Sundance Institute managing director
As we emerge from the pandemic and look toward the future, we wanted to reiterate our commitment to continuing conversations with Park City and provide an update on our involvement in the Park City arts and culture district. The Sundance Institute has been a fervent supporter of the district since 2017 when then-Mayor Jack Thomas shared with us the city’s vision of creating a place for residents, visitors and audiences of all ages to participate in diverse cultural activities. In the four years since that shared vision emerged, the Institute has dedicated significant time and resources, alongside the city and Kimball Art Center, to help develop a bold and forward-thinking district plan. We believe the district will enrich the community as a whole and also serve as a valuable economic driver for years to come.
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Keep the district, ditch the branding
We are writing in support of the arts and culture district. We are artists. Zafod is a metal sculptor who has lived here for 35 years (think art cars in the Fourth of July parade). I am an author. I own property in Park City and serve on the Park City Historic Preservation Board.
We support the renewal and beautification of a long-neglected area. The dilapidated hodgepodge of old utilitarian buildings will be transformed into a neighborhood with two anchor nonprofits and residential amenities. Thankfully, Recycle Utah will have an efficient and attractive new home in an accessible location close to the city.
Park City’s elected officials during a public hearing Wednesday heard impassioned testimony about City Hall’s proposed arts and culture district planned near the intersection of Kearns Boulevard and Bonanza Drive. Both supporters and opponents shared their opinions on the project.
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Park City leaders on Wednesday night received more than an hour of divergent testimony about City Hall’s plans to develop an arts and culture district, hearing from a broad range of speakers a veritable artist’s palette as important decisions near regarding the especially ambitious municipal project.
The debate about the district intensified in recent months amid concerns about financing as the economic impacts of the spread of the novel coronavirus continue. Much of the formal discussion during that time, though, involved Mayor Andy Beerman and the Park City Council with a limited amount of public input. The meeting on Wednesday, in contrast, was designed to take commen