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Guest opinion: The issue is not whether Park City should build the arts and culture district. The only question now is how.
Maggie AbuHaidar, a former board chair for the Kimbal Art Center, disputes the notion that City Hall is moving forward with a “non-plan” as it considers the arts and culture district.
Published: April 8, 2021
PCMR development, arts and culture district talks await new Park City planning director
Gretchen Milliken, the new planning director at the Marsac Building, steps into the influential post amid the discussions about one major development proposal and with the likelihood another one is approaching.
Published: February 27, 2021
Park City leaders broach concept of tax increase for arts and culture district
Park City this week broached the concept of asking voters to approve a ballot measure to raise funds to develop an arts and culture district through a property-tax increase. The topic was not heavily debated nor was a straw poll taken of the City Council.
Published: December 19, 2020
Park City submits application to develop arts and culture district with Sundance, Kimball Art Center
Park City submitted an application to develop an arts and culture district, triggering what is expected to be a closely watched process as leaders pursue a project that reimagines a key location in the community.
Published: October 20, 2020
Park City readies canvas for arts and culture district
Park City officials on Thursday are scheduled to continue to discuss the idea to create an arts and culture district, offering an opportunity to listen to City Hall staffers as well as a consultant retained...
Published: October 31, 2017
Tax for arts-and-culture district causes discomfort for Park City lodging industry
Roughly two months after Park City announced plans to raise a tax on overnight visitors to buy land in Bonanza Park for a high-profile arts-and-culture district, the town’s lodging industry is readying for the ramifications...
Published: September 8, 2017
Amy Roberts: The city’s latest affordable housing project — it’s not a good look
Because the housing issue is so complicated, there haven’t been many new solutions to pursue. Though if a recent rendering is any indication, a new option is to build a center stage affordable housing project that exudes all the warmth and ambiance of a maximum-security prison.
Published: May 4, 2022
Park City Follies makes a quick turnaround for second string of live performances in 8 months
Park City Follies makes a quick turnaround to present a second string of live performances in eight months.
Published: April 19, 2022
Park City official, involved in arts district and soils talks, plans to depart (updated)
David Everitt is one of two deputy city managers and is assigned to community development matters. His last day with the Park City government will be April 14.
Published: March 31, 2022
Park City landowner wants to demolish utilitarian Iron Horse district for new project
A prominent Park City landowner this week outlined a major development proposal in a strategic location, a project that is envisioned as transforming a largely utilitarian swath of the community into a place with residences, retailers, offices and restaurants.
Published: February 22, 2022
Letters, Feb. 16-18: Hate speech in schools requires strong action from district
Hate in our schools
Published: February 16, 2022
Letters, Feb. 9-11: Why does Deer Valley get a pass on criticism of ski experience in Park City?
Why does Deer Valley get a pass?
Published: February 9, 2022
Record editorial: Park City’s new leaders inherit a slate of challenging issues
A new era has dawned at City Hall.
Published: January 5, 2022
Letters, Jan. 5-7: Time is running out to solve the problems plaguing Park City
Time is running thin to solve problems
Published: January 5, 2022
Park City Council seat available, and the application deadline is Wednesday
The deadline to submit an application for a midterm appointment to the Park City Council is approaching, leaving someone just days to decide whether they want to submit their name as a candidate. City Hall must receive applications by 5 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 5.
Published: January 1, 2022
Park City in 2021 marked by lots of development, mayoral vote and supercharged economic comeback
There was widespread community uncertainty as Park City entered 2021 with the novel coronavirus pandemic continuing to be the overriding issue. The sickness influenced much of the discussion in Park City during the year, as the local economy mounted an extraordinary comeback. But other topics also made the year stand out.
Published: December 29, 2021
Letter, Dec. 11-14: A plan to reimagine Park City and create community
Matias Alvarez wants to see action instead of just talking about creating community in Park City. He has an idea of what that could look like.
Published: December 11, 2021
Slamdance details lineup as festival returns to Park City
Slamdance announces its 2022 festival lineup.
Published: December 9, 2021
Guest opinion: Despite our problems, Park City remains a great place to live
“Park City doesn’t suck — its people rock, and it is still a pretty great place to live or visit. Let us be thankful and work hard to keep it that way,” writes Matthew C. Lindon.
