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Show THE PARK RECORD www.parkrecord.com A-17 Business. WED/THURS/FRI,MARCH 28-30,2007 BUSINESS EDITOR: Dan Bischoff 649-9014 ext 104 busines5@parkrecord.com Briefs Heber expands city limits for Red Ledges Postal rate expo There's more than just big-box issues going on in a growing Heber Valley By DAN BISCHOFF A postal rate change is on the horizon and the Utah Postal Customer Council will hold its annual Postal Expo on Tuesday, April 10, at the Davis Conference Center, 800 W. Heritage Park Blvd. in Layton, Utah. Seminars on the new shape and weight-based postal rates and new addressing requirements for business mailers, are two of six business presentations being offered at Postal Expo 2007. Other business session topics include: Your own home post office, new ideas for direct mail campaigns, dealing with stress at home and work, and a Postal Inspection Service presentation on protecting the mail and customers. Vendors in Utah will be exhibiting the very latest in mailing technology and services. Keynote speaker at the event will be U.S. Postal Service Vice President Customer Service Susan Plonkey from Washington, D.C., who will talk on what is new and changing in the Postal Service. The Postal Expo is open to everyone. Registration forms for the expo are available by calling (801) 9742550, or by email at utahpostalcustomercouncil@usps.gov. The cost for the event is $50 per person or $45 each for three or more representatives from the same company. The price includes a continental breakfast and lunch. The Postal Expo will begin at 7:15 a.m., providing an opportunity to visit the exhibitors on hand to share information on their products and services. Added airline Million Air-Salt Lake City announced the addition of a Gulfstream G150 to its fleet. Million Air-SLC was retained to acquire and manage the aircraft bringing the total number of aircraft in its fleet to 14. The Gulfstream G150 is a mid-size jet with the capability to fly nonstop from coast to coast with superior speed and fuel efficiency. The Gulfstream G150 can fly up to eight passengers and offers widecabin features. The new addition further diversifies Million Air's current fleet which includes aircraft from Lear, Raytheon, Pilatus and Cessna, as well as Gulfstream. The aircraft will be operated under Million Air-SLC's FAR Part 135 operating certificate. New Heber Prudential agent Steve Blumenthal joined the real estate business after more than 20 years in the airline industry. He has lived in Heber Valley for more than 12 years. His enthusiasm and love of the great outdoors makes it easy for him to sell the Utah lifestyle. For more information, call (435) 714-0412. Of the Record staff Wasatch County, including Heber City, is booming. "We have ihe most growth of any county in the state," said Elizabeth Hokanson, Heber City Council member. With the growth, however, comes an increased demand for commercial development, and that isn't sitting well with some residents. "Some of the public feel that this rural way of life, it will destroy it," said Terry Lange, another Heber City Council member. "If they didn't want anyone to come to Wasatch County, they should have put a gate up there and not let anybody in." Recently there has been a controversy about bringing big-box stores like Wal-Mart into town and now there is another development. Red Ledges, which the council recently approved. Red Ledges, a 1,900-acre private mountain and golf community located on the east side of town, has been R S D I-EDGKS MATTE* PLAH annexed into the Heber City limits and is poised to begin construction later this year. This annexation approval came after months of public hearings and an agreement between Heber City, Wasatch County, Twin Creeks Special Service District and Red Ledges. "We appreciate all of the parties who worked so diligently to help to reach this important agreement for Red Ledges," said Todd Cates, managing director of Red Ledges. "We now look forward to working with the city to become a positive and productive member of the community and to continue to set standards that will benefit the Heber area." As part of the agreement, Red Ledges will donate and maintain 15-acres for a public park. Iti line It will build a bypass road along the eastern boundary of the park to help redirect traffic off of Center Street and the Twin Creeks Special Service District will provide all water and sewer services. The community's amenities will include a Jack Nicklaus Signature Golf Course, Cliff Drysdale Tennis Academy with indoor and outdoor tennis courts, an Equestrian Center and a Village Center with a pool, kid's cabin, spa, and fitness center, a private chalet at Deer Valley, and a public equestrian center. A trail system running through Red Ledges will connect to the County Trail COURTESY OF RED LEDGES LLC. System and 400 acres will be deeded to Red Ledges will bring a Jack Nicklaus Golf Course, an equestrian center, a 15-acre park, a new bypass road, open the County for perpetual open space. Red Ledges will donate land for a spaces and other amenities to the east side of the valley. The Heber City Council annexed the land to include the new fire station and $1 million to help development earlier this month. The project will break ground in May. renovate Center Street and a $4.5 million mitigation fee will be paid to Ledges came at a similar time as the big- cerned about how much traffic the new options for corridors. We would be in a Wasatch County. box store debate, the two aren't linked. developments will generate. difficult situation without it." "We've always been interested in "It's part of the city's growth, but it's "There are so many developments to Cates said the "bypass road was a cruhelping the community upgrade," Cates said. "Some of the ideas were purchasing coincidental that they are happening at the east of Heber City and into the coun- cial link to the plans we put together" the same time," Hokanson said. ty and they are right now, funneling among the other amenities. open space or recreational facilities." Lange said more residents want open down to Main Street," Hokanson said. "To have the city and county working While there was some debate surspace and "It's causing a dramatic impact on those on this, we think it's going to be just rounding this devel- streets. excellent and a wonderful addition to R e d o pmen t The bypass road that Red Ledges will the valley," Cates said. Ledges, it If they didn't want anyone to come into p r o v i d e s be constructing could alleviate some of Red Ledges was designed by M. was nothing Anthony Burns and Nolan Archibald. like the big- Wasatch County, they should have put awhat the the quagmire. city wants. "It certainly could. It causes a differ- Burns' wife, Joyce, grew up in Heber box issue, ent approach to traffic," Hokanson said. Valley and wanted to design something p a r t l y gate up there and not let anyone in." " T h e y ' r e "This way there's another corridor that the community and her family could because building a takes these cars off Center and Main take pride in. Red Ledges 1 5 - a c r e Street and onto a corridor that doesn't is providing "We came in and said we'd really like have stop signs, out to Main Street to do something that's world-class and p a r k . open space and an addiwould really add to the pride that people - Terry Lange There are beyond the business district." s o m e tional road. Hokanson added that the council did- in the community have," Cates said. "I Heber City Council member s m a l l n't approve of the project merely think that's a positive to what we are "We are parks here because of the road, but the road could doing. We saw it as a valuable area and a excited ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^m but noth- be a huge benefit to the city. part of it is family ties and doing someabout it, to "Without Red Ledges, I don't know thing the family could be proud of for have a high-end development and the ing in that magnitude. It'll be a fine ability to make a nice piece of properly development and an asset when it's how the corridor would be possible," the future." into something special,'1 Hokanson said. developed," Lange said. "I wouldn't sup- Hokanson said. "There is no end in sight Plans are set to begin breaking u We haven't had as many people against port it if I didn't feel it would benefit the to the growth in the east part of the ground in May and the whole developcommunity." county. With the topography to the land ment could take as long as 10-14 years to the development as a whole." Some citizens, however, are still con- in the east, there aren't many other be completed, Cates said. Even though the approval of Red U Doe/ high mountain living leave you /hort of breath? #1,457 With the right team behind you, &;f- reaching your TO MOST BANKS, YOU'RE JUST A NUMBER With us, you're a friend. Our employees know customers by name and care about your financial well-being. Stop by today to start banking thefriendlyway. JV" WE 1 Home Savings SPECIALIZE IN ADJUSTING YOUR HOME, OFFICE OR LIVING SPACES FOR THE EFFECTS OF HIGH ALTITUDE. 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