The ride sharing firm Lyft temporarily leased space along Main Street during the Sundance Film Festival in 2019. There is early talk about the possibility of corporate interests securing space on Main Street for Sundance in 2022 after the festival this year was moved online.
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There could be a set change on Main Street in the days before the Sundance Film Festival in 2022, like those that typically occurred before the festival this year canceled all live events in Park City out of concern of the spread of the novel coronavirus.
There is early talk about the possibility of corporate interests securing space on Main Street for Sundance in 2022. The corporate setups have for years been a highly visible element of film festival week.
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There will be plenty of options for dining outside along Main Street this year.
The Park City Council at a recent meeting approved leases with 10 restaurants that were needed before they could operate dining decks in public space. The 10 approvals are the most in the history of the program, which dates to 2010. The highest number prior to 2021 was the nine between 2011 and 2014, according to a City Hall report drafted in anticipation of the recent meeting.
The dining decks have become a fixture over the years on the streetscape of the shopping, dining and entertainment strip in the summer and fall. The decks debuted as Park City was attempting to enliven Main Street amid the struggles caused by the recession of more than a decade ago. The decks remained after the economic comeback as the restaurant industry and Park City leaders agreed the outside seating added to the atmosphere.
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The owner of Flanagan’s on Main, John Kenworthy, was initially worried about a steep economic drop as the novel coronavirus spread. The Park City economy, though, mounted a comeback over the last 12 months. Flanagan’s on Main, like other Park City-area businesses, made adjustments to operations that were influenced by the sickness.
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By the end of July of 2020, the spread of the novel coronavirus had already forced an early end to the 2019-2020 ski season in Park City, sent local unemployment soaring and left many in the community deeply concerned about the resort-driven economy.
John Kenworthy, a Main Street businessman, at the time provided an especially dire assessment. The Flanagan’s on Main owner that month declared “the black swan has landed,” using an economic term that describes an unexpected, havoc-causing event like the coronavirus. He had just left office after a term as the president of the board of directors of the Historic Park City A