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Show Times Newspaper Costco coming Speaking at the ProvoOrem Chamber of Commerce First Friday Fri-day Forum mayors from Orem and Provo told the audience that in 1999 University Mall will expand ex-pand and Provo will increase the size of the Provo Airport. Orem Mayor Joe Nelson told chamber members that the University Uni-versity Mall will add 186,000 square feet in retail space to its complex and Costco store will be built directly north of the mall. The new Costco building will be 145,946 square feet on what isnow a parking area and a vacant va-cant lot. Construction of the building will begin in early spring and will open in the fall of this year. Woodbury Corporation which owns the mall is negotiating negotiat-ing a fourth anchor store that could be announced later this month. The store will occupy 40,000 square-feet and will be located on the north side of Meryvns. Costco is a wholesaleretail membership warehouse and according ac-cording to Nelson, " will be the largest retail outlet in the county and will benefit both Orem and Provo.." This will be the third Costco store in Utah with one in Sandy and one in downtown Salt Lake. Orem City must agree to a zone change in order to allow Woodbury to adjust its original development agreement for expansion. ex-pansion. In addition to the announced expansion Nordstrom Department Depart-ment Store is expected to open at the University Mall in early 2000. One of Nelson's campaign promises was to light up the city of Orem. The city has the money and will begin to install street lights this year. The addition of street lighting will improve both the safety and appearance of the. communityAn ,open .house to discuss the street lighting will be held Tuesday, January 19 from 6:00 until 8:00 p.m. at the City Center Building, room 106. Nelson pointed out that, " the city has purchased nineteen acres of land near 400 South and Geneva Road for the development of soccer fields and five acres of land for a city park near the Cascade Cas-cade golf Course." One of the cities major projects was recently completed along 800 East and 800 South. The roads were expanded to improve traffic flow and landscaping was created for a parkway atmosphere along the roadside. The Blitz '98 in Orem has become be-come a nationally recognized program for neighborhood revi-talization. revi-talization. This year's program was held in the South end of Orem near Hillcrest School with over -1..- . UJ5 HOT ROD m IKVn. MmtHJ r,-m.lj UIVIIWIUIlA J-IV1 Friday, January Saturday, January 23, I AKOWFF 0 M0NITEI MIKH 0 WTAW AMttKJk 0 : . mm mm - to Orem City of Orem Mayor Joe Nelson takes a turn with the microphone mi-crophone as Provo Mayor Lewis Billings looks on. The two leaders gave their State of the City address to the Provo Orem Chamber of Commerce. a thousand volunteers painting homes, cleaning yards and making mak-ing neighborhood improvements. The Community Service Day September 12 saw thousands of volunteers join together to assist the city with beautification and other improvement projects. According to Nelson, some of the projects were," preparation work of the park at Nielsen's Grove, assembling playground equipment equip-ment and tables at Springwater Park, site work and landscaping at the cemetery and the laying of sod along 800 East between 800 south and University Parkway." The city is going ahead with plans to build a skate park which will provide opportunities for a wide variety of in-line and skateboarding. skate-boarding. Nelson is proud of the accom-. accom-. plishments and awards of the city. ,t The Recreation Department re-. re-. ceived the award of the "Num- ber One Community Center Aquatic Program" by the United States Water Fitness Association of America. The Recreation Department also received the award of the "New Innovative Program of the Year" for the Little Hoosiers Basketball Program. Some of the goals for the coming com-ing year will be the beginning of construction of a new Public Safety Building, which will enhance en-hance the ability to efficiently and effectively serve the community commu-nity and will be funded without bonding. A new 18-hole gold course in southwest Orem. The course has been designed by Johnny Miller and a new Softball complex and trails. Also being planned is a new trail system that will link to the existing Bonneville Shoreline ROCKY MOUNT! 3 tJ prtsenuity... CHEVVj 22, 8:00 PM lint 2:00 PM & 8:00 PM "si KM FOOT 0 DMG0N SUYU 0 MlilEHAVW -4 v-rVS Md Sffirh's fa locations. Wednesday, January 13, 1999 ; On Jc-mvj 19tk, 1999, z 6:00 tr 8:00 to kkmIOo of 1h Cdg.Ctdn BuiUiy. cp1k:ii c:-htv0r (oh, ptqs&fwhiu &i!jz fc?hJl. Th C Covad ad $aff aillt Trail. The trail will run from the Softball complex to the Utah Lake State Park. Nelson closed by saying, "that we must maintain community solidarity and pride and we must build upon our community cul-,ture cul-,ture of mutual respect, courtesy and recognize the need to maintain main-tain and even improve the quality qual-ity of life for our present and future fu-ture city residents." Provo Mayor Lewis Billings said, "1998 was one of Provo's greatest years because the city increased its tax base as opposed to increasing taxes. The current administration couldn't take credit for many of the accomplishments, accom-plishments, but by working together to-gether we can accomplish a lot for the people of Provo." The citizens of Provo saw many exciting projects completed in 1998 such as the Provo Town Center, Riverwoods Mall, Novell Corporate Center, the expansion of Utah Valley Regional Medical Center, Franklin Covey Corporate Corpo-rate Center, Esnet Office Buildings Build-ings and Courtyard at Jamestown. With Sears moving over to the new Provo Town Center, RC Willey moved into the Sears location, lo-cation, which is a convenience for shoppers. The city's airport earned a 139 IliPj Owtb Cltit Cnmwd 6e Iwiduwt cuv wm9 un0mGim . Certificate which allows commercial commer-cial aircraft with more than 30 passengers to take off and land. The possibility of two or three carriers being opened at the airport air-port is in the discussion stages. The airport will be able to take travelers to east and west destinations. desti-nations. A $75,000 grant from the Federal Aviation Association was given for a master plan. Billings stated," the current problems with the Olympic Committee Com-mittee will not affect the current involvement of the new $14 million mil-lion facility Olympic ice rink at Seven Peaks that was built without with-out a raise in taxes." "We have a clean one-owner and we regret what's happening, but I feel like we're in a good position to have a great experience experi-ence with the Olympics." The new library at Academy Square should be under construction construc-tion this year and currently the Library Construction Oversite Committee is working with the architect. According to Billings, Provo continues to be one of the safest communities in the State of Utah. Recently four new police officers were hired, a new community com-munity oriented policing team was forced with eight police officers of-ficers assigned to geographic boundaries and the Insurance nn n n Page 3 rating was moved from a 4 to 3 which means lower rates for citizens." citi-zens." The city set up Ad Hoc Committees Com-mittees and over 115 citizens participated par-ticipated in Administrative Review Re-view which shows the concern residents have in Provo. Provo is 150 years old and the Sesquicentennial Committee are making plans for a wagon train, Mayor's gala, and a Sesquicentennial Sesquicen-tennial Service. This will be another an-other chance for citizens to get involved with the celebration. OREM ftw iHpf ' J J .i '""--v !Wp-!iiV VW JW bCnixkrSMM II L-5- -i? WIT PM0 -! 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