Published: December 3, 2021
Silver Star Cafe owners open Mediterranean bistro in Salt Lake City
Silver Star Cafe owners play with Mediterranean flavors in Salt Lake City with Fenice.
Published: November 6, 2021
Letters, Oct. 27-29: Park City election and Live PC Give PC are on Parkites’ minds
Readers continue to weigh on on the Park City election, as well as the upcoming Live PC Give PC day of giving.
Published: October 27, 2021
Park City’s Pumpkin Fest gets Halloween started with music, games and food trucks
City Hall and the Arts Council of Park City and Summit County presents Pumpkin Fest at Bonanza Art Park next week.
Published: October 22, 2021
Guest opinion: Vote for candidates who will listen
“It is time for a change! Let us move towards the light,” writes Bill Humbert.
Published: October 21, 2021
Letters, Oct. 20-22: Readers keyed into Park City election
Ballots have been sent to voters, and Park Record readers are making their opinions about the election known.
Published: October 20, 2021
Park Record 2021 Voter Guide: Park City mayoral candidates
With Election Day approaching on Nov. 2, The Park Record asked the two Park City mayoral candidates, incumbent Mayor Andy Beerman and City Councilor Nann Worel, to answer a series of questions in their own words on a range of topics important to voters.
Published: October 16, 2021
Park Record 2021 Voter Guide: Park City Council candidates
With Election Day approaching on Nov. 2, The Park Record asked the three Park City Council candidates, incumbent Tim Henney, Tana Toly and Jeremy Rubell, to answer a series of questions in their own words…
Published: October 16, 2021
Guest opinion: City Hall is on the right track, so don’t upset the apple cart
Former City Councilor Joe Kernan says the current roster of elected officials has been successful. He encourages voters to keep Andy Beerman in the mayor’s office while continuing to benefit from Nann Worel on the City Council.
Published: October 15, 2021
Park City mayoral candidates spar over arts district and address Olympics, climate change
The two Park City mayoral candidates on Monday appeared together at an election forum that covered an exceptionally wide range of issues. The topics ranged from how the municipal government should address silver mining-era contaminated soils to the prospects of a second Winter Olympics in the state.
Published: October 11, 2021
Park City Council, mayoral candidates stake similar positions
Park City Council and mayoral candidates gathered Monday evening for a forum and meet and greet, though their stated positions were often very similar.
Published: October 5, 2021
Letters, Oct. 2-5: Readers endorse candidates
Readers continue to weigh in on the Park City races as Election Day nears.
Published: October 2, 2021
Mile Post: City envisions a masterpiece
Park City leaders continue to consider the future of the proposed arts and culture district.
Published: September 25, 2021
Mile Post: Dollars and sense
"It is kinda difficult to take the temperature of an entire county at this marker in time," writes Teri Orr. And that's why we all need to get informed and vote.
Published: September 25, 2021
Guest opinion: There’s a conflict in City Hall’s development and land-use oversight roles
“The city is a strong developer and has done a lot of good for the community, but aren’t the city’s developer roles constantly and directly in conflict with its roles and responsibilities as the regulator of all development within the city’s boundaries?” writes Tom Gadek.
Published: September 24, 2021
Letters, Aug. 28-31: Proactive mask requirement needed in Park City schools
“Now is the time to listen to the medical experts and do what they are recommending for our children,” writes Julia Wylie.
Published: August 28, 2021
Guest opinion: It’s time for change at City Hall
Ron Morrill writes that “current leadership has no real plans for solutions” to “any area of importance to the average Parkite.”
Published: August 6, 2021
Guest opinion: City Hall needs a better plan for soils, arts and culture district
“The city needs to take a step back, reevaluate the arts and culture district as a whole and create a better plan for our soils and this project,” writes Madeline Knauer.
Published: August 3, 2021
Guest opinion: Park City leaders, residents must come together to beat back an old enemy
Beverly Hurwitz writes that Parkites should be concerned about lead poisoning given Park City’s mining heritage. We “must come together to make sure that a beatable, old enemy doesn't hurt Park City's next generation.”
