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Future Mayor: Sorry about the confusion. I did not want to suggest that Sandy shouldn't be allowed to change. All I wanted to say is that Sandy will never change, which is why, I guess, this whole Proscenium project is preposterous.
I look at Sandy the same way I look at career criminals...doesn't matter how much rehab they get or how many second chances, they are always going to wind up back in the slammer. It's kind of like Afghanistan. Like it or no, that country (using the term "country" loosely) is stuck in the dark ages--repressive, largely illiterate, with women treated like livestock...Now that I think more about it, the comparison is not half-bad. So to think that the Proscenium is going to rise out of a community-wide desire to support the arts???? Ludicrous! In fact, only in Sandy would anyone ever take that idea seriously. |
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Can anyone give us some kind of idea of the tax situation with So. SL and Milcreek, if they were to be incorporated into Salt Lake? Would the residents of Millcreek's property taxes and services remain steady, or would there be a spike?
I know that South Salt Lake is trying to convince Millcreek to join with them. South Salt Lake needs the posher residential, while Millcreek could use the more industrial base. Usually when residents are opposed to incorporation into another city, it's because of a raise in the cost of services/taxes. Also, with what Stenar said regarding Salt Lake's northwest sector for big growth potential. What do the prognosticators figure the build-out population would be of that sector when it is developed? |
Midvale: Center Square
Not sure if this has been listed on here before by anyone but I notice a new project going on in Midvale right on 7720 South near State Street. ( It's where the old Family Dollar store was. ) On the lot is a billbroad with a rendering of the overall project that looks like it will be 4-stories of mix-use. It's called "Center Square"
Renderings http://img108.imageshack.us/img108/491/center001jl5.jpg http://img108.imageshack.us/img108/8...nter003va6.jpg http://img108.imageshack.us/img108/5...nter002jo7.jpg Looks like this project might have already broken ground since there is work going on on the north end of the lot. http://img131.imageshack.us/img131/6...nter005ja6.jpg http://img131.imageshack.us/img131/3...nter006lh1.jpg I walked by all the store fronts and they are all closed and had moved. http://img108.imageshack.us/img108/301/center004aq1.jpg Always thought I would share that with you all. :tup: |
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Thanks for the response Stenar. I put our posts over on the Salt Lake Thread, since it's dealing with increasing the size of SLC proper. I would really like to hear if Mayor Becker would have any opinions or interest on the issue, especially with Millcreek.
Projects, Thanks for the heads-up on Center Square. I'm glad to see another major project going up in that vicinity of Midvale. I guess we could say that this is a TOD, if we consider it to be within walking distance of the closest TRAX station. Midvale is really coming on strong with it's major development projects underway. |
A taller Sandy: Growing skyward could shape Sandy's future
Tribune Editorial Skyscrapers in Sandy? Why not? City leaders are debating whether to raise the roof, literally, in Sandy's central business district by allowing buildings taller than 140 feet. If they are careful to guide development toward green building standards and walkable designs, a dense, high-rise downtown Sandy could be a good thing. That's a big if, of course. We don't pretend to be urban planners. We only know enough to know that we don't know enough. Clearly, this is a complex undertaking. But it seems to us that if Sandy were to develop a dense downtown core in the south end of the valley, it might provide the opportunity for a large number of people to live closer to where they work. That could reduce commuting, air pollution and fuel consumption. Of course, retrofitting a community for smart growth isn't easy. Sandy is a classic suburban city that has grown up on the old auto-dependent model. But Sandy also is a maturing city. A study for Envision Utah of "Wasatch Front Development Trends" shows that Sandy already is one of about six employment cores in Salt Lake County that harbor export businesses. It scores high for potential employment growth. Its major shortcoming is that it is a long way from Salt Lake City International Airport. Might high-rise development in the central business district, defined roughly as the area from I-15 to State Street between 9800 South and 10600 South, exacerbate traffic congestion? That would depend upon how the development was designed. If it were walkable, attractive to the eye and served by convenient mass transit, it might work just fine, perhaps better than the status quo. If it were not planned with smart growth principles in mind, it could be a mess. From what we can gather, the City Council and planning commission are trying to figure out ways to encourage potential developers to follow smart growth and green building principles in exchange for the opportunity to build taller buildings. Within the central business district, The Proscenium, a proposed $560 million mixed-use project that would include a theater for touring Broadway shows, offices and condominiums, would be a towering special case. It could rise to 40 stories, more than 500 feet. The plans now under consideration could set the precedent for commercial development in Sandy for generations. The government will consider drafts of proposed ordinances later this month. Public participation so far has been minimal, which is too bad, because Sandy's future is being debated today. |
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For example, SLC would have around 560,000 just like Denver and Las Vegas AND there would still be sizable suburbs like "Jordan", Sandy, Bountiful, Lehi, and Layton. I don't think SLC has to annex the whole county but if it did what seems logical, it would definitely be more up to par. |
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Why can't Utah developers come up with decent names. Why does the word "center" have to be in the name of nearly every development? I give them kudos for actually using the word "square," though... and for not calling it the Square Center. |
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If things were like they were 40 years ago and people worked at one job for 30 years at a stretch, then it would make more sense to buy a home close to work, but people change jobs on average 7 times in their careers. Those jobs will be all over the valley, not just near their home. So, what we'll end up with is a lot of congestion going both ways on I-15 during the rush hours, not just toward or away from downtown SLC. |
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Cottonwood Heights: Wasatch Blvd. may become a retail hub
Developer is proposing hotels, retail near mouth of Big Cottonwood http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_10082847 At the mouth of Big Cottonwood Canyon http://www.saveourcanyons.org/images...dway_Arial.jpg "We could go in there and put some strip malls in and nobody would be happy," said developer Gary Harrison. "But we don't want to do that. We want to do something we and the residents can both be proud of." The plan is to put 25 high-end, single-family homes along Racquet Club Drive as a buffer between existing neighborhood and hotels, which Harrison said will cater to skiers, hikers and business travelers. The development, he said, fits in with the city's plan to create a gateway. . |
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I won't be so bad once frontrunner expansion South to Sandy and beyond. I believe there would be a frontrunner station just down the road from the Sandy Towers project. |
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