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How a tiny Utah community fought off an LDS Church housing project and lost a temple
Erda residents balked at plans for a high-density development, and the faith ended up relocating and renaming a planned temple to neighboring Tooele.
(Image courtesy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) An artist s rendering of the exterior of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to-be-constructed Deseret Peak Temple. It was originally going to be built in Erda. It has since been shifted to neighboring Tooele City.
| Feb. 28, 2021, 1:00 p.m.
Erda • It seemed like a fairly typical development dispute between a big-time landowner and existing neighbors over high-density housing in a corner of Utah seeing lots of growing pains these days.
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Tooele residents check out new Latter-day Saint temple site
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced Tuesday morning it is relocating the Tooele Valley Temple and renaming it the Deseret Peak Utah Temple.
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TOOELE, Utah â A steady stream of cars, vans, trucks and SUVs drove straight toward a dead-end corner in Tooele Tuesday, some pulling over just before reaching the orange pylons marking the end of the pavement.
Others drove to the very end and turned the corner, slowing down as the driver and passengers pointed toward an empty field.
People jumped out of parked cars and took pictures of the field.