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Show A-ll ^ParkRecorc www; Basin newcomer hits the ground running soon after moving here." An avid bicyclist and runner, he says the trails system surrounding the Kimball Junction area was part of the allure of* the place. Han has indeed lived in a lot of places. He was born in Renton, Washington, the only son of South Korean immigrants Kyu and Myung Han. He grew up and went through By Steve Phillips school in Lynnwood and Mountlake Record contributing writer Terrace. Washington, both bedroom Young Han played a pivotal role in communities near Seattle. He has a the passage of Proposition 2, the younger sister, also named Young. open-space bond that garnered a "There's a lost-in-translation story whopping 72 percent "yes" vote earli- behind this/' Han laughs. His father worked as a welder in er this month. The affable 27-year-old the Seattle shipyards, while his mothcreated the "yes4openspace" website that served as a clearinghouse for er worked as a custodian at the information on the bond proposal University of Washington. "Despite and garnered well over a thousand their rather unexceptional lines of hits during the run-up to the election. work, they managed to create what Han built and put the exceptional felt like a solidly middle-class user-friendy website online within a upbringing. I grew up in a pleasant week after attending a planning meet- neighborhood in the northern subing of the Basin Open Space urbs of Seattle and both my sister and Advisory Council in early September I went to college," says Han. When that time came, Han chose He had lived in the Basin only a month, after moving from Salt Lake Hamilton College, a liberal-arts City, before he took up the banner for school in Clinton, N.Y He earned a bachelors degree in economics there open space and trails. "I've lived all over the country and in 2006. Since then, he's lived and the most wonderful places to live are worked in Ohio. Washington, D.C., where people have shared interests Vancouver. B.C. Seattle, Salt Lake and values," explains Han, adding, "I City and, from late last summer. Park found that sense of commonality very City. He's lived many places, says Park City is among the best VITAL STATISTICS Favorite things to do: "I love to run and bike for exercise and as a kind of meditation." Favorite foods: Han is a vegetarian. Tofu, avocados, cabbage, beets and blueberries are among his favorites. "I like Ethiopian and Cuban dishes, hard to get in Park City." Favorite reading/authors: Books and articles on social and environmental sciences; poetry by Stephen Dunn, Jeffery McDaniel and Mary Oliver. Favorite music/performers: "I'm a big fan of folk, bluegrass and country/western genres, but fairly eclectic in my listening habits. I like Wilco, Tracy Chapman and, locally, The Band of Annuals." Bucket list: "I want to live abroad fora few years." I GRAYSON WEST/ PARK RECORD Young Han is a newcomer to the Park City area. He says open space and trails played a big factor in his decision t o l l move here. 4i •"4 Han currently works in Salt Lake City and Ogden for the Utah Schools for the Deaf and Blind as a research analyst. "My duties are fairly diverse, but primarily I develop databases to track the progress of students and trainers, as well as collect data for federal-grant reporting," he says. Still in his 20s and eager to make a difference, Han is exploring the possibility of a Ph.D. in economics at the University of Utah. "I consider economics the language of power. I want to focus on economic geography, how economic 'actors' are distributed in time and space and how that changes," he says. Han still has a newcomer's take on the state. "Moving to Utah was quite a culture shock," he observes. "After living in Salt Lake for several months, I decided Park City would be a better fit for me. This town and Summit County have a wonderful combination of worldly flair and rustic tranquility. People around here value both and recognize that neither can exist without conscious efforts to promote and preserve them. There's a degree of shared intentionality here that you don't find in most communities." When you move to a place you like, you want to try and help preserve the ethos of the place." Han's impressions of his new home' town help explain his eagerness to help out with the Proposition 2 campaign. "I felt a little presumptuous,^ even uncomfortable because I just jumped right in." he says. "But wherever I live, I want to be part of the solution to problems. When you move to a place you like, you want to try and help preserve the ethos of the place." Han has clearly demonstrated both his talent and his commitment to area open space and trails in the short time he's lived here. It's all in a day's volunteer work for one of the Basin's newest residents. Sieve Phillips is a Park City-based^ writer and actor. Send your profiled comments and suggestions to him at 3 stevep2631@comcast. net Young Han cur: Part. City Performing Arts Foundation ^<f ^ presents ' Jeff Daniels Play the Worlds Most Famous Golf Courses .11 Winter Long on Main Street in Park City. o r Visit us today at the Red Ledges Jim McLean Golf School on Main Street and experience the area's only High Definition GoIf IM simulator. RED LEDGES' - U t T " A » H - A f'niiitr, fftur-^tifjii ( omtnuniiy Saturday D e c e m b e r 1 1 7:30 p.m. 032 Main Street, Park Cily Utah, on the corner of Main Street and Hcber Avenue. 435-657-4090 I 877-733-5354 I RcdLcdses.com 'The man can sing, the man can play the guitar, the man can write a song." 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