Provo MSA Development Thread - Page 68

SLC Projects · #**1341** Posted **Dec 2, 2008, 5:23 PM**

I got to drive under this overpass the other day. It was weird seeing that haft of it is missing. The West haft of it have been turn down but the East side is still standing. Or at least that's how it was on Friday.

delts145 · #**1342** Posted **Dec 2, 2008, 5:25 PM**

Same here Projects. It was weird, but cool to see.

delts145 · #**1343** Posted **Dec 4, 2008, 12:28 PM**

Commission lays out plan to revitalize Utah Lake

http://deseretnews.com/article/1,5143,705267912,00.html

LEHI — Utah Lake could one day be restored to its former grandeur under a draft master plan that was unveiled for public consideration Wednesday night.
And, for the most part, dozens of community members said they were on board with Utah Lake Commission's priorities, which include eradicating invasive species, such as carp, promoting the proliferation of June sucker populations and constructing a continuous trail system around Utah Lake...

..."It's a great natural resource for the state of Utah," Reed said. "And ... it could become an economic engine if managed properly."

...The draft master plan focuses on five long-term approaches to restore, revitalize and preserve Utah Lake: recreation, transportation, land use and shoreline protection, natural resources and public facilities. The plan specifies it will support efforts to reduce carp populations and phragmites and the June Sucker Recovery Implementation Program.
Marc Heileson, southwest regional representative for the Sierra Club, said he's impressed to see so many government agencies taking a holistic approach... to weighing the future of Utah Lake. But he said he's concerned the draft master plan doesn't have "teeth to it," especially if developers want to build a causeway over the lake — something the plan does not address....

by Roy Tennant

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delts145 · #**1344** Posted **Dec 5, 2008, 2:27 PM**

Recession may change retail landscape across America

http://deseretnews.com/article/1,5143,705268150,00.html

While cautioning that the current economic woes will last at least a couple of "ugly" years before there's a recovery, the leader of Zions Bancorp.'s wealth-management arm said Thursday that the longterm ramifications of the downturn will "reshape the topography" of American retail.
George Feiger, chief executive officer of Contango Capital Advisors Inc., said Americans, strapped with credit troubles and struggling to repay debt, will consume less in the future. As a result, the country will need 10 percent to 15 percent less retail space, such as strip malls and department stores, and a corresponding decrease in the number of retail employees, warehouses and delivery and support systems.

"If you take this in, all of the sudden you'll realize, apart from its other ramifications, the whole landscape of America you've driven through to get here — the shopping malls, the department stores, the restaurants — all of this was essentially based on credit, on consumer credit, being able to consume 70 percent of GDP instead of 60 percent of GDP," ...

related: Sears Grand closing in American Fork

http://www.heraldextra.com/content/view/291230/18/

Sears Holding Corp. is closing its Sears Grand store in American Fork - one of 22 underperforming store closures it recently confirmed - as retailers nationwide battle one of the worst consumer spending environments on record...

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wrendog · #**1345** Posted **Dec 5, 2008, 4:56 PM**

Bout time that Sears Grand closed down. There is never a soul in that store.

delts145 · #**1346** Posted **Dec 5, 2008, 5:32 PM**

I've noticed that too Wren. Seems like every time I pass by and check out the parking lot, it's empty.

i-215 · #**1347** Posted **Dec 5, 2008, 10:23 PM**

I always scratched my head when I saw a Sears Grand. I only went into it once (and it was the Jordan Landing store), and I wasn't really that impressed.

SLC Projects · #**1348** Posted **Dec 5, 2008, 11:26 PM**

I never even know there was more then one Sears Grand store here in the state. I just thought the one at the Jordan Landing was the only one.
I went to that store a few times. It looked like just another store to me. Nothing big.

i-215 · #**1349** Posted **Dec 7, 2008, 6:03 AM**

Update on the "mysterious" American Fork restaurant ....

I'm beginning to get a little skeptical. It's starting to look more like a mini-mall than a place one would drive in (cough) (cough) and out (wheeze) of the drive-thru. What'yall think?

SLC Projects · #**1350** Posted **Dec 7, 2008, 7:19 AM**

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Originally Posted by i-215

Update on the "mysterious" American Fork restaurant ....

I'm beginning to get a little skeptical. It's starting to look more like a mini-mall than a place one would drive in (cough) (cough) and out (wheeze) of the drive-thru. What'yall think?

I notice that too last week when my family and I was driving on 1-15. I pointed that site out to them telling them that I heard that site is where a In and out could be, but then I was thinking to myself "that doesn't look like that is going to be a In & Out"

wrendog · #**1351** Posted **Dec 7, 2008, 6:43 PM**

that is obviously not the in n out. There is lots of land behind it where other joints will pop up. My source who works for the city of Lehi said a Texas Roadhouse was to be built at this site and an in n out was to be built up by Cabelas. I'm getting conflicting reports.

delts145 · #**1352** Posted **Dec 8, 2008, 12:15 PM**

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Originally Posted by i-215

Just for the record ...

