Show New Tourist Complex Planned for Coalville by Local Group In an effort to bring Interstate Interstate Interstate Inter Inter- state travelers into the Coalville Coalville Coalville Coal Coal- ville community and to provide employment for Coalville re residents residents residents re- re a corporation has been formed to build a tourist and entertainment complex on the outskirts of Coalville Holiday H Hills Inc is headed headed headed head head- ed by Sherden Sherd n president treasurer treasurer treasurer trea trea- surer Karma secretary secretary secretary sec sec- Richard H. H Wilde Keith Wright and Gerald Young directors and Robert Williams public relations The he co controlled rolled corporations corporation's shares have par value of 1000 The big new complex with estimated final value of between and is to be located on a leased acre tract owned by Ren Wilde and Richard Wilde The area is just west of Coalville west of the Interstate and east of the Weber River This project has been in the planning stage for two years said Bob Williams spokesman for the group The Wildes have been offered unbelievable s sums ms for their land in that area and we finally d decided that if we didn't go ahead with the project somebody else from outside f finally in a 11 y would And whatever outsiders would take from the complex would leave Summit County every dime First items on the agenda Williams said are a restaurant about by feet and a two- two bay service station with the product as yet unknown It is hoped to have these facilities ready by Oct 1969 Other projects planned are About 50 trailer pads with accompanying s showers h how o w e r s and laundry rooms A gift souvenir and curio shop Picnic area Short golf c course o 0 u r s e to be located west of the river Motel with several clusters clusters' of four units each Recreation facilities with trout fishing in what is now called the slough but is really a spring fed bra branch n c h stage stagecoach stagecoach stagecoach coach rides in the summertime and snowmobile rides in the wintertime We have had more opportunities to get big financing than we can even consider Williams said An Eastern University and two big insurance insurance insurance ance companies will go whole- whole hog on term long-term financing right now And were we're amazed at the number of people who want to buy stock We dont don't know yet quite how to handle stock sales Williams said the location is ideal for its purpose because the complex will be in plain sight fro from m the west-bound west Interstate and it will be well- well advertised in all directions Being right at the big exits from the freeway it will be only a moment from the highway highway highway high high- way into the complex And we believe that thousands more tourists will stop here and then do some shopping uptown than would leave the Interstate if we didn't attract them off He said that present planning calls for hiring about 30 em em- for the hour 24 operation operation operation opera opera- tion of the complex In In addition to general workers well we'll need at least four top men-a men general manager a supervisor and maintenance man a general manager for the restaurant and curio shop and a g general e n e r a 1 manager for the service station and trailer court Im I'm personally proud to be a apart apart apart part of a group which is willing willing willing wil wil- ling to do something to keep Coalville from dying he said rather than a part of the small minority which has not changed its ways or its thinking in 35 years |