Park City has tapped an official from the government in Louisville, Kentucky, to become the planning director at the Marsac Building. The Ohio River city has an independent streak that is encapsulated by the term “Keep Louisville Weird.” There have long been similar independent impulses in Park City. Courtesy of Jay Hamburger Many Parkites see the community as having lost the funk of the early skiing days of the 1970s as real estate prices soared starting in the 1990s, making it difficult for rank-and-file wage earners and small, independent stores that are regarded as adding to the fabric of the community.