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Snyderville Basin On Friday, May 21, I virtually attended the Park City Council’s retreat and was appalled at how absolutely tone deaf Mayor Andy Beerman and Councilman Max Doilney appeared. I encourage everyone to access the recording of the event available on the city’s Facebook page. An overdue conversation about the racial equity murals painted on Main Street last July 4 was kicked off at 2:28:28 when Councilwoman Becca Gerber referenced Black Lives Matter and systems of oppression. At one point, Councilwoman Nann Worel expressed, just as she did in the City Council meeting subsequent to the murals, that Park City Municipal failed the community by subverting process around the planning and execution of the murals and then not having in place the tools or people capable of supporting a transparent discussion around their many outcomes. She mentioned the public was afraid to speak out about such matters for fear of being judged or, even worse in my opinion, bullied i ....
High-density housing with affordable units proposed for Park City The project, which will go before the county planning commission on Feb. 23, has its share of critics. (Courtesy of Adam Breen) Renderings of homes proposed for the Highland area of Park City. | Feb. 14, 2021, 1:00 p.m. A proposal for high-density housing could bring affordable rental units to Park City. Many people living near the project site are against it. Developers want to build 410 new homes for rent, including 144 affordable dwellings, on a 41-acre parcel off of Interstate 80 in the Highland Estates neighborhood in Park City. The Highland Flats project proposal comes as housing prices are skyrocketing and blue-collar workers and those in a host of service and hospitality jobs are increasingly unable to afford to live in the resort town. ....
Park City might get into the rental game to increase housing for workers Hourly employees must often make long commutes to work in the mountain resort town. (Sara Tabin | The Salt Lake Tribune) Homes in Park City are unaffordable to many hourly workers, so the city is proposing to build rental housing affordable to people who work in the mountain resort town and don t want to commute. | Updated: Jan. 8, 2021, 2:48 a.m. Park City • When Nolan Murray, 25, moved to Park City for a job on the ski patrol, he hoped he would find a place to live near his work. But as soon as he saw the prices for rental housing, he realized he wasn’t going to be able to afford anything locally. Murray said he considered moving to Salt Lake City, but felt that the daily commute would be dangerous in his old car if there were snowstorms or bad road conditions. ....