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Show THE Wednesday, July 20, 1977 Summer Business On The Upswing Continued From Page 1 As for his Mt. Air Variety Store on Main Street. George said business is "way up" for the April through June period and observed that all of Main Street is enjoying greater prosperity. "If you're there for regular hours the business is there," he remarked. "The Main Street merchants have to go for 12 months of business and they'll get it." At Moana, Bob Wells reports actual or projected increases in occupancy for all summer months except July. The slow month of May, which Wells describes as "still small," had a whopping increase of 260 percent over May of '76. June was up 64 percent but July will fall by 38 percent, Wells said. This is due to the absence of the large National Training and Development Service group which was in town last July. Wells noted that July is typically the poorest month for conventions because people are usually traveling for other reasons such as vacations. August business is expected to increase by 24 percent while September is projected to remain the same as last vear. Although "still catching up from last winter," Smitty said his volume has increased over a year ago because there are more people living in town, there's more construction going on and there's more tourists visiting. He revealed the Art Festival weekend historically constitutes his two biggest days of the year but that this July 4th was almost equal to an Art Festival day. "I'd love to see a 40-hour work week in the summer," he commented on hit (growing warm weather businen. Wells noted that the number of small conventions visiting Park City is growing but added, "The vacation trade is the market we've got to go for." He said there is a need for a vacation package that contains an organized schedule of activities which are "more than just playing tennis or golf." Wells noted, however, that the new Park City Racquet Club has generated some additional summer business. "Business has been damn good," replied Smitty at the Eating Establishment. Res. Center Expands Continued only 50 reservations from them last year." "We are working on getting terminals from other airlines but they haven't committed themselves yet," he added. Even without the terminal, Central Reservations would have required additional room. "We projected a need for five to seven people last year," the manager said, "but the budget couldn't handle it and the bad winter didn't justify it." When the staff is increased, Hansen will devote his energies to soliciting convention and group business while the remaining workers will act as reservationists. The manager noted that the present office, located behind the Chamber of Commerce office, is lacking in stature as well as size. Making a quick visual sweep of his work area, he observed that the old office is a less-than-impressive place to attempt group and convention sales with visiting representatives. The larger space and staff will enable Central ReservatiOnS'tofserVice people much' better" than' in' the1 past, Hansen commented. ' " Still in its first year of operation, the reservations center is evolving rapidly and gaining recognition, Hansen said. The center has no track record to use for comparative purposes but the manager revealed his office has booked more than 900 people since July 1 for From Page 1 stays throughout the winter. He also mentioned that the center has booked its first summer convention the National Drug Abuse Seminar which arrived in Park City last week and stayed at the C'est Bon Hotel. "We are not just interested in the overnight conventions," Hansen remarked. "We will also package day-type day-type groups who want to come here for meetings, golf or tennis outings or dinner parties." As is the case with travel agencies, Central ReservationsPark City works on a commission basis. However, Hansen emphasized that the center is a nonprofit non-profit organization and that any excess revenues are used to promote Park City. "Booking through us keeps the money here," he said. Looking back, Hansen commented, "Even with the bad snow last winter we feel we did have a successful year in quantity of bookings handled by this office. But more importantly, we created a good rapport with our clients, both with reservation service and with promptness of refunds for cancellations caused by the poor snow conditions." The Central Reservations manager said he hopes to be moved into the new office, located on the second floor of the Mt. Air Mall east wing, before Aug. 1. He added that the larger staff will permit him to expand office operation to 12 hours a day, seven days a week. V tLi Commercial Bldg. Proposed For 248-224 Junction The Park City Planning Commission, at its Wednesday night work session, was presented with plans for a 4,800-square-foot commercial building at the junction of Highways 224 and 248. Bill Traeger, Vic Ayers and Cliff Reed are requesting that 15,000 square feet of residential property be rezoned commercial to accommodate the structure which would house a 2,500- squarefoot laundromat. The building would be east of Reed's car wash and next to a gas station planned for the area. Engineer Jack Johnson told the commission, "This is not the logical place for a single family house." Newly appointed city planner Dave Preece expressed concern over the amount of traffic which would be generated at the intersection. PUD Near Clinic Central Reservations manager Tom Hansen. A 17-acre planned unit development has been proposed for a 10-acre parcel of land east of the former Summit Medical Clinic located on Highway 224. The project was presented to the Planning Commission by engineer Jack Johnson, who represented Salt Lake developer Neil Davidson. Johnson said the homes would be custom-built and would probably cost in excess of $100,000. Objections were raised against plans to have homes atop a ridge line and Commissioner Roy Reynolds suggested that height -try Fire Danger Cited Royal Land Company President Warren King said Monday he has erected signs on his company's mountain property reading, "Private Property. No Fires Permitted. No Trespassing." Commenting, "We have to say it that cold for legal reasons," King said he is making an appeal for the public to heed the "real fire danger that exists this year." Noting that there have been "fires all over the intermountain states" recently, King said the extreme drought and hot weather locally have combined to create the potential for a "terrible disaster." 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