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Documents regarding the above topics are available for public inspection at 629 Parkway Drive, Park City, Utah. For copies, contact the Service Area’s interim general manager, Larry Finch, at (435) 649-7949 or gm@scsa3.org. Continued from A-8 Recreation is mighty reached $787.6 billion, up from $776.8 billion in 2018 and $759.6 billion in 2017. The outdoor recreation economy in the U.S. is “bigger than mining and bigger than agriculture and on par with broadcasting and telecommunications,” said bureau economist Dirk van Duym in a presentation early Tuesday after the report was released. In Colorado, outdoor recreation accounted for more than $12.2 billion in economic impact, or about 3.1% of the state’s total economy. Outdoor recreation businesses in Colorado employed 149,140 workers who earned $6.4 billion. Not surprisingly, winter activities in Colorado delivered more than any other state with a $1.7 billion contribution to the state’s economy. At a national level, winter sports was the sixth largest economic contributor in the outdoor recreation industry with a $6.3 billion impact. Boating and fishing — the most popular outdoor activity in 30 states — led the outdoor recreation economy with a $23.6 billion contribution to the nation’s gross domestic product. Touring in recreational vehicles — or RVing — was next, with an $18.6 billion contribution, followed by hunting and motorcycling. The Bureau of Economic Analysis said the outdoor recreation economy was led by the arts, entertainment, recreation, accom- modation and food services industries. Other industries driving the recreation economy include retail and manufacturing. In Colorado, accommodation and food services led the state’s recreation economy — which is driven largely by private businesses — followed by arts, entertainment, recreation and retail shops. (The bureau analysis considers attendance at festivals and concerts as outdoor recreation.) All the industries that drive the country’s recreation economy are the ones that have suffered most during the pandemic, which settled hard on the West during the busy spring ski season and saw resorts, hotels and restaurants shuttered from mid-March into May. Outdoor recreation was ranked nationally among impacted industries in the pandemic, alongside food, lodging and hospitality. Recreation industry losses came not only from closures of outdoor areas, shops and manufacturing plants but also impacts to domestic and international supply chains. But as shutdowns lifted this spring, outdoor recreation boomed “like never before,” said Jessica Turner, the head of the Outdoor Recreation Roundtable, a coalition of 33 outdoor recreation organizations representing more than 110,000 businesses. Participation in outdoor activities has hovered around 48% to 50% of the population in the last 15 years of tracking by the Outdoor Industry Association. Surveys of participation from this summer and fall suggest participation has climbed to all-time highs near 69%, the association’s executive director Lise Aangeenbrug said, pointing to health and wellness contributions beyond dollars that are tied to people getting outside to play. Erik Pritchard, the head of the Motorcycle Industry Council, said sales of motorcycles, all-terrain vehicles and side-by-side, off-highway vehicles during the pandemic are setting records with double-digit percentage growth in 2020 over 2018 and 2019. Outdoor recreation is “one of the few sectors holding up the economy during COVID,” said Frank Hugelmeyer, president of the National Marine Manufacturers Association, noting “a remarkable shift in how consumers are spending” during the pandemic. Between March and June this year, the boating industry sold 44,000 boats, a 10% increase over the same period of 2019, Hugelmeyer said. In Colorado, sales of rafts, paddleboards and kayaks boomed in the spring as rivers and lakes swelled with socially-distanced paddlers. The campground industry is on trajectory to surpass 2019’s record traffic, even after the spring shutdown, said Paul Bambei, the head of the National Association of RV Parks and Campgrounds, which represents about 3,000 privately-owned RV parks. Citing the Kampgrounds of America “Growth of Camping Amid COVID-19” report issued last week, Bambei said the campground industry saw a 185% increase in cancellations through April. But the industry has rebounded, with tens of thousands of first-time campers, Bambei said, noting a 19% increase in campground reservations in September and a 20% increase in deposits on RV and camper purchases for 2021. “This was a break-out year to get behind the wheel,” he said. The Colorado Sun is a reader-supported news organization dedicated to covering the people, places and policies that matter in Colorado. Read more, sign up for free newsletters and subscribe at coloradosun.com. By Tom Clyde Four Seasons Total Landscaping We just witnessed one of the great moments in American history: The Four Seasons Total Landscaping press conference. On Oct. 7, the lawyer for the soon-to-be-former president held a press conference to assert claims of voter fraud in Philadelphia. For reasons that remain as elusive as actual evidence of voter fraud, the