Dearest Park City,
Today I am writing you a love letter. I have had some things on my mind and feel the need to get them down on paper, so you know how I feel about you. This has been an incredibly challenging year, made slightly more challenging because last week I had a terrifying ski accident (in Montana don’t worry it didn’t happen on your terrain), and am scheduled for surgery (my second in less than two years) in two weeks. I know, so far this doesn’t read like a love letter, but I’m getting there.
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Health officials announced Thursday that the age requirement to receive a vaccine against COVID-19 was lowering dramatically, but in Summit County, that age is lower than anywhere else in the state at least temporarily. that all Utahns 50 years or older, and some others who have certain medical conditions, would be eligible to receive a vaccine against COVID-19 beginning March 8.
“This is the largest group we’ve ever added,” Cox said during a news briefing. “And we are having more and more vaccines come into the state every week that’s why we feel comfortable doing this.”
Many Summit County residents were disappointed last summer when news broke that “Yellowstone,” the Paramount Network television drama, was headed to greener pastures after filming its first three seasons in the Park City area.
For local viewers, it was fun to look out for recognizable landmarks, and there was a sense of pride in knowing that many of the picturesque landscapes that were featured in the show are in our backyard.
But the biggest impact of the show’s departure, by far, will be felt economically.
The “Yellowstone” production spent tens of millions of dollars in the area money that went to restaurants and hotels and a range of other local businesses. But now Montana, which offered the show a larger tax incentive than Utah could muster, will reap those benefits instead.
Utah Film Studios housed a detailed set of the Dutton Ranch s workers for three seasons while crews filmed the Paramount TV hit series Yellowstone in Park City and the surrounding areas. The production left Utah in August because Montana offered more lucrative tax rebates. A new bill drawn up by state Sen. Ron Winterton would increase those incentives to $10 million, which he says would draw more productions to Utah.
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For the past decade Utah’s film incentive program has supported more than 200 films and television series that were fully or partially shot in the Beehive State.