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Show 4A , ...... I t ' C' ,v, i vf ! - , , ; . II 's sV ' - n v W .. .. 44 S&' ? As IZjff 'fop X&" , jjgg& '' sMi. o:grr'fcy V'vIT' i 2 4 4 fe&t-- - 1$'$ vl $toH KEEPING UP with yard work is a constant effort of Loren C. Hays who, like his neighbors in Bountiful, enjoys the Newcomers Old-Timer- s, that its residents find difficult to Special to the Lakeside Review put into words. When Glenn L. In fact, few appear willing to BOUNTIFUL Evans returned to his native Utah even attempt it merely smiling or turning the conversion into in the early 1950s, he decided Bountiful was where he wanted to live another avenue when pressed. But you can see it in the face of a and raise his son and daughter. Both he and Mrs. Evans say they smiling woman crossing guard students across the street havent once regretted that deci- helping 4th and Main, a police North at sion. officer as he returns a friendly And you get the same reaction from a carload of teenawhether youre talking to people greeting the pride in the voice of a gers, like Coy Hayward who has lived granddaughter of original settler. here since 1918 or the Dale Wag-staSessions and the who moved to Bountiful only Perregrene of Tom Hardy who two months ago. came to Bountiful eight months ago Hayward, who operated the as city manager. areas most successful grocery Its a fabulous place, said Mrs. store for years, recalls that he once Faye Richards who was born in was asked Coy, if you could live Bountiful but lived elsewhere for 10 anywhere in the world where would years. it be? We moved back the first chance I told the man I could live anywe got, said Mrs. Richards who where I want to and thats where I remembers when there were only am Bountiful, Hayward said two LDS Wards in the city. Now with a chuckle. theres more than 50. There seems to be a pleasant People take pride in there something about the community homes and yards, Mrs. Richards By CLIFF THOMPSON - ff - continued. You can feel good living here." Ill agree with that, said Haven Burningham who was the first LDS missionary called from the 3rd ward when it was organized in 1938. Its a convenient city, said Mrs. Burningham, a granddaughter of Perregrene Sessions. Its a safe city. I feel secure here, Mrs. Richards added. I never lock my car, said Burningham who returned to Bountiful after living 31 years around the world during an Air Force career. It such a delightful little city, Mrs. Richards said. Its not so little any more, Bu- rningham said, recalling that when I was growing up, Bountiful was about 1,200. Now theres more than 34,000. Before World War II, Bountiful fruit was farming community growing was the number one industry, he said. With what could have been a wistful touch to his voice, Burning- - , Photos By Don Millar attractive city he calls home, Sold n Bountiful' ' ) facilities ' . ham noted most of that orchard from Mrs. Harlan Turley who adds municipal to I hate accept that bedroom and garden land now is residential the lack of traffic to the advantages said Burning-ham- . label, TurThe community others. the mentioned by subdivisions. not true as it once its And as 18 for Theres no doubt of the wistful leys have lived in Bountiful was. Lake Salt in She works the City recalls when tone years. Hayward Weve got an excellent hospital, beauty of this place when he and he in Kearns. Hardy is a native Utahn who several good care centers, and one arrived in 1918 to teach at the o area of the best senior citizens grew up in the junior high school. The mountains covered with and spent 12 years in municipal facilities, he said. oak and quaken aspen, the sego government in the Pacific NorthAnd a library and a recreation lilies and the fruit and vegetables west. center with Olympic sized swimHe said he and Mrs. Hardy passthat grew in the rich soil, Hayand more pool ed up a number of opportunities to ming 100 and ice rink ward said. and doctors than dentists, I remember that during the apply for city manager positions chimed in Mrs. Richards. That including a harvest season, the farmers would around the world Bountiful one of the highest gives Bountiuntil in the Utah pick their vegetables and fruit, couple ratios of doctors and dentists in the load it into wagons and take it into ful opening came up. nation. come to I used "When South on First through market the farmers a was Bountiful Weve definitely established the a as here kid, in Salt Lake, he said. Mrs. Wagstaff said she doesnt Sleepy Hollow little town physic- city as a recreational center, said have the experience of living in ally separated from its neighboring Hardy adding Bountiful also has an golf course, eight city own- Bountiful of Hayward, the Burning-ham- s communities by acres of farmland ed parks and cooperates with the or Mrs. Richards but we and orchards, Hardy said. Now its a fairly big city but school district on a number of love it here. The people are friendly and the hasnt lost any of the amenities for others. But the thing that really sets schools are good. If we had to a good life, he said. In addition to extolling the well Bountiful apart as a unique city is choose again, wed pick Bountikept lawns and gardens, Bountiful the pride the people take in their ful, she said. She gets complete agreement residents also like to point out their homes and lawns, he said. ' ' Orem-Prov- le Character of bountiful City Today Is Result of IFour Decades of Growth who has been the By CLIFF THOMPSON Special to the Lakeside Review BOUNTIFUL steady growth dizzying pace ed Hie socio-econom- ic . Four decades of sometimes at a has forever changface and character of this Southern Davis County community. .When World War II unleashed mighty technological forces that were to reshape the nature and pace of life around the world, Bountiful was a sleepy hollow country town of perhaps 350 homes. .Today, Bountiful is a modern, sophisticated community of 38,000 people who demonstrate their delight in living here in a number of a high standard of home ways and yard maintenance, an