Published: August 2, 2021
Guest editorial: Sundance Film Fest is drifting away from Park City
Park City resident Tom Horton writes that we shouldn’t count on the Sundance Film Festival building its headquarters in the city’s planned arts and culture district.
Published: July 26, 2021
Guest editorial: Andy Beerman is a passionate champion of Park City’s quality of life
Peter and Kathleen Metcalf, longtime Parkites, write that Mayor Beerman has major, lasting accomplishments and deserves to keep his office.
Published: July 24, 2021
Letters, July 21-23: At odds with what Park City has become
Readers weigh in on the mayor and council races, and one Parkite wonders what happened to the city she loves.
Published: July 21, 2021
Guest editorial: It’s time to rethink the Arts and Culture District
In a guest opinion piece, Dianne Walker argues it is time for Park City to chart a new course for the Arts & Culture District. Her idea? A transit center.
Published: July 21, 2021
Letters, July 17-20: Who should be Park City’s next mayor?
Parkites continue to weigh in on their preferred choice for council and mayor, with former mayor Dana Williams sharing his choice for the office he held for more than a decade.
Published: July 17, 2021
Park City readies for a potentially highly charged contaminated soils hearing
Park City leaders are scheduled to hold what is expected to be a highly charged hearing about a concept to develop a facility along the S.R. 248 entryway to store soils containing contaminants from the silver-mining era.
Published: July 13, 2021
City Council votes 4 to 1 to open parcel of land earmarked for the Arts and Culture District to public art and live music
City Council approves proposal to use land that will eventually become Park City’s Arts and Culture District.
Published: July 7, 2021
Park City police told of a person ‘hiding from’ moose on cliff
The Park City Police Department in June received a report involving a moose sighting, apparently in the hills surrounding Old Town. The case was logged on June 22. The police were told someone was “hiding from” a moose, according to the department.
Published: June 29, 2021
Park City mayor says widespread confusion remains about contaminated soils facility
Mayor Andy Beerman indicated important decisions regarding City Hall’s concept to build a facility to store contaminated soils could be delayed as leaders continue to consider the idea and gather input.
Published: June 26, 2021
Park City contaminated soils efforts lead to verbal sparring with Summit County official
A member of the Summit County Council engaged Park City officials as tensions continued regarding a City Hall concept to build a facility to store materials containing silver mining-era contaminants along the S.R. 248 entryway. Roger Armstrong has emerged as one of the high-profile critics of the efforts to build a facility known as a repository.
Published: June 23, 2021
Park City contaminated soils facility: Who would be held responsible if it fails?
A City Hall-retained law firm has outlined potential municipal liabilities should officials develop a controversial facility to store soils containing contaminants dating to Park City’s silver-mining era, a list that includes the prospects of a failure of the facility. The liabilities were included in a three-page document classified as a regulatory and legal fact sheet.
Published: June 22, 2021
Park City readies gathering about contaminated soils amid continued worries about health, environment
Park City next week has scheduled an informational event centered on the municipal government’s controversial efforts to develop a facility to store soils contaminated during Park City’s silver-mining era.
Published: June 19, 2021
Park City cancels bidding for construction of contaminated soils facility
City Hall has canceled a bid process that was meant to secure the services of a firm to build the first cell of a controversial facility where soils contaminated during Park City’s silver-mining era would be stored.
Published: June 10, 2021
Park City mayor, in tense moment, cuts off activist as Black Lives Matter mural returns to forefront
The mayor of Park City, in a tense moment, recently cut off an activist amid comments about a series of controversial murals with social justice themes that were put on Main Street in 2020.
Published: June 1, 2021
Letters, May 26-28: Park City School District must invest in the arts
The arts matter, writes Christin Abbott, and “a school district that has a stated vision of ‘focus and emphasis on the whole child’ cannot afford cuts to music education.“
Published: May 26, 2021
Record editorial: Park City community needs qualified, passionate candidates to step up
Our view: The stakes this November are high, not only because of the influential positions that will be filled but because of the decisions the people who fill them will make.
Published: May 26, 2021
Park City native bids for City Council seat, saying ‘We can’t just be 84060’
A Park City native with a family history in the community stretching back decades has started a campaign for the Park City Council, saying she wants to help guide the city in the era after the novel coronavirus pandemic. Tana Toly is 40 and lives in Old Town.
