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Summit County Council offers tepid response to proposed apartment complex near Highland Estates

Guest opinion: There are many reasons not to support proposed Basin housing development

Snyderville Basin With regard to the recent letter from Charley Blue supporting the proposed development called Highland Flats (“A significant solution,” March 24-26), I would l like to make a few comments. First of all, it needs to be noted and underlined that it is very easy for someone to support a project when it has little to no impact on where they live. Next, I would like to point out that if Mr. Blue was hunting in the vicinity 40 years ago, he was doing so long after the Highland Estates neighborhood was platted. There are 250 occupied lots in Highland Estates according to our water co-op (although most were not yet developed then), and there is no commercial development here other than a handful of lots along Highland Drive which were/are included in the original plat and approved by the county. Furthermore, it needs to be recognized that the proposed development is a commercial development, and a monumentally huge one at that. Only a portion of the proposed units are

Guest opinion: Climate change could exacerbate the growth pressures on Summit County

Tom Clyde: This time the sky may be falling

It’s hard to know what to make of the news. You read the headlines, and the conclusion is that the sky is falling. Runaway growth, insufferable traffic, the obliteration of our small-town character, chain stores on Main Street and possibly the Olympics coming back to town. If you picked up a copy of The Park Record from 40 years ago, the headlines would be surprisingly similar. The construction of the Shadow Ridge condominiums was going to knock the planets out of alignment. The world escaped destruction only by moving the Miners Hospital from its original location to City Park. Park Record columnist Tom Clyde.

Basin affordable housing proposal gets negative recommendation

Courtesy of Colbreen PC LLC The Snyderville Basin Planning Commission on Tuesday seemed to agree with the overwhelming negative sentiment it heard at its previous meeting regarding a proposed 27-building apartment complex, unanimously declaring that the project does not belong across the road from the Highland Estates neighborhood. The commission forwarded a negative recommendation to the Summit County Council, which will have the final say on the project, barring an appeal to district court. Highland Flats is a proposed apartment complex with 410 housing units spread between 27 buildings just north of Highland Drive near the intersection of Interstate 80 and U.S. 40.