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Show Parowan City Chamber of Commerce Works With Councilto Promote Plans . A delegation representing the Tarowan Chamber of Commerce and including the new officers of that organization, met with the Parowan City Council Monday Mon-day night to present a list of improvements im-provements which the group has drawn up, and which the members mem-bers feel would be of great benefit bene-fit to Parowan City. They pledged themselves as members of the chamber to work with the city administration in any way they can to help these plans become a reality. Presenting the program were Howard Joseph, president ; Jim Barton, vice president and Robert Rob-ert B. Mitchell, secretary, with Doris Benson and John H. Pen-djeton. Pen-djeton. members of the committee. commit-tee. They presented the following follow-ing list of improvements which they felt would be of benefit to the city of Parowan in encourag-Ing encourag-Ing growth, tourist trade and Improve Im-prove business conditions in the city: 1. Parking on Main Street. It was noted that parking space is limited on this street and urged limited time parking in certain sections to make room for park-lng park-lng by tourists' and other travelers. travel-ers. They urged the marking of parking spaces along Main St. to aid citizens In parking their cars the tight distance apart -and thus utilizing space to better advantage. ad-vantage. 2. Widening of Main Street bv moving the curBsfcack closer to 'the sidewalk thus addlng-much ' needed space to the width of the i city's main street. It was claimed Irtiat by doing this angle parking 'could be used instead of paral-; paral-; lei. giving more parking spare, i 3. Improvements at the city park and providing facilities for use of tourists to rest and relax ! while traveling on Highway 91. I Also the opening of the D U P Old Rock Church museum to visitors vis-itors a short time each day I 4. Continue the program of do- ing away with unsightly buildings build-ings and fences in the city and especially those abutting on the main thoroughfare. 5. Erect appropriate signs at entrances to the city for the purpose pur-pose of informing tourists of the things we have to offer. 6. to cooperate wholeheartedly with the new Five County Organization Or-ganization in its program to promote pro-mote the improvement of all communities and scenic areas in the five county area to take advantage ad-vantage of the new business which may come to this section because of National Park Improvements' Im-provements' and the building of the Glen Canyon Dam. 7. Zoning the city to encourage home building and beautiflcatlon of the city in general. A number of these items are already being considered by the city officials and they agreed that all me needed and intimat- ed that through the cooperative effort of the city the chamber and the citizens generally many of these things can be accomp-lished. |