planned event was held in the parking lot of a local landscaping company called Four Seasons Total Landscaping. It’s across the street from a crematorium and next door to a porn shop. So Rudy Giuliani set up his press conference there and a few people attended. But just before it got started, the networks finally announced that Biden had won Pennsylvania. With those electoral votes, the election was decided. So the parties began and nobody cared about Rudy. Undaunted, Rudy pressed on, flanked by a fire extinguisher and a hose reel, with “TrumpPence” posters stuck to the garage door of the loading dock. The initial reports were that somehow Rudy had mistaken the landscaper’s warehouse for the luxury Four Seasons hotel downtown. But various reports since insist that Rudy had intended to be at the landscaper all the time, that he chose an out-of-the-way location in a seedy neighborhood because ...? Well, they claim it was on purpose, and if you can’t believe the Trump campaign, who can you believe? The president tweeted about the press conference to gin up interest in it, saying it was at the Four Seasons hotel in Philadelphia. Being in the hotel business himself, Trump assumed his representatives would be making their kind of undignified claims in a dignified and proper setting. The hotel started getting calls about it, and they put out a tweet clarifying that the event was at Four Seasons Total Landscaping, “not affili- ated with the hotel,” and urged people to go there instead. So far, nobody is fessing up to what has to have been a huge, hilarious mistake. Whether it was Rudy himself or some staffer is something we may never know. But somebody actually set it up, in advance, at the landscaper. My favorite comment on it was a tweet from somebody who said, “Shout out to the Four Seasons Landscaping person who stone cold booked Rudy’s press conference and ran their credit card without telling them.” I hope that employee shows up on Stephen Colbert’s show one of these nights to explain what happened.” I hope that employee shows up on Stephen Colbert’s show one of these nights to explain what happened. The owner of the business said she was very happy to accommodate a presidential campaign. The landscaper is making the best of it. She’s selling stickers that say, “Make America Rake Again,” and “Lawn and Order,” with the Four Seasons name on them for $5 each. In so many ways, it sums up the past four years. The other great news story of the week comes from Yellowstone National Park, where three men have been fined and banned from the park for two years for cooking a couple of chickens in one of the hot springs. What the cluck? The trio was cited for cooking two whole, raw chickens in one of the thermal features in the Shoshone Geyser Basin. Reports differ on whether the chickens were in a pot or were cooked directly in the hot spring. This is not something that just happens. Tourists in Yellowstone don’t stand there looking at the geyser basin and spontaneously decide that, since they already have a couple of live chickens back in the car, and a big pot, they might as well fix dinner there in the geyser pool. It took some preparation. Which pot should I use? Will the sulfur discolor stainless steel? Is the cast iron too heavy to carry that far? What seasonings will go best with all that sulfury goodness? Were there appropriate side dishes? Perhaps a nice rice pilaf. One story suggested that they were actually cooking the chickens in a burlap bag directly in the hot spring. Most say there was a pot, too. A two-step recipe perhaps? When asked what they were up to, one of them told the park ranger, “making dinner.” Which, of course, seems perfectly obvious when they are standing around a pot of boiling chicken. Later, when asked whose idea this genius plan was, he said, “it was kind of a joint thing.” Which leads to the conclusion that parsley wasn’t the only herb involved in the meal preparation. This all happened back in August, and they pleaded guilty in September. But for some reason, the mainstream media kept this vital information from us until just this last week. All week long, as I looked for more information on this urgent story, I just kept thinking it couldn’t get any better. But it did. One of the three master chefs is from right here in Utah. The pride of West Valley City. The only thing missing is Rudy Giuliani gnawing on a drumstick in the parking lot. Tom Clyde practiced law in Park City for many years. He lives on a working ranch in Woodland and has been writing this column since 1986. Sunday in the Park By Teri Orr These united nations within these United States... It is hard to fully measure — the impact of women in this year’s critical elections. The impact especially — of those women black and brown. Prior to Nov. 4 there were a few stories and postings, here in the West, about Native women working to get out the vote. Finding ways to bring attention about the need to vote. Despite the fact that no other group has been hit harder by COVID per capita than the native community. Lack of running water and larger families that live together in remote areas and lack of places to buy food supplies on the reservations, all have been part of their crisis. One clip I saw, leading