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Show Davis County's changing skyline k A Davis County's skyline has seen a lot of change during 1987. It would be impossible to list every ev-ery new business building that has either been announced, is under construction, or was announced during the year. These range from a new motel to a new discount department de-partment store to new car dealerships dealer-ships and manufacturing facilities. Those buildings taking part of our tax dollar, however, seemed worthy of at least mention. North Davis County saw the greatest change, in that regard, as its population growth continued to outpace that of the south end of the county. Here's a list of major new public facilities there: Libraries: the old Kaysville City Hall was extensively remodeled remod-eled and now houses the Kaysville Library which formerly took a small portion of the building. Layton finally received firm notice that it will house a county library branch as ground was broken for the Central Branch late last year. Completion is anticipated by early fall, 1988. A new Silver Age Senior CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 Changing skyline over Davis County in 1987 Continued from page one Citizens Center was approved to be housed in Kaysville on the Municipal Block's southeast corner. cor-ner. Construction should be started this spring on the 10,000 square-foot facility. Three new schools opened their doors: Syracuse Junior High, West Clinton and Antelope elementaries. Layton has a new swimming-recreation swimming-recreation facility in the Surf 'N Swim. It combines the "wave" pool with the traditional facilities and includes other recreational areas. Hill Air Force Base saw the opening of its new memorial museum. Memorabilia range from various aircraft relics to an old church. The Davis Area Vocational Center continued its expansion with a new classroom-office addition addi-tion dedicated in November. For the first time, the facility had more space than funds to provide programs. prog-rams. Layton City approved its first fire sub-station to serve the rapidly-growing northeast side. In South Davis County, several notable projects were completed; Woods Cross has the addition of an impressive city hall on the old city hall site. The new facility is far larger than what was previously one of the county's smallest city halls if not the smallest. The South Davis Fire DistnJJ, gained a new fire station as a facility facil-ity was opened in Centerville. Centerville City opened its new Ricks Creek Pump house near Smoot Park as part of its flood control con-trol efforts. |