exceptionally low ciime rate, an abundance of inviting churches and an parks and recreation facilities that would be the envy of almost any other city in the world. : As its largely upper middle class array of populace enjoys an affluent present, they look forward to a future that fairly new City Manager Tom Hardy says offers us the option of several differing paths. At one end of this scale of options is the potential eventual consolidation of all South Davis communities into one giant municipality that would be Utahs second largest in numbers and biggest in acreage. At the other extreme is the possibility Bountiful residents will decide they are satisfied with the present size and dont want the city to grow any more or not grow by much. -.Personally, I think the people of Bountiful will opt for a course somewhere between those extremes, Hardy said. havent sensed any antigrowth sentiment yet, said Hardy citys top ministrator for eight months. ad- And as yet, no one has got on a soapbox to expound merging with other cities. Without exception people who discuss the past, present and future of their city and they do it freely seem to like Bountiful the way it is. , Regardless of which of the poss- ible paths into the future the citizenry choices, there appears lit- tle doubt the growth of the 80s and 90s wont match that of the 60s and 70s. Theres no question that any growth we experience in the next decade or so will be considerable slower than it has been in the past, Hardy said. During the early 70s we were building 400 to 500 new single family homes a year. Last year, there were 60 and so far this year only 30 permits have been issued. Hardy agrees the economic recession have been one cause of the slower growth of the past couple of years and may play a role in the next year or so. But the recession and high interest rates havent been the only factors in our present slow growth rate, the. city manager said. The future growth rate, Hardy said, will be based on pure economics. Noting Bountiful is hemmed in on the west, north and south by North Salt Lake, Centerville, Woods Cross and West Bountiful, Hardy said the only land left for expansion is the foothills to the east. And thats going to be expensive to develop, he said, reporting lots are priced at $50,000 to $60,000. Bountiful has the public utility capacity water, sewer and elec to handle whichever tric power future course the citizens want. Bountiful owns the electric facility supplying the city. The citys electric, water and sewer physical plant is relatively new, totally paid for and has a capacity to expand. The path that Bountiful eventually takes into the future undoubtedly will be highly influenced by thosefactors and decisions that have brought the city to its present state. A number of those past factors and decisions have been contradictory and produced seemingly implausible and somewhat surprising many bedroom communities are limited and some sections of the city slowly evolves into near slum status. No so in Bountiful where the visitor will find no poor or rundown section of town. There are some older homes and commercial buildings near the center of the original city but they are exceptionally well maintained. The cheapest home in town has an assessed value that places it current market value well above $50,000. Hardy said Bountiful has not made an aggressive effort in the past to attract a large amount of results. industry and commerce. For example, Bountiful has been Bountiful Area Chamber of Comconsidered the bedroom for the merce Executive Director Harland area of Salt Burningham said were actively Lake City and Hill Air Force Base. trying to get a bit more light indusOnly 20 percent of the people who try. He puts a lot of emphasis on live in Bountiful work there. the word light but no one seems Traditionally, the tag bedroom really concerned about the outcommunity has implied a lack of come of that effort. identity as a city. In most bedroom Both Burningham and Hardy communities around the state, the said Bountifuls lack of effort in resident who lives there but works attracting new industry could be elsewhere takes a sort of hands the results of constraints than off attitude about the community. choice. This has not been true of BountiWe just havent had the land ful which not only has a definite area conducive to industrial deidentity but also a character dis- velopment, said. Burningham tinctly its own. And right now, all the land in the Residents of this community, city is fairly well whether natives or newcomers, for the foothills. developed except proudly say they live in BountiBountiful is one of the largest ful and quickly correct anyone cities in the nation still served who thoughtlessly lumps them in and effectively so by a largely with Salt Lake City. volunteer fire department. Of its 51 Bedroom cities also have to re- member fire department, nine are lied on residential tax revenue to full time professionals and 42 are finance the greater portion of publ- volunteers. ic services. And residential properMost residents consider the city ty doesnt produce the tax volumes adequately policed with a force of of industrial and commerce. one of the lowest only 27 officers As a result, municipal services in ratios in the state. Our crime rate also is one of the lowest, substantially lower than the state as a whole, Hardy said. Our most common crime probl lem is residential burglaries, the city manager said, crediting that to our proximity to Salt Lake and our reputation as an affluent community. But still, were well below the state average in burglaries. Early this year, the Utah Parole and Probation Department closed its Bountiful office. There wasnt enough business there to justify an office, said industrial-commerci- al q 'vfcscv Jl-- 'w y regional director William Boyington. of a city are expressed in the faces of residents like Dawn Marie Duncan, daughter of Pamela and Don Duncan of 106 S. Ridgeview Dr., Bountiful, and the lady she calls Grandma," her sitter Anna Kinlen. THE YOUTH ANQ MATURITY K t |