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Show Lakeside Review Lakeside Thursday, June 4, 1998 5 Environmentalists doubting Davis publisher Gibbs Smiths plans for development in Boulder have Legacy Highway through Davis County. The owner of Gibbs Smith Publisher, whose titles often deal with Western history and the environment. Smith bristles at any suggestion he is betraying native culture or the natural world. But several Utah environmentalists privately say they are uncomfortable with Smiths plans. Others are openly 'some concerned - , The Associated Press BOULDER - Is Utah book publish-- . er Gibbs Smith an environmentalist or an opportunistic developer? Smith maintains he is the former. I spend a lot of time volunteering for environmental causes, says the prim, button-dow- n resident of Layton, where his publishing company is also located. 1 Some people, however, are starting to wonder. Smith is spending a lot of time lately preparing plans for the biggest 'commercial and residential development project in recent years in Boulder, a small ranching community situated on the shoulders of the new Grand National Monument. t For some environmentalists, the .thought of any significant development 'in Boulder is a horror. The thought that ,it is being contemplated by one of their own is even worse. Smith is a former chairman of the Clubs Utah chapter. He currently sits on the advisory board of the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance. .And he actively opposes the proposed critical. If Gibbs is trying to become the Donald Trump of Utah by making money off of sacrificing Utah lands, Ive got a problem with that, says Ken Sanders, a Salt Lake City rare book dealer and a member of SUWA. Sanders has threatened to leave SUWA if Gibbs remains on its advisory board. So what exactly has people like Sanders enraged? For starters, Smith, who in recent years has purchased some 200 acres in Boulder, soon will break ground on a plot of land he owns on the northwest comer of Highway 12 and the Burr Trail, right across the street from the Boulder Mountain Lodge, the last major development in town. The comer, for years a pasture, is considered some of the most prime commercial real estate in town. -- -- 12-ac- re Si-er- ra It is a choice comer and important to the town, Smith says. We're very conscious of that. We want to make sure it builds on what Boulder is and bridges it to the future. He plans to convert it into a type of upscale refuge for visitors with cabins for artists to rent and a trading post and museum modeled after the Hubbel Trading Post on the Navajo Reservation in Ganado, Ariz. I see our trading post as encouraging local crafts and skills in Boulder and having them sold in this place, says Smith. Near the building would stand a g shack to take the wool off sheep that could graze on about four acres. Other phases would see construction of a bathhouse where hikers can come out of the wilderness to indulge in gourmet bathing, a duck pond and assorted retail shops, though Smith does not yet know what kind. About a mile south of his commercial enterprise, Smith has plans for a small housing development on a mesa bordered by Boulder Creek and the new national monument. Smith owns about 100 acres of land on the mesa. Its dangerous to say whats going to happen until we have a vision articulat ed, he says of the residential project. But the plans depend largely on negotiations with the Utah School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration, which owns about 120 acres of land that Smith needs in order to develop his own 100 acres on the mesa. Kevin Carter, assistant SITLA director, says his agency has been talking to Smith for nearly a year about entering a partnership for residential development. SITLA, whose mission is to generate revenue for the permanent school endowment fund, has entered into similar agreements in other parts of the state. Its been very successful, Carter says. Im very happy with the areas where weve done this. No more than 17 lots will be built on the mesa, none of the homes would be visible from the new national monument, and most of the land will remain undeveloped pasture, Smith says. Part of caring is to do something to. show how environment, economics, aesthetic and social values can be merged, says Smith, whose company, Gibbs Smith Publisher, celebrates its anniversary next year. Smith is also confident that once he talks to his critics personally, they will accept his enivronmentally compatible plans. sheep-shearin- 30-ye- ar Many of them, however, still are sore residenabout Smiths part in a high-en- d tial development three years ago on Rockville Bench, just outside of Zion National Park in Springdale. Some locals wanted the property put under a conservation easement, as undevelopa? ble open space. Here is this man who purports to be a friend of the environment, Sanders says, yet I keep hearing stories that hes involved in deals to develop