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Show Business Sat/Sun/Mon/Tues, April 14-17, 2018 The Park Record. Editor: Carolyn Webber business@parkrecord.com 435.649.9014 ex.118 DRAFTS BAR REBRANDS TO SERVE MORE BURGERS Westgate Park City Resort and Spa announced that it has changed its Drafts Sports Bar & Grill to Drafts Burger Bar, according to a press release. The change came about after the restaurant was recognized for having the best burger in the state for the fifth year by Best of State. Executive chef Ivan Ruiz rebranded the restaurant with a new menu with several burger options. Drafts Burger Bar will also offer shakes, including one called “I Want All the Puppies.” A portion of the proceeds from the shake will be donated to the pet rescue and adoption center Nuzzles and Co. HYATT CENTRIC PARK CITY OPENS A WEDDING VENUE The Hyatt Centric Park City recently opened a new wedding venue called the Sunrise Lawn. The venue is located at 3551 N. Escala Court in the Canyons Village area of Park City Mountain Resort. The event space is about 600 square feet and can seat about 180 guests, said Barbara Dennis, director of sales and marketing for Hyatt Centric Park City. It also includes an outdoor deck. A ribbon-cutting ceremony took place recently. Those interested in booking can call the hotel at 435-940-1234 or visit parkcity.centric.hyatt.com. The Park Record A-17 NEW FAMILY TIRE SHOP ROLLS INTO TOWN, A-18 www.parkrecord.com A-17 SAT/SUN/MON/TUES, APRIL 14-17, 2018 Large problem could have a tiny solution The houses, made from shipping containers, would be for workers CAROLYN WEBBER The Park Record Blake Christian has always taken it upon himself to find solutions to problems. While working in tax consulting for more than 35 years, he has started about 25 businesses to find solutions in the software, retail and restaurant industries, he said. Now, he is working on a solution to the lack of affordable housing in Park City and other mountain towns. He reuses shipping containers to create homes. The idea for Park City Base Camp, as he calls his idea for a local work force housing community, started brewing about seven years ago. Christian was living in Long Beach, California, and saw the millions of unused shipping containers at the nearby port. He knew that there was a lack of affordable housing in the beach town, so he thought about using the containers to make homes. By combining a love of minimalist and sustainable living, he struck on the idea to build an apartment complex using shipping containers that would include a spacious common room but small living spaces. TANZI PROPST/PARK RECORD Blake Christian, left, and Roi Maufus with Gorilla Engineering and Design worked together to design and build a tiny home made out of a shipping container and powered by solar panels. Christian hopes that the homes can be used as affordable housing for the work force in Park City. KODIAK CAKES FOUNDERS FINALISTS FOR AWARD EY, a professional services firm for entrepreneurs, named the founders of Kodiak Cakes finalists for the Entrepreneur of the Year 2018 Awards in the Utah region. According to a press release, Cameron Smith and Joel Clark, co-founders of Park City-based Kodiak Cakes, were among the 24 Utah businesses named. The award recognizes professionals who excel in innovation, financial performance and personal commitment to their businesses and communities. The winners will be announced on June 2 at the Grand America Hotel in Salt Lake City. OWNERS OF PCTV MOVE IN WITH STATION, A-18 TANZI PROPST/PARK RECORD The kitchen inside the Gorilla Design Tiny Home. The sink is made of recycled plastic and granite and the cabinets are made of bamboo. “People thought it was intriguing, but no one really wanted to spend any time on it,” he said. He kept the idea in mind when he moved to Park City and saw a similar workforce housing problem. After speaking to city and county officials and resort owners about his idea, he decided that he could no longer just talk. He needed to act. “I finally got to the point that it was like ‘put up or shut up,” he said. “So I built the thing.” Christian partnered with Roi Maufas, chief executive officer of Salt Lake Citybased Gorilla Engineering and Design, to design and build a 350-square-foot home, complete with a bedroom, bathroom, kitchen and living room. The house is sustainable, with bamboo materials for the cabinets, beds and flooring, and solar panels that allow the home to be completely off the electrical grid. He also designed different layout plans, from dorm-style apartments to a whole community of homes, which was his original plan. Christian held tours of the structure at the Utah Film Studios at the end of March and said that the responses were “overwhelmingly positive.” Andy Beerman, mayor of Park City, toured the home and said that he was “impressed by both the design and the eco-friendly aspects of it.” Beerman said that the city needs to look at creative concepts to solve the housing need, but finding a place for new homes to go is a major challenge. Tiny homes such as the Park City Base Camp are curPlease see Container, A-19 TACOS BACK FOR A LIMITED TIME $5 PRICE AND PARTICIPATION MAY VARY. SINGLE ITEM PRICE ON MENU BOARD. 1723 UTE BLVD., PARK CITY, UT ©2018 Del Taco LLC DTL-16306 EXPERIENCE NEW TASTES DTL-16306_Park_Record_Shrimp_Tacos_F.indd 1 2/1/18 1:31 PM Search over 180 area restaurants by cuisine and location at parkrecordonline.com/restaurants & Find featured restaurants on the restaurant guide in every edition of The Park Record TWO FOR ONE Valid on 2nd entrée of equal or lesser value. 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