Published: May 25, 2021
Park City councilor launches mayoral campaign, aiming to unseat incumbent
Park City Councilor Nann Worel on Tuesday announced she will mount a campaign for the mayor’s office, challenging incumbent Mayor Andy Beerman for the Marsac Building’s top elected position.
Published: May 18, 2021
Letters, May 15-18: Say no to paid parking at PCMR
The Park City Planning Commission should vote down the PCMR base area development application unless free parking at the resort is guaranteed for local taxpayers, writes Stuart Goldner of Park Meadows.
Published: May 15, 2021
Guest opinion: More accountability needed from City Hall
Larry Aleva writes in a guest editorial that City Hall must be more accountable and transparent.
Published: May 14, 2021
Park City readies public-relations campaign for controversial contaminated soils facility
Park City wants to execute a public-relations effort to outline the concept to build a facility along the S.R. 248 entryway to store soils containing contaminants from Park City’s silver-mining era, outlining a 60-day effort designed to explain the idea as many Parkites appear to be concerned about the prospects of a project.
Published: May 12, 2021
Letters, May 12-14: City Hall will dig into issues regarding soils landfill
Dick Roth writes that he trusts City Hall to examine the important issues as it considers building a facility to store contaminated soils.
Published: May 12, 2021
Park City appoints new planning commissioner who wants to ‘reduce unnecessary developments’
The Park City Council recently confirmed the appointment of a telecommunications industry figure to the Park City Planning Commission and the reappointment of an attorney to the influential panel.
Published: May 11, 2021
Park City seeks bids to build controversial storage facility for contaminated soils
City Hall is seeking bids from firms interested in winning a contract to build the first cell of a controversial facility officials have proposed along the S.R. 248 entryway where the government wants to store soils contaminated from the silver-mining era.
Published: May 7, 2021
Park City musicians group restarts in-person songwriting circles after putting them on hold due to COVID-19
Musician’s Exchange of Park City ready to restart its in-person songwriting circles.
Published: May 6, 2021
Park City man launches City Council campaign wanting to tap benefits of rapid change
Daniel Lewis, an Old Town resident who unsuccessfully sought a spot on the Park City Council in 2019, said this week he will mount another campaign this year.
Published: May 5, 2021
Park City outlines concept to store contaminated soils along entryway
Park City is continuing to take steps to build a facility along the S.R. 248 entryway to store soils containing contaminants from the community’s silver-mining era, an effort that has drawn attention in recent days.
Published: May 4, 2021
Summit County councilor worried about Park City’s plans for contaminated soils
A member of the Summit County Council has raised questions about a concept under consideration at City Hall to build a facility along the S.R. 248 entryway to store soils containing silver mining-era contaminants, a rare appearance by a County Courthouse official in a Marsac Building issue.
Published: May 4, 2021
Park City mayor launches reelection bid
Park City Mayor Andy Beerman on Friday said he would seek reelection later this year. It had seemed likely for some time that he would campaign for a second term.
Published: April 30, 2021
Letters, April 21-24: Park City must better manage growth
“Where will we get the water, sewage treatment, police, fire, city services, broadband capacity and green power? How will we stop the gridlock that will result from all this expansion?” asks Victor Janulaitis.
Published: April 21, 2021
Guest opinion: Sundance still believes in arts and culture district
Sundance Institute Managing Director Betsy Wallace says, “We believe the district will enrich the community as a whole and also serve as a valuable economic driver for years to come.”
Published: April 15, 2021
Guest opinion: City Hall should listen to critics of arts district, not dismiss them
Angela Moschetta writes that critics of the arts and culture district have valid questions and are bringing alternative ideas to the discussion. “To dismiss informed civic engagement as negative is cheap, childish and unbecoming of Park City leadership in any role.”
Published: April 13, 2021
Guest opinion: Park City should sell land and let a developer build arts district
Diane Thompson writes that City Hall should not be involved in financing or building an arts and culture district. Instead, it should sell the land to a developer to pursue the project.
