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Show Oil Towns SECTION jDaity&Hcratti TUESDAY. JULY 8, METRO EDITOR Amie Rose 2008 aroseheraldextra.com 344-253- 0 Coalition breaks ground on new facility Joe Pyrah DAILY HERALD Somewhere between UVU and Miley Cyrus last week, Brent Crane turned a shovel full of dirt. The director of the Food and Care Coalition broke ground a week ago on the coalition's new transitional shelter and headquarters at 920 S. 300 East in Provo. Crane admits it wasn't the easiest week to get a little publicity. But with the ribbon cut on the $6.2 million shelter, he hopes to have it up and going in less than a year. Dave Lewis, senior vice president of Arrowstar Construction, would like to see it finished in nine months. tf... ...... .in.. m unr- - S- 3- 'laMigl rQB-li!- "We're just waiting to get a permit from Provo city," Lewis said. There are a list of questions floating around, said Provo spokeswoman Helen Anderson, but they are within the normal See 03l ft" An illustration shows the front elevation of the new transitional shelter and headquarters for the Food and Care Coalition. COALITION, B2 Plans are to have the $6.2 million shelter built and running in less than a year. Provo gauges interest in GOODBYE TO GRANDVIEW i'i ;St vpfp iJPii Li rpfrv -- ''""s tW I b y 1 - building new rec center I j I ' s - Ace Stryker r" DAILY if S V. I V MARIO Tracy Nyland of West Jordan stops to loofc at what used to be walk through before the school is torn down. a playground area on Monday at Grandview Elementary RUIZDaily Herald in Provo while taking one last w Provo district begins demolition of school Brittani Lusk DAILY HERALD Another Provo Elementary School crumbled to the dust on Monday. "It just seems weird. I just figured it was one of the things that will always be there," said Tracy Nyland, 43, of West Jordan, who attended Grandview Elementary School in the 1970s. Crews began tearing down Grand-vieElementary School in northwest Provo on Monday afternoon. The school has been set for demolition for several months the fifth school L Provo School District has torn down or sold since the Many districts, such as Alpine and Nebo to the north and south, are building schools only one step ahead of burgeoning population growth. In Provo, a city district with only a slightly-growinprojected enrollment of about 13,000 students, the district is building new schools in response to a changing population and aging facilities. mid-1990- s. g A combination of population shift and age led to the of demise of Grandview. Provo School District Superintendent Randy Merrill said the situation boiled down to numbers and geography. Students from the Lakev-ieNeighborhood had been bused to Westridge Elementary a number of blocks from Grandview, students west of the freeway needed a neighborhood school and Grandview was the oldest building the district had. "It just made sense to build a new school down there where the children were and have Westridge serve the whole Grandview hill," Merrill said. Even then there is plenty of room for students. "We just don't need 14 schools. Even with 13 schools we have plenty of capacity," Merrill said. Portions of Grandview will be saved for district use, including office space and a new gifted and talented program. The population shift that led Provo School District to close Joaquin Elementary School in 2004 was more dramatic. Phil Lott, Provo's director of transportation and facilities, said 70 percent of students had to be bused to the neighborhood south of Brigham Young University from other areas of the city. What had See HERALD A new Provo Recreation Center may be on the horizon, pending the results of a feasibility study being conducted by a Salt Lake architectural firm. Provo city has contracted with VCBO Architecture to gauge interest in a new facility to supplement or replace the one built on University Avenue in the '70s. Questionnaires asking about amenities, cost and location have been mailed to about 2,000 households and will be rounded up before a public hearing next Thursday. The city already conducted a study in 2000 that showed interest in a new facility, but the time delay imposed by a slowing economy since then has prompted a second look, said Scott Henderson, assistant director of Parks and Recreation. "If there was a fairly good level of strong support in the year 2000, since nothing's been done to temper that need, I'm assuming that we'll see the same or even more support now," he said. "The facility has not become less outdated." Henderson said some people have been looking around at newer recreation centers in neighboring cities and asking what can be done to improve Provo's offerings. When the existing facility was built, Henderson said, "it was basically 14 racquetball courts and a swimming pool." "A lot of people think it's time for us to be able to run some more current trends and formatting," he said. It's tough to say what amenities a new complex would host before questionnaires come back, but informal reports say more gym space and aquatic activities would be popular, Henderson said. "Family fitness has become a major trend in recreation," he said. "Right now, Parks and Recreation does not have a gym in its system. See GRANDVIEW, B2 CENTER, B2 Mapleton starts schedule to cope with low water pressure Janice Peterson DAILY HERALD Mapleton city's pressurized irrigation system is feeling the pressure of too many residents using the water at once, and the city has now implemented a voluntary watering schedule. Mayor Laurel Brady said the system does not have adequate capacity for the to city's residents, and the city will need do something soon to relieve pressure from users. The problem is not new to hit Mapleton residents, who have been summers. by low water pressure in past "We have had to go to a voluntary schedule for the past several years," Brady said. The pressurized irrigation system serves only 600 of Mapleton's residents, settled a result of the a ment. The settlement required well to continuously pump water in order to filter contaminated water, and Brady said the city chose to install a pressurized irrigation system at of that water. expense to take advantage Without even a small irrigation system, the pumped water would simply go into 9 creek Even when the system was built, . Ensign-Bickfor- Ensign-Bickford- 's Brady said the city was aware it was not adequate for all of Mapleton's residents, but the 600 residents served over 10 years was benefit enough. "We've known that it was not going to be an adequate system, but the feeling was that it was better to have something than nothing," she said. During the summer, Brady said high usage has depleted the water supply, especially with new large users on the system such as Mapleton Junior High. The city is now looking into immediate solutions for residents. and long-terNew users have not been allowed on the system for at least 18 months, and filters in the system are now changed every other day instead of weekly, increasing output by 10 percent. The city is also looking into long-terfixes such as a new citywide system. The newest solution for this summer is the voluntary usage schedule, which houses to using limits the system on Monday and Thursday, houses on Tuesday and Friday, city parks on Wednesday and Sunday and churches and city buildings on Wednesday and Saturday. Mapleton i f IRRIGATION, B2 r; ."r vr .. " -j CEUA TOBINDaily Herald d See t. Taking a ride at Sundance Summit at Sundance Jeremy Tangrin left and Richard Kubota mountain bike down from25Ray's miles than of biking trails and more more Sundance offers Resort on Monday. During the summer, to than 10 miles for hiking, as well as a scenic lifts that can be used to carry you and your bike the top of the mountain. |