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Show EDITORIAL Life blood dwindling? Springville seemingly has everything good schools, fine churches, beautiful homes, a wonderful collection of art, the freshest, coldest water, canyon resorts, parks and plenty of recreation facilities. It is, in fact, a wonderful place to live if one has a way of making a living, but there is a definite need for industry for something to furnish employment to surplus workmen in this area. The Utah Industrial Development newsletter news-letter this week noted that 51 new industries were begun or expanded in various communities com-munities throughout the state in 1960. Springville was not among them. A trailer manufacturing plant at Eph-raim; Eph-raim; expansion of the present ' foundry to employ 30 more people and a manufacturing manufact-uring plant to employ some 200 people were, listed for Spanish Fork; expansion of a $700,000 concrete plant at Pleasant Grove; a tool manufacturing plant at Centerville, and many other such industries were listed for other cities. Each provided employment for 20, 40, 200 or up to 4000 people for some communities in the northern part of the state. But for some unknown reason Springville's industrial development in the past few years has digressed. We have no new factories, no plants and no major industrial in-dustrial development. Springville's business area is small in comparison to the population popula-tion of the area. There has been no major changes or improvements on Main-Street for several years other than remodeling remodel-ing or changing about. Only this week it been reported that another major business is closing its doors this month. Perhaps the brightest spot on the picture is the fine new housing projects expanding the city limits over what was in years past farming land or pasture. A tourist recently taken on a tour of Springville was amazed at the many fine new homes in this area in comparison to the size of the business district and his first inquiry was, "How do the people make a living here?" Comparatively few people do make a living in Springville. A large number are employees of contractors working out of town; others are at the steel plants and other industrial plants OUT OF TOWN. Many women find employment at hospitals, stores, manufacturing plants, canning factories, food processing plants and other places of business OUT OF TOWN. And many spend the money they earn in the city in which they are employed. It's a hard assignment to bring industry into an area, but difficult as it is, something some-thing must be done to bring some type of new business, something to provide a payroll pay-roll to Springville. Support by local business and individuals individ-uals of the few businesses already here which provide employment to townspeople; making mak-ing it easier for a new industry to locate here; and welcoming newcomers might all help to solve the problem. Any suggestions would be appreciated from townspeople as to how we might get new industry or WHY what factories and plants we have had are closed down. The Chamber of Commerce is doing all in its power to bring new business to the area, but so far it has been like driving along a dead-end road. There seems to be nothing available at the end of the drive. They, too, would like some suggestions. Does anyone have just one? It might help to bring a much-needed new payroll to Springville. |