Published: April 12, 2021
Record editorial: Parkites are bracing for the impacts of development on the horizon
Our view: A stunning amount of development in the Park City area is on the horizon at a time when infrastructure is already strained. Parkites are bracing for the impacts.
Published: April 10, 2021
Letters, April 3-6: Build the arts and culture district. But don’t call it that.
Lola and Zafod Beatlebrox write that the arts and culture district is a great idea that will end up paying for itself. But City Hall should consider a rebranding.
Published: April 3, 2021
Park City leaders receive impassioned, but deeply divided, testimony about arts district plans
Park City leaders on Wednesday night received more than an hour of divergent testimony about City Hall’s plans to develop an arts and culture district, hearing from a broad range of speakers — a veritable artist’s palette — as important decisions near regarding the especially ambitious municipal project.
Published: April 2, 2021
PHOTO GALLERY: Demolition begins for planned arts and culture district
A crew with heavy machinery continued to demolish buildings on City Hall land located off the corner of the Bonanza Drive-Kearns Boulevard intersection, where leaders want to develop an arts and culture district. Important meetings about the district are scheduled this week.
Published: March 31, 2021
Park City readies for key meetings about arts district as decisions near on ambitious project
Heavy machinery early in the week was clearing the canvas for a planned City Hall-developed arts and culture district, in the hours and days before important gatherings were planned that are expected to frame the upcoming discussions about the especially ambitious municipal project.
Published: March 30, 2021
Guest opinion: Kimball Art Center is committed to arts and culture district
The executive director of the Kimball Art Center writes that the nonprofit “has the financial resources to acquire our portion of the parcel and stands committed to moving forward with the project.”
Published: March 29, 2021
Former Park City mayor: ‘it will be a crying shame’ if arts district is scrapped
A roundtable centered on City Hall’s plans to develop an arts and culture district is scheduled next week. A former Park City mayor who was involved in the early stages of the project said the community “in the long run will be happy” if the project is developed.
Published: March 27, 2021
Record editorial: Is the arts district a masterpiece, or a rough draft that should be scrapped?
Our view: As the Park City Council continues discussions about the arts and culture district, the elected officials should ask themselves a crucial question: Is there still broad support right now for a project like this, and on such a significant scale?
Published: March 27, 2021
Sundance remains involved in Park City arts district as CEO readies to depart
The Sundance Institute remains involved in the talks about a planned arts and culture district in Park City even as the CEO of the organization prepares to depart.
Published: March 26, 2021
Guest opinion: City Hall has one chance to get arts and culture district right
Ed Parigian supports the idea of an arts and culture district. But, he writes, it should serve City Hall’s critical priorities like affordable housing and social equity.
Published: March 26, 2021
Snapshot: Demolition crews begin clearing way for arts and culture district
An excavator on Thursday moves debris into a pile to be transported off-site as crews demolish a building that once housed a health clinic near the intersection of Kearns Boulevard and Bonanza Drive. Large-scale demolition…
Published: March 26, 2021
Park City business group formally outlines opposition to arts district funding strategy
A Park City business group on Thursday formally outlined its opposition to a strategy under consideration at City Hall to fund the development of an arts and culture district. The Historic Park City Alliance, which represents businesses in the Main Street core, raised a series of issues in the two-page letter.
Published: March 19, 2021
Record editorial: The pandemic will end, but virtual public meetings shouldn’t
Our view: While we’re eager to say goodbye to so many trends ushered in by the pandemic, local governments offering virtual meetings is one that should stay once we’ve thrown away our masks and deleted TikTok from our iPhones.
Published: March 17, 2021
Kimball Art Center unveils its new 9,000-square-foot home in Park City
The Kimball Art Center relocates and will begin offering tours of the new venue on March 17.
Published: March 14, 2021
Letters, March 6-9: Many people want to live here. That doesn’t mean Park City has an affordable housing shortage.
“An excess of people who wish to live here does not mean we have a shortage of housing,” writes Phil Palmintere. “All it means is there is an excess of people who wish to live here, period.”
Published: March 6, 2021
Park City mayor: Do not destroy livability for the sake of ‘making it more affordable’
Park City Mayor Andy Beerman on Tuesday suggested the community does not want to destroy livability in order to address affordability. The mayor made the comment toward the end of a City Hall-hosted online event and as he was addressing housing discussions at the Legislature.