Here's a photo of the "half-of-the-Sam-White-Bridge." (As well as the hood of my car). It should disappear this weekend. Well, the half-a-bridge ... not the hood of my car. (If that disappeared, I wouldn't be happy).

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delts145 · #**1353** Posted **Dec 8, 2008, 12:37 PM**

Residents encouraged by plan for Utah Lake -
Draft proposal » Restoring the waterway would also make way for recreation on and around it.

Lehi » When Gail Gibson was a child, Utah Lake was a happening place.

People would fish or visit the shoreline resorts, he recalled. Some couples would go out for dinner and dancing on some of the show boats that plied the lake, with band music wafting across the water.

"Back in the 1930s, '40s and '50s, it was the gem of Utah County," Gibson, an American Fork resident said. "Now we all live near the lake, but do nothing with it."...

Rick Cox, project manager for URS Corp., and Annette Harris of Saratoga Springs discuss the restoration of Utah Lake during an open house to discuss the proposed lake master plan. (Donald W. Meyers / The Salt Lake Tribune)

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delts145 · #**1354** Posted **Dec 16, 2008, 11:56 AM**

Eagle Mountain wins challenge against Census Bureau

http://deseretnews.com/article/1,5143,705270712,00.html

...The census estimated the city's population for 2007 at 17,832. Pili dug in and backed up his claim with additional housing data. The Census then adjusted the population estimate to 19,890.

When the city incorporated 12 years ago it had just 250 people.

"It has grown so inordinately quickly," Jackson said, adding that "the Census Bureau is extremely conservative."

When Pili challenged Census estimates in 2006, it adjusted the count from 12,232 to 17,391, resulting in a 30 percent increase in sales tax revenues, or about $400,000. The 2007 increase gave the city an additional $200,000 from state sales tax coffers...

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Ronald-Dregan · #**1355** Posted **Dec 17, 2008, 5:47 AM**

Makes you wonder how many other mistakes they have made in the past

And the worst part is they did it twice in a row....

Come on man

delts145 · #**1356** Posted **Dec 21, 2008, 2:23 PM**

Annexation will double land mass of Payson

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/1,5143,705271832,00.html

...The farmland under consideration would double the land mass of Payson and stretch to the Elk Ridge and Salem city limits. It would allow a variety of housing, from low density country homes to upper end estates and a more intense high density housing, parks, ballfields and a landscaped corridor along state Route 198 with meandering sidewalks. It would also include a commercial village.

The plan would protect a long-standing, 400-acre orchard belonging to the Ray Allred family. However, other smaller or "hobby" farms may not enjoy the same protection...

delts145 · #**1357** Posted **Dec 25, 2008, 12:58 PM**

Orem extends loan on Midtown Village

http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_11303241

...The City Council unanimously voted Tuesday to renew the $3.6 million short-term loan that was set to expire today, for 45 more days. City Manager James Reams said Key Bank, which is handling the loan, didn't want to rush a long-term financing plan through during the holidays...

Wanted: Renters for Midtown Village

http://www.heraldextra.com/content/view/293324/

Mario Ruiz/Daily Herald

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Future Mayor · #**1358** Posted **Dec 28, 2008, 7:28 PM**

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Originally Posted by delts145

Annexation will double land mass of Payson

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/1,5143,705271832,00.html

...The farmland under consideration would double the land mass of Payson and stretch to the Elk Ridge and Salem city limits. It would allow a variety of housing, from low density country homes to upper end estates and a more intense high density housing, parks, ballfields and a landscaped corridor along state Route 198 with meandering sidewalks. It would also include a commercial village.

The plan would protect a long-standing, 400-acre orchard belonging to the Ray Allred family. However, other smaller or "hobby" farms may not enjoy the same protection...

Looks like I'm going to have my hands full planning this area.

Wasatch_One · #**1359** Posted **Dec 28, 2008, 10:51 PM**

Plan it well!

I think from a beauty standpoint, the south end of Utah Valley has a ton of potential, especially Payson! With its authentic old downtown and all the land banking up against the mountains.

Congrats Future Mayor!

delts145 · #**1360** Posted **Jan 8, 2009, 1:30 PM**

Very much agree Wasatch.This is a critical time for the general Payson/Santaquin area. Also, the more growth experienced at the southern end of Utah Valley can only benefit Provo's claim as an anchor hub. It's the growth of places like the southern end, expansion of Provo's airport and completion of commuter rail and the I-15 rebuild, that will have major impact on the growth and vibrancy of Downtown Provo.

Future Mayor, it can't be stressed enough what an important role you could play at this critical time in the growth of the southern metro, including issues as critical as the future of one of America's truely great urban lakes. I'm very excited for you, and this opportunity your being given.