, best insulation and self-locking bi-fold doors which beautify Main Street. While similar efforts in the past met with less success, Simons is hopeful and confident are a rarity. this latest effort will have better suc-- ordinance requiring all new building cess. So far, he says he has had “great” support” from residents and town offi- to incorporate the Swiss theme during the last beautification -effort a few years ago. But the City Council chose _ instead to take the less restrictive step “The price is on the higher end compared to other airports in Utah, but the quality is also higher,” said Mark Anderson, city manager. And while McCoy said he doesn’t differentiate between buyers. across’ the state, he said selling to Utah residents will ultimately help the airport. “Td rather have somebody in state - own these because if they're not, they’re not paying any property tax.” e-mail: derek@wasatchcountycourier.com cials.” ‘Tm not coming with an agenda. I’m asking what's been done in the . of encouraging the Swiss theme street lighting, sidewalks, trails, plac- instead of requiring it. Olsen believes the Swiss theme - could dramatically improve Midway’s tourism base. He points to other towns he has been involved in that ing the utilities underground, fixing up historic sites and planting more trees.. “We've got a lot of great.ideas and. MIDWAY continued on AZ past and what can we do right away,” says Simons. Some of the ideas bandied about so far for beautifying Main Street include, have fully embraced a_ particular acer eee aan TT st i ius emi alah California hanger to the Heber project A Cleaner, More also keeps a hanger and home in Lake Havasu, Ariz. “There are a few playboys -out there—I guess I could be called one of them—I have one airplane out of six . | AIRPORT CONTINUED FROM A1 AS f potion 28, 2001 rasa RHne rf" MARCH 2044 Fawn Way, Timberlakes PREVIEWS EXCEPTIONAL PROPERTY fam 365 North 100 West i pa asi hae amin ese BA OER I 5 1 ONE L . 440 N. Pine Se Rd | / 1685 E. bien! 0E Valley Hills Blvd. - - |