Why give up on Tech Park?
I’m responding to the Park Record letter to the editor Feb. 28, entitled the “True meaning of ‘build what you bought.'” I believe this was one of the more enticing and insightful opinions that I have read on the Dakota Pacific saga. As a local Park City resident, I care deeply about what happens to our community and our land next.
I understand Dakota’s rapid abandonment of the Tech Park. Their CEO, Marc Stanworth, recently told the Summit County Council that residential is more profitable than commercial. As a private business, Dakota is rightly driven by profits (not community benefit), and therefore would be motivated to build residential rather than a commercial park.
This leads to an important question: Why did the council give up on the Tech Park so easily? With former council member Glenn Wright’s endorsement of Dakota’s proposal, I can only assume he was a leading inside advocate. In a previous Park Record article, Glenn is quoted saying, “There was good, unspoken support for the project until the public opposition came out.” On the face of it, this makes little sense, but likely means he and other insiders were pushing this deal despite not seeking true public input.
Mr. Wright is no longer on the council, and the 2024 election has three Council positions on the ballot. The community should continue to ask the council to stop analyzing Dakota’s residential unit offers from 1,100 (Plan B), 727 (Plan C), or 695 (Plan C-) and instead get back to debating how best to deliver on the original Tech Park agreement and the mixed-use tech/residential that was in the Kimball Junction plan.
This community has only one chance to develop the critically important Kimball Junction, which serves as the gateway to Park City. Please don’t let a private developer drive that solution.
Matt Boone
Park City
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