Published: March 4, 2021
Park City sees possibility of tapping Olympic-related monies for major transportation upgrades
Park City leaders in the last week spoke of the prospects that a second Winter Olympics could create funding opportunities as City Hall continues to consider what are anticipated to be high-dollar infrastructure projects.
Published: February 26, 2021
Guest opinion: Parkites say they want boldness. The arts and culture district is a chance to walk the talk.
Given the current environment, Park City needs to reexamine its planned arts and culture district and reject some of its prior assumptions about the project, writes Tom Horton.
Published: February 26, 2021
Anaya’s Market is eyeing a new location in the Basin after shutting its doors in Park City
Anaya’s Market is eyeing a new location in the Basin after shutting its Park City location this fall to make way for the city’s proposed arts and culture district. The new store near Silver Creek Junction would be larger and include an expanded restaurant.
Published: February 24, 2021
Letters, Feb. 17-19: Park City should hold off on demolitions for arts district
“With the fate of the entire arts and culture district up in the air due to soaring costs and other issues, why is Park City going to spend another dime on this property?” asks Rich Ford in a letter to the editor.
Published: February 17, 2021
Park City readies to demolish buildings to prepare land for arts district
Park City within weeks could begin to demolish some of the buildings on the land where an arts and culture district is planned. In any scenario regarding the future development of the land, though, the existing buildings would be razed.
Published: February 12, 2021
Parkites ‘absolutely dumbfounded’ by price of arts district, city councilor says
A member of the Park City Council on Thursday indicated he has received criticism about the price tag of an arts and culture district City Hall is pursuing. City Councilor Steve Joyce outlined that people are stunned with the cost of what would be an especially ambitious municipal project.
Published: February 6, 2021
Park City’s incoming planning chief married to art center leader, complicating talks about cultural district
The incoming Park City planning director is married to the executive director of the Kimball Art Center, one of the organizations involved in City Hall’s efforts to develop an arts and culture district. There will be discussions regarding whether Gretchen Milliken, who starts at the Marsac Building shortly, will recuse herself from talks about the district.
Published: January 13, 2021
Letters, Jan. 13-15: Build the arts and culture district, but it should finance itself
Tom Horton from prospector writes that Park City has a prime opportunity to practice a tenet that emerged in the recent visioning process: sustainable tourism.
Published: January 13, 2021
Park City councilor, expressing optimism for recovery, sees economic effects of coronavirus as a ‘blip’
A member of the Park City Council on Tuesday indicated he is not worried about the long-term economic impacts on the community of the spread of the novel coronavirus. Steve Joyce appeared to express confidence in a rapid business bounce back.
Published: January 9, 2021
Analysis: As a Louisville official is tapped as top planner, could “Keep Park City Weird” become a battle cry?
“Keep Louisville Weird,” people and businesses say in a community better known for thoroughbreds, college basketball, baseball bats and bourbon whiskey. Park City has hired a new top planner from the Kentucky city.
Published: January 7, 2021
Park City planning panel expected to turn over at crucial juncture with PCMR undecided, arts district looming
There are spots available on the Park City Planning Commission, making it nearly certain there will be turnover on the influential panel amid the continuing talks about a major development proposal at Park City Mountain Resort.
Published: January 6, 2021
Park City mayor ‘strongly leaning toward’ reelection bid
First-term Park City Mayor Andy Beerman said he is “strongly leaning toward” seeking reelection later in 2021, but he did not commit this week to a campaign. He said an announcement of his intentions is unlikely prior to the spring.
Published: January 2, 2021
Park City Councilor intends to seek reelection, stressing City Hall priorities but not coronavirus impact
Park City Councilman Tim Henney said he intends to seek a third term in office during the municipal election later in 2021. He said he enjoys the process of governance and the service to the community as a member of the City Council.
Published: January 2, 2021
Letters, Dec. 30-Jan. 1: Pandemic may unravel progress for women in the workplace
The pandemic is another unwelcome obstacle for women in the workplace, writes Ember Conley in a letter to the editor.
Published: December 30, 2020