Articles

Ski Slope Gentrification
The Salt Lake Tribune January 13, 2003.  Clifford asserts that average working people no longer can afford to live in ski towns that have been stripped of their charm right along with their interesting residents.

Legacy of lead in Park City?
Deseret News August 24, 2002.  Hoping to make sure the community's mining history will not come back to haunt the environment and the health of residents, Park City officials will offer free lead-level testing of children to evaluate whether metals in the soil and water are finding their way into youngsters' bloodstreams.

No-cars Main Street spurs Park City debate
Deseret News February 25, 2002.  Making Park City's Main Street a pedestrian mall during the Olympics has given rise to a perennial debate about whether to permanently close it to vehicles.

Park City lauded for transit hub
Deseret News January 27, 2002.  Park City's new transit center is one of three recipients of a 2001-02 Ahwahnee Award, given annually by the Sacramento-based Local Government Commission.

Resort Town Becomes No-Park City
The Salt Lake Tribune January 12, 2002.  PARK CITY -- Visitors here Friday probably didn't see the humor of a city with this name having virtually no place left to park.

Park City Will Buy Up 424 More Acres for Green Belt
The Salt Lake Tribune November 18, 2001.  The purchase of another 424 acres in a planned green belt surrounding this resort community was approved last week by the city council.

Park City Mayor Race Focuses on Safe Water
The Salt Lake Tribune September 17, 2001.  A national debate over the dangers of arsenic in drinking water is being played out in the election for mayor of this ski resort town of about 7,500 full-time residents.

Park City: No Cars On Main for Games, Closure is key part of town's Olympic-parties plan
The Salt Lake Tribune December 15, 2000.  The City Council took a crucial step Thursday toward answering how it will manage crowds during the 2002 Winter Olympics: It voted unanimously to close historic Main Street to motorists during the Games.

Don't Even Think About Towers Here
Mountain Times Weekly April 6, 2000.  Telecommunication companies, with the Olympics in mind, have already been besieging the city with multiple applications to build various towers and relay stations throughout the area.

Parkites EPA Concerns Watershed-wide
Mountain Times Weekly March 9, 2000.  The much-touted Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) "Town Forum" was supposed to provide wary Park City residents with hard information about potential mining-related health threats in the area.

Polluted Park City Water Gets 5-Year Exemption
The Salt Lake Tribune November 23, 1999.  Park City has received a five-year state exemption that allows it to continue providing culinary water tainted with antimony.

Thirst for Growth Will Draw Waterline to Snyderville Area
The Salt Lake Tribune November 23, 1999.  For a decade, Park City and the surrounding Snyderville Basin have been long on growth and short on water. Now, an impending diversion project promises to slake the ever-increasing thirst of the area.