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Show at „ Fri Business leaders release preliminary downtown plan •fJruiou/uUng.... The Best Photo I Took All Summer Content/ SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Business leaders have released long-term plans they'd like to see as downtown Salt Lake City undergoes a facelift. The Salt Lake Chamber of Commerce and Downtown Alliance released a draft this week of what the organizations would like to see in a new-look downtown. "We will give some ideas significant lift," said Natalie Gochnour, vice president of the Salt Lake Chamber. A final version will be released in January. Between $1.5 billion to $2 billion is expected to be invested in downtown in the next five years. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is overhauling two downtown malls and a new 21-floor office tower is going up on Main Street. The Downtown Alliance and Salt Lake Chamber hope to see additional investment. "(In) cities that are successful, one of the common threads is they have a unified vision that transcends political administrations," said Bob Farrington, executive director of the Downtown Alliance. Among the plans called for by the two groups are increased mass-transit, a lengthy trail system and cultural districts. The plan also envisions a "green" downtown with energysaving buildings and bringing City Creek back above ground to run all the way to the Jordan River. The draft doesn't call for a bar or nightclub district, an idea that was rejected in favor of creating the ethnic districts. Salt Lake City once had a Japan Town, but it was taken over when the Salt Palace was built during a downtown revitalization in the 1960s known as the "Second Century Plan." That plan also led to the creation of Main Street Plaza and Abravanel Hall. The chamber will take suggestions from the public on the preliminary plans before drawing up the final version in early 2007. 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The molecules move farther apart, making the gasoline less dense A As the temperature of gasoline rises, it expands Note: FueJ pumps In the United Stales dispense 231 cubic inches of lue! per gallon cUu^ Qifft to local 60°F 1 When it burns, the warmer gas gives off less energy 90°F 392 miles* 1 —90°F 60°F 90° F M Which means you can't drive as far, and you will have to refill your tank a little sooner 60°F 400 miles*- "Assuming a 20-gallon tank and 20 mpg Source: Kansas City Slar research Graphic The Kansas Crty Slar THE POWER TO GET 3600 TEXT MESSAGES. © 2006 MCT Rising costs trigger price increases for gas; inflation sneaks up slightly CINCINNATI (AP) — While prices at the gas pumps get a lot of attention, other increases are pulling at Americans' pocketbooks from a variety of directions. "We see it daily as far as everything we need for the kids; groceries, the little one still in diapers; anything that has to do with the house," said Mary Ann Ray, 32, a registered nurse and mother of two in suburban Union Township just east of Cincinnati. Besides spending $10 to $15 more to fill up her minivan than she did a year or so ago, she ticks off a litany of other higher prices squeezing the once-comfortable household budget of her and her husband, the product development director for an educational software company. They include over-the-counter drugs, delivery pizzas, baby formula. "It's all the little things," she said. "What I see is that you get your typical raises for work, but it seems like everything gets more expensive." The ripple effect into the everyday economy as big companies try to offset increased costs for energy, transportation and raw materials is a creeping inflation that economists are watching, as the Federal Reserve balances inflation concerns against a slowing economy. While recent economic data indicated that inflation pressures are easing, consumer surveys show inflation worries are contributing to declining confidence about the economy. And more price increases are coming. In summer earnings reports, company after company has reported plans to pass along some of their higher costs in pricing of some or most of their products, from Energizer Holdings Inc.'s batteries to Eastman Kodak Co. film; Whirlpool Corp. appliances to Clorox Co. household cleaners; Anheuser-Busch Cos. Inc. beer to meals in some Buffalo Wild Wings Inc. restaurants. Some small businesspeople are feeling the ripples, too. "My costs have gone up. Shipping has definitely gone up," said Toni Sander, who sells gourmet foods and coffees, gift baskets and fine wines at her store, The Wine List, in the northern Cincinnati suburb of West Chester. "Shipping bills are half the cost of some of the food orders." The federal Labor Department reported a July core consumer inflation increase of 0.2 percent, the lowest in five months. But core inflation, which excludes energy and food, has risen by 2.7 percent over the past 12 months. "They don't have inflation under control. You go out to Adams County (a rural area east of Cincinnati) and ask anybody, 'Does it cost more to live every day?' They'll tell you 'yes,'" said Paul Hackett, a Cincinnati attorney who ran for Congress last year as a Democrat. 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