near our national parks and monuments. It seems kind of hypocritical. The only motivation here is greed. Smith insists his motives are pure. 4 I first came to Boulder in 1961, he says. I saw an unbelievably beautiful place ... I like the old families here. I admire what theyve done ... Anyone would just as soon see Boulder the way it is. mega-millionai- re He says he hopes his brand of development - along with efforts of other' ; Boulder landowners - will encourage future developers in the town to be more sensitive. Can Boulder be its own unique self forever? Of all the places I know about, it has the best chance. Im trying to help Boulder become its best self. Wsu Calendar it' ' Through the summer calendars will run monthly instead of weekly. cation, 10 a.m.. Shepherd Union (ReBallroom, free, ception will follow in the Shepherd Union Gallery.) 626-651- 8. 626-657- Alumni Ovation Awards Ceremony, a program honoring graduates for outstanding community service, 3 p.m., Lindquist Alumni Center, free, ; OGDEN - The following Events are scheduled at Weber JState University June 0: WSUs 111th Commence- r program featuring Stan Davis as the keynote speaker, 6 p.m.; recessional, 7:20 p.m.; Dee Events Center, free, Tuesday: WSU Board of Trustees monthly meeting, 9:45 a.m., Miller Administration 318, free, 626-600- Wednesday: WSUs department of performing arts will Shepherd Union Ballroom, free, (Reception will follow in the Shepherd Union Gallery.) 626-657- 3. Senior Send-Of- f, a farewell performance by graduating theater students, 7:30 p.m.. Shepherd Union Lair, free, present its Convocation, 8 a.m., Dee Events Center, free, (Reception will follow at the south side 626-643- 1. 626-657- June 11: Putting Students Through College, a program honoring parents, spouses and friends who supported a graduate, 11 a.m.. Shepherd Union .fiallroom, free, College of Arts & Humanities and Bachelors of Integrated Studies Convocation, 10 a.m.. Dee Events Center, free, Z Wildcat Battalion Reserve Officer Training Core cadets will be as officers in the 2 p.m.. Shepherd Building 338, free, 25-2- Events Center parking lot.) College of Education Convo Larry 4 Sandy Burdett Don 4 Elaine Deru Dick Bowman Mayor Jerry 4 Sue Stevenson Mayor Demar Mitchel Mayor Bob 4 Bev Thurgood Spencer Young Bill Moore Faye Purdy Neldon 4 Bonnie Hamblin Manor Storey Wayne 4 Elaine Bummgham Floyd Morgan Willie 4 Judy Hammond Chuck Grosvenor Tom Santise Candace Gunnell Paid for by thm Coamittmo I to Carol 1 Read-ingWriti- al ing Ellin Oliver Keene, associate director of the Public Education & Business Coalition in Denver, Doug Pardon, an education professor at Westminster College, and Sirpa T. Grierson, an English professor at Brigham Young University, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.. 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Stonewashed Black Bleached White ! aaittiu&lGrs j 501 ' S& Wrangler DIO - i: 4 umnenM33& Prewashed & Stonewashed 55 ratter mUjjedGBZ ii (zcimz wmiw Main LAYTON 547-087- Pago iiArfetifilffimi &TS&3 - nn A. 6: 14th-annu- June 20: WSUs Ott Planetarium will sponsor a star party with the Ogden Astronomical Society, 9 p.m.. Antelope Island State Park, observing session (Reception will follow 626-657- 3. at the south side of the Dee Jommissioned Jnion 626-657- Comm. Gayle Stevenson Paul Rapp Rop. Sheryl Allt-.Dr. Sydney 4 Jar Wray Dr. Steven & Linda Tucker' Bruce & Judy Kjar Craig & Joan Hansen Mayor John Cushing John 4 Fran Brown Dean 4 Betty Brand June WSUs department of teacher education will sponsor the Conference featur- College of Science Convocation, 2 p.m.. Shepherd Union (ReBallroom, free, ception will follow in the Shepherd Union Gallery.) parking lot.) We Endorse Carol R. Page on Tuesday June 23rd. 626-705- 1. 5, 626-657- 3. of the Dee Events Center 626-609- 0. June 23: WSUs Small Business Development Center will sponsor the workshop, Winning 8 a.m. Government Contracts, to 4 p.m., Wattis Business Building, S20-S3- College of Applied Science & Technology Convocation, 2 p.m., Dee Events Center, free, (Reception will follow at the south side of the Dee Events Center parking lot.) College of Health Professions 626-649- 6. $60-$22- 5, 626-657- 3. June 12: General Associates Degrees Convocation, 8 a.m., be- 7-- College of Social & Behavioral Sciences Convocation, noon. Dee Events Center, free, (Reception will follow at the south side of the Dee Events Center parking lot.) 626-657- June 22: Summer Quarter gins. June 22 through July 8: Wildcat Summer Shootout, a series of basketball camps for youth ages taught by WSU players and coaches, Dee Events Center, 626-657- ment: processional, 5:40 p.m.; An- 626-790- 7. College of Business & Economics Convocation, noon. Shepherd Union Ballroom,, free, (Reception will follow in the Shepherd Union Gallery.) 626-753- 5. Monday through June 11: Spring Quarter final examination period. 3. free, $7 per car admission to telope Island, $26.99 K 1 (i Reg. $18.00 i j |
