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Show New City Plans in Washington County Announced in Salt Lake and municipal water, flood control, fish and wildlife and recreation benefits. Both the proposed city and the possible dam site are within with-in two miles of Interstate 15, on the road to Zion National Park. The developers led by Utahns and former Utahns, include in-clude the city's architect, Edward Ed-ward O. Anderson, known for his Temple building for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The planners say their city was on the drawing boards before the site was being considered for the dam and the project will go ahead regardless of the decision de-cision on the dam. The developers have included includ-ed an industrial park in their plans. Dixie Springs president, Ray W. Lewis, explained: "Our area is now only a few hours from the large cities of the Pacific coast by any kind of transportation. We have everything to offer climate, location, and now water for residential living and industrial indus-trial development." City plans also call for recreation rec-reation facilities, including a golf course. Ned Riding, vice president of the corporation, a resident of southern California, said he feels the city will attract many former Utahns now living liv-ing on the coast. The Dixie Springs developers develop-ers envision a mall-type commercial com-mercial area, a large retirement retire-ment center for senior citizens, various types of condominiums condomin-iums as well as single and multiple family dwellings. Plans for an entirely new Utah city, to be located 11 miles northeast of St. George and 4 Va miles west of Hurricane Hurri-cane were unveiled in Salt Lake City this week. The city, to be called Dixie Springs, would be a completely complete-ly planned community, with commercial, retirement, residential resi-dential and recreational areas. Planning for the project has been subject of close study by Washington County and Utah State officials, and documents docu-ments certifying to the location loca-tion of the land, detailed surveys, sur-veys, and approval for the developers de-velopers to sell lots on the land have now been signed by state officials for their respective re-spective departments. The real estate division of the Utah Department of Business Busi-ness Regulation have given its approvel for sale of lots in the project but it suggests that "prospective purchasers should conduct their own investigation investiga-tion and personal inspection in order to know what they are buying." Original owners of the property prop-erty had drilled six wells and hit water at 55 feet. In order to be assured of sufficient water wa-ter for a residential and commercial com-mercial city, the Dixie Spring developers, more than two years ago, drilled another well to 700 feet which produces pro-duces 1,250 gallons of clear water per minute. A log of each of the wells has been given to the state of Utah. Permits have been granted for the drilling of two more wells. As the plan of the new city began to materialize, another development moved to accelerate accel-erate the project. The federal government began reviewing new sites for the proposed Dixie Dam on the Virgin, and one now being considered would actually cover part of the previously proposed city area. The proposed project would provide irrigation, industrial, |
