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Show J A4 DAVIS COUNTY CLIPPER Tuesday, October 19, 1993 I I SINGEBE4 Four in Utah selected as pilot cities i l i Main Street Program By PAUL CHALLIS News Editor Four Utah BOUNTIFUL cities were selected for the Main Street Program as pilot communities to help revitalize their downtown business areas but unfortunately for Bountiful its application was not among the chosen few. Bountiful was among 10 cities in Utah that formerly applied for one of the four pilot community spots with the newly instituted Main Street Program. Chosen were Brigham City, Midvale, Mt. Pleasant and Parowan. These cities were selected by the Permanent Community Impact Fund Board, a division of the Utah State Division of Community Development. We were not chosen for the Main Street Program but because we applied we are guaranteed to be included in the training program, Bountiful Redevelopment Agency Director Blaine Gehring said. We want to continue with it, not being selected isn't a big thing. Gehring said he would continue to work on the program and he plans to present new information and updated game plan at the next RDA board meeting in November. The Main Street Program is supported at the national level by the National Trust for Historic bypasses Bountiful Preservation. The emphasis of the program is to stimulate economic growth in small communities by revitalizing their historic central business districts. The four communities and other applicants so desiring will receive training and technical assistance on implementing the program from the Utah State Division of Community Development. Bountiful an submitted application last August and wanted to be one of the four cities to receive $30,000 over a three-yeperiod. Another $10,000 from the national office would be used to train the city officials to run the Main Street Program. Last maintained by the city even though it will be located next to the proposed post office in downtown Bountiful. News EHitor BOUNTIFUL Preliminary design for the fountain next to the new Bountiful Post Office was reviewed by the Redevelopment Last April the RDA board approved $5,000 and hired Allred, Soffe, Wilkinson and Nichols to Agency board along with a drawing of a historical marker to be part of the fountain plaza. provide landscape architectural services for the design and construction of the fountain. The historical marker will be paid for by the Bountiful Centennial Committee The architects will next bring the finalized design plan back to the RDA board for final approval. The entire fountain project is expected to cost the RDA and Bountiful about $30,000 and it will enhance the post office project slated by be completed by 1995. As part of the project the city plans to widen Center Street at the black-base- d, and will include pictures of historic Main Street and Bountiful. The fountain project will also greenery and include some landscaping and trees and a bench. The circular fountain will be Behunin to vie for seat on W. Bountiful Council James Behunin would like to use eight years experience as legislative program analyst to improve West Bountiful City government as a city councilman. Behunin is a supervisor for the Office of the Legislative Auditor General, the State Legislature's his watchdog agency. "We've been very effective in helping the legislature improve the efficiency of state government by weeding out poor management practices and outdated programs," he said. "As a City councilman I'd have a chance to do the same for our city government." "The city has accomplished a great deal during the past two years but they are still overlooking and Gehring the National Trustee Historical Preservation program for cities in the United States with 50,000 populations or less. Gehring said the workshops and seminars help representatives from throughout the nation to understand how the Main Street Program ar and works can it how r - WOODS CROSS MAYOR i i Paid by Citizens Committee to Elect Wayne with this ad (10 arid under) MOM, turn the shaggies into great styles for the whole family. Wedges? Rat Tops? Lines? We do them all! You'll love the cut. Your Mom will love the price. Kids cuts on sale. TIIIBO DIMEtlSIOlI G0TS see. The post office plans were delayed for No Appointment Sabns BOUNTIFUL fh Expires 298-855- 6 74 East 500 South (next to Payless Drug) LAYTON 10-30-- Layton Hills Man 544-26- 69 Level to update our l city ordinances and make developers and businesses comply with them." J i l J t J, .III t ijttt . Jit it Behunin has also worked with West Bountiful Elementary's strategic planning committee and is working to develop business and corporate sponsors for the school. A graduate of Brigham Young University, Behunin holds a degree in economics and a Master's of Business Administration. He is married and has three children. WMliM) services and provide them at a lower cost. We're spending a lot of money on important things," he said, "but we don't know if city expenditures are as cost effective as they should be. To do that we need to modernize the budget process and improve public feedback." Behunin is also concerned by the initial signs of gang activity in the toil 3. city. "The gang graffiti and occasional acts of vandalism are signs that our city is only a few etas years behind Salt Lake." He would like to see West Bountiful develop gang prevention strategy aimed at the ybuth in the city. 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An Interest rate Increase due to the Jazz performance in (he playoffs and the championship game will occur on July I, 139-will not be effective if (lie time deposit Is purchased after the Jazz liaue already obtained the specified number of season or playoff wins Penalty for early witlidraul Member FDIC i ! U s I for master plan. "We received a great deal of input from residents about what West Bountiful should be like in ten years," he said, "but these goals will never be met unless we . continue l WAV ME i Kids Cut H50 recently because the site plan that was projected to be used wouldn't fit the Bountiful site. So the Postal Service had to go back to the drawing board for the Bountiful Post Office facility. The post office is scheduled to be completed by February of 1995. i SALTZGIVER be implemented into each town. The Main Street Program already has 730 cities in the United States involved and they can be used as models on how it is set up and operated. Some western cities on the program include Phoenix, Ariz. and Evanston, Wyo. southwest corner of Main and Center streets and to move the curb and gutter back in anticipation of increased traffic in the area because of the new post office facility. The plan also calls for a traffic signal at the corner of Center and Main streets. According to City Manager Tom Hardy, the signal and widening street project is funded in the 1993-9- 4 fiscal budget. Our plans still call for the project to be done in last spring or early summer, Hardy said. The recent delays in the post office project might delay our action as well, we will just have to wait and several ways to improve city fc spring i order to preserve the family-oriente- d quality of life in Woods Cross, the city's residents must have a mayor who truly cares about the taxpayers and their future. Wayne Saltzgiver and his wife live in Woods Cross City because they WANT TO. They appreciate the city's amenities and low taxes. And that's why, on Nov. 2, we're voting In Downtown Merchants Association representative Keith Barton attended a National Town Meeting in Milwaukee, Wis., to learn about Fountain plaza design reviewed by Btlf. Redevelopment Agency By PAUL CHALLIS CONGER NED! The pilot program was approved by the 1993 Utah Legislature and was open to cities in the state on an application basis. : J |