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Show The Enterprise Review , September 22. 197ft KEEP IT MOVING! If you want to keep your business moving, the Review can help. If youre running a business, you cant afford to be uninformed. The more familiar you are with your total business environment, the better able youll be to take advantage of its opportunities. Because the Review is a specialized publication, we can provide our readers with the most complete, accurate, and diverse reports about the Utah business scene. Growth centers, sales tips, retailing information, advertising analyses, real estate, finance, investment opportunities, industrv trends, legislation, management problems (and solutions) and more. Its all in the Utah Enterprise Review each week. Utah business is on the move. Move with it. SUBSCRIBE TODAY nt to AUup J.vou Yes, please send me the Utah Enterprise Review. Enclosed is an $24.00 check to cover my one-yesubscription. P.O. Box 11778, Salt Lake City, Utah 84147. hy ar f'f.'R Agricultural land often exacts a hefty price fer residential or industrial development and thats what many planners are cerned with . con- Inequities of System Trouble Urban Planner by Mary McMillan Gaber Review Staff Reporter What do farmers have that real estate developers want? The answer is simple: lly cheap, flat, with good drainage, which can be easily developed into residential subdivisions or industrial parks. divisions filled with single family homes, driveways, roads and rooftops, Jensen claims. Agricultural Importance land-usua- Across the country agricultural land is being gradually taken over by urban developers. No one yet knows how much land in Salt Lake County has been converted from agricultural to residential or industrial use, but the trend is evident. And it is worrying one planner in particular. As the number of single family dwellings picks up, the quality of water in the area goes down, says Steven Jensen, project planner of the Salt Lake County Water Quality Study team. As water rolls from rooftops, driveways, highways and parking losts it accumulates grease and other pollutants, he explains. But if it simply soaks into the ground, nourishing plants, it remains free of So human contaminants. planned unit developments, y or apartment buildings surrounded by prime high-densit- open, landscaped space, provide greater protection from pollution than do sub Jensens concern with water quality has led him to the belief that certain parts of the county should remain agricultural and real estate developers should not be allowed to continually devour farmland. Rather, they should be encouraged to build high-densit- land- y, d scaped units in portions of the city. This plan, he thinks, would help reduce pollution of the countys water resources. At the same time, it would reduce food distribution costs by ensuring space for food production close to the population consuming it. But how, he wondered, could the government restrict a portion of the county to agricultural use without their denying farmer-owner- s right to profit from appreciating land value? Researching the problem, Jensen discovered other planners shared his concern. One group, officials of Sufalready-develope- folk County, New thought they'd found a York, solu- tion. They recognized that land being used for agricul- Continucd on page 8b Other "quick printers. give you note pads, posters with cute sayings and free while you were out forms. All you get from us is Salt Lakes lowest prices. PDQ QUICK PRINT shoppe 36 West Second South Salt Lake City, Utah 84101 Phone 801 364-104- 4 |