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Show THAILAND BUDDHA STATUES ¢ ELEPHANT TABLES © JEWELRY @ CLOTHING AFRICA EBONY CARVINGS ¢ MASKS e VERDITE CARVINGS * WALKING CANES # WALL HANGINGS ® DRUMS SOUTH AMERICA FLUTES * SWEATERS ¢ GLOVES ¢ HATS NORTH AMERICA RUG BARN COTTON THROWS ¢ PHOTO WALL MURALS ¢ KAMA SUTRA BODY DELIGHTS ¢ T-SHIRTS © GRATEFUL DEAD STUFF ¢ POSTERS « CANDLES © SCHIMEL & LASSEN ART * GREETING CARDS « DRUMS MEXICO GURKEE ROPE SANDALS ¢ BLANKETS # BAJAS ¢ PONCHOS COSMOS MOLDAVITE METEORITE JEWELRY ¢ MUSIC PAKISTAN MUKLUKS # GLOVES # LAPIS JEWELRY ¢ HATS ® DRUMS Paving Paradise Can We Save Open Lands From Development? By Wendy Fisher executive director, Utah Open Lands of personal conservatism or liberalism. Open i n almost every direction, the Utah horizon is arrested by a magnificent mountain range. In the last few years the foothills and valleys have become equally arresting with the bright yellow-orange of backhoes. Now, studies are reckoning the economic value of open land protection. Sixty to 80 percent of those living next to golf courses and paying a premium price to do so, dont land protection and good planning have economic, social and agricultural implications. golf. They live there because of the protected open land. This mere fact is winning developers over to the preservation of open space. The flooding crisis in the Midwest is a stark reminder of the importance of preserv- ing floodplains and yet, in most communi- The Swaner Park near Park City ties, these areas have no legal protection. Nationwide, taxpayers will be shouldering the expense of development in these natural resource areas and we continue to repeat the same mistakes. Trying to preserve agricultural land in is dedicated open space. Utah is a battle unto itself. When As backhoes dig into hillsides, and swipe away farm ground, Utah is in the midst of something more than growth - it’s reeling from rapid expansion. In every community throughout the state, Utah leaders quibble over the semantics of private property rights, while the health of their community teeters you com- pare the price you pay per pound for beef at the supermarket, versus the price per pound the rancher receives, you quickly realize ranching doesn’t pay the same as development of suburban ranchettes. Most of us don’t bother to ponder studies which show that world grain consumption has surpassed world grain production. I guess we are relying on another technologi- on the edge of a dangerous addition; needing growth to pay for the growth that already has occurred. Is this a new phenomenon? Certainly not. Cities like Phoenix and Denver, regardless of vows not to make the same mistakes L.A. did, are following the same defeating planning patterns of suburban sprawl. Studies from Virginia to California show that suburban sprawl doesn’t pay its own way. Utah’s own Department of Agriculture has demonstrated that for every dollar col- he was a Utah farmer and often remarks about lected from residential revenue, it costs the those times: “See, you can't eat money.” community $1.35 to service that development. So as communities dig themselves into deeper financial holes, shouldn't we demand to know why? Surveys done in northern and Southern Utah from large cities to rural communities confirm that we Utahns want to preserve open space and maintain our quality of life. At the same time, these studies show that we don't want this to come at our own expense, or through regulation that may infringe on private property rights. This leaves little or no option. And so it goes, in every community, where the march of development continues unchecked by its citizens. One day you look out the window and the famous line from a Joni Mitchell tune plays in the background: “... dont it always seem know what you've got paved paradise and put Preservation of open to go that you don't ‘til its gone, they up a parking lot.” lands, though seen simply as an environmental issue, is actually much more and has repercussions regardless cal fix, like fertilizer, or growth hormones. Or perhaps we don’t truly believe that Utah's agricultural lands will factor significantly into food production in the future. Fortunately, people like Gene Weadon arent willing to hedge those bets. He placed a conservation easement, held by Utah Open Lands, over his 76-acre property to preserve forever its prime agricultural lands. Gene made it through the Great Depression because So these consequences lead back to the need for a ground-swell of support from Utahns, to chart a smarter course than the one other states facing similar growth explosions have followed. Landowners need to seriously consider how estate taxes and capital gains will effect their land assets and see conservation as a tool to holding onto an enhancing the community in which have invested time and money. they We can’t sit idly by and expect government leaders to preserve our community investment. Ultimately, state leaders and community members need to understand that the longheld paradigm has changed. Not all growth is good. If the very things which have promoted Utah’s exploding market are destroyed - the clean air, breathtaking landscapes, and rural charm - then what we are experiencing now is a short-lived success to be replaced by an addiction which will destroy the health, welfare Utah communities. @ and safety of DANCING CRANES EMPORIUM OF WORLD New Store AS Grand and Opening Summer Solstice in Sugarhouse Saturday Food @ Drink IMPORTS CULTURE Celebration (2144 So. 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