up to Election Day, was a young woman from the Navajo Nation in southern Utah rounding up voters — male and female on horseback — dressed in traditional native clothing — to head to the polling place a few miles away. Of course, they could have driven in their individual cars in jeans and sweatshirts. But she was making a statement for others to see her, see them, along the road, exercising their right to vote, proud members of their nation within this nation. Five million people who are American Indians live within the United States and represent 574 nations or tribes within this country. They have fought and served disproportionately in all our wars and are credited in helping end World War II with the Navajo Code Talkers — who simply spoke and wrote in their impossibly difficult language and served with honor. But they have served also in Vietnam and Afghanistan. Despite the ugly treatment they have received for generations from the people who came and didn’t “discover” their country but rather occupied it. They have cared for and understood the cycles of the land long before we Bilagáanas decided we needed to “protect the environment” that we had been systematically destroying. Right now, you have a chance to thank a group of those environmental patriotic warriors. Those folks who have served our country with dignity and honor in spite of our treatment of them. Here in Park City for 30 years, once from the old Main Street location of the Kimball Art Center, then the main lodge at Deer Valley Resort, a program called Adopt-A-Native-Elder has sold rugs. Under the inspiration, dedication and humble direction of Linda Myers (recognized as a CNN hero few years ago). A weaver herself, she decided to provide a space for the elders to sell their rugs to help them get through the brutal winters on The Rez. The rug show has always been held this weekend to also honor their service to our country and a ceremony concluded the event each year. Like so many things 2020 — the rug show was forced online and began Thursday night. You will find stunning pieces of artwork, aka rugs, that are patterned and pictorial. There is also turquoise jewelry and soft dolls. Should you simply want to donate to the program to help with food and firewood for this difficult winter ahead, there are places on the site to do that also. In the days after the election, as we have been dissecting how this vote — mostly by mail — was so very different, on my morning feed last Friday this popped up — from a woman writer well known in the West. Pam and I worked together for a minute in the ’80s at Dolly’s Bookstore here — between her stints as a river guide. Pam Houston, November 6 at 10:42 AM: “Good morning. Before we do anything else today let’s take a moment to reflect on the fact that Black and Native women saved us from ourselves (yet again) in by far the most important election of our lives. I know a lot of us worked very hard, I know you worked hard. I worked harder at fighting this evil than I’ve ever worked at anything. But far too many white women are still stuck in whatever narrative wants them to be abused, discounted and controlled, or makes them think they ARE in control...I don’t understand it and I want to think about it more. I feel great shame about it and those of us who are active need to address that moving forward. But this day, let’s think together with gratitude about Stacey Abrams, her brilliance and persistence and determination. Let’s think about all the Black women who walked past white people with guns to get to the polls. Let’s think about how Navajo women organized, to fight Covid, to get the vote out. Let’s learn from them. They saved our democracy. Let’s pay attention and follow their lead and maybe learn how to keep it.” Then the next day this appeared in my morning feed. Giovanni Morant, November 6 at 5:15 AM: Michelle Fraser: “After narrowly losing her race for governor in 2018, Stacey Abrams started on a crusade to register 800k voters in Georgia. Which she did. 45% of those new voters are under the age of 30 and 49% are people of color. “Stacey Abrams not only opened the door for herself, she then held it opened. This win in a Georgia doesn’t belong to the Democrats or to Joe Biden. It belongs to her.” And in New Mexico, three women of color were making news by being the first House delegation in history to ever be all women of color. They are also representing the Cherokee and Pueblo tribes. Republican and Democrats in party, but first, First Nation women. With the planet and this nation being roughly 50% female, it is time the face of politics reflect that ... beautifully. For little girls to see Kamala Harris serve, the dream of becoming like her will forever change how hopeful the planet can look to them. It still looks messy and scary and in need of almost insurmountable work but it also looks just like them — like hope tied up in a hair ribbon. Like hope woven into a rug. Like hope on horseback. And that is a beautiful thing to consider any day including this Sunday in the Park... Teri Orr is a former editor of The Park Record. She is the founder of the Park City Institute, which provides programming for the George S. and Dolores Doré Eccles Center for the Performing Arts. |