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Show ii in m v v i Saturday, May 20, 2000 Ths Ptrk R90ord A -3 Real Cowboys... OTYrxroit jay Hafnburfcrv49-f4l4cxc.il! Main St. chcosss a rtsw iaaa'sr Monty Coates wants Main Street to be more fun by Jay Hamburg OF THE RECORD STAFF Main Street has a aew leader. On Msy 9th, the Main Street Business Alliance elected Monty Coates. owner of Southwest Expressions, as its president. He replaces Steve Hooker, a commercial real-estate broker who led Main Street through the contentious con-tentious paid-parking debate and who ran an unsuccessful campaign for the Park City Council in 1999. Coates says he will try to bring a more festive atmosphere to Main Street uirough small-scale events not by introducing major events. He said Main Street should try to better its relationships with some cf Park City festivals. "Since we canl really run major things on the strre! because of funding, fund-ing, one thing we want to do b partner part-ner with anything that's going on, to ask them if they can bring t to Main Street," Coates said. Possibilities include scheduling parts of the annual NORBA mountain-bike event on Main Street or bavins; the Park City International Jazz Festival have a presence on Main Street. The jazz festival he said, is a good possibility for Main Street. "Probably not street closures, but we are talking about bringing part of it to Main Street," he said about the jazz festival. Coates said parts of the festival could eventually land in the Brew Pub lot on upper Main Street, is Miners Park or at the bottom of Main Street "We're trying always to focus attention here," he said Coates says Main Street should consistently have should let it run for a while. I think some tZt something happening, even , , boards and hospitality if there is not a major festi- COnSIStenCV IS QOOd. fa 9 year OT SO, if offerings should be part of valintown. u , , n j Main Street"! Olympic "We dont want as many neeOS Changes, Well recommend outfit, be saxi Coates pr huge things but something rhannae " ' diets Main Street will be alavs etxne on. People will v dosed to vehicles during ' O JAY HAMBunGERWSX RECORD Monty Coataa la tha naw leader of tha Main Straat Bualneaa Alliance. Ha aaya Main Straat should ba mora festive. Celebrations Steering Advisory only during the winter months in of her paid-parking zones. Coates said he wants to observe how the recommended system works before requesting any changes if they are necessary. Committee, the board that the City Councu formed to recommend how the 2002 Winter Olympics should be celebrated in Park City. "The Olympics are the biggest looming thing for Main Street. Main Street win be The task force looked at it they round "Jy1 made recommendations and they street nua be a festive came up with a plan. I think they 52 bbSr1 going on. People get the feel for it," he said. Other ideas induJe having hav-ing .strolling minstrels and ! face-painting booths. "Our whole mission is simply to be a liaison between Main Street and anything thai goes on on the street," Coates said Coates lives in the Snydervilie Basin. H.-s owned Southwest Expressions since 1987. Coates takes over an organization that's been one of Park Qry Y most vocal interest groups in recent years, especially concerning paid parking. The paid-parking system, installed in January 1998, has gone through several charges since its inception. The Park City Council, though, has OK'd a system recommended recom-mended by a task force that operates oper-ates year round on Main Street and - MontV CoatSS parts of trie ,Trptcs. . . , "I think the street OH PSIQ parKmg will probably be closed at eeBaaeaaaaai times, more likely in the afternoon. I think it -ould "The task force looked at it. they made recommendations and they came up with a plan. I think they should let ft ma for a while," he said "1 think some consistency is good Is a year or so, if it needs changes, we'll recocmend changes Coates said paid parking has not hurt his business. "1 think overall, it hasnl dramatically dramat-ically changed my business,'' , he said "lm oeutral on it. I dont see a down side or a positive side to my business.' Coates aJso sits on the Greater Park City Community Olympic be fine to close the street if we have a programmed event," he said He also says the Olympic plans most be considered with input fcrora Main Streets interest groups. "HopfuHy, we cms do enough things ihsy buy into. Any plan win be brought before the Main Street group," Coates said Coates wants to work close ry with the Park Qty government "From what I've seen so far. I think the people up there have a genuine interest." he said about Qty Hall. "I dont want to be against them. I w ant to have a working work-ing relationship with Mamc" Swiss-style resort possible in Midway Resort development in Wasatch County is continuing to proceed On Fridny, developers announced thei; intention to build the Zermatt Resort Conference Center and Spa in Midway. Few details of the project were available but Robert Phillips of Travis, Phillips A Co. said the project will be upscale. "It will be a world-class spa," Phillips said. The conference center, he said, will be at least 40,000 square feet, and on the cutting edge. It will include an amphitheater. "All of that wiU be state-of-lhe art" Phillips said The project does not include a hotel or residential property. Phillips could not oner the projects pro-jects acreage. But developers want to highlight high-light the Swiss theme that is popular popu-lar in Midway. The resort wiU offer cress-country cress-country skiing, an 18-bole golf course, and other recreatiao. Dolce International will operate oper-ate the resort, according to the announcement The company operates several European retreats, including ones in London, Paris, Provence, France, and the Netherlands. In the U.S.. Dolce Internationa operates properties in Connecticut, New York. Illinois and Washington. Wasatch County has recently begun to draw the attention of resort developers. There are several projects being contemplated, including United Park City Klines' high-end golf-and-ski Bonanza Mountain Resort. 1 y & ' 0qn1 RIM 1 i i Our bit wcrli's svcrcr;o c!!)vcry t!nro t . vcs 24 rn!nutc$! 1 . V -. , ; piac I mcOamkMna H ti! mzi. sBi n.mt TWo Large ii -Ml 9Ptlvni.'CLlIl in ZZ ? ! 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