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Looking down on Utah Valley from Suncrest

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Suncrest, looking east toward Box Elder peak/Urban Utah Valley

900,000+ residents by 2030. Utah Valley in 2030 will look like Salt Lake area right now. We are going to need a lot of new transportation options. I talked to my Utah House Rep. and he mentioned that the Freeway option of the Mountain View Corridor is the most likely option right now. That would definitely increase the need for more high rise office buildings. Someone needs to take the bull by the horns and bring people on board to build some 10-15 story buildings.

You're definately right.:koko: I wonder though if it will be downtown Provo. Do you think they would go with a Los Angeles type of situation. Say, if downtown L.A. were downtown Salt Lake and another skyline similar to Century City were put around I-15, "say in Lehi,(Thanksgiving Point), or Pleasant Grove".

[SmilingBob]

You're definately right.:koko: I wonder though if it will be downtown Provo. Do you think they would go with a Los Angeles type of situation. Say, if downtown L.A. were downtown Salt Lake and another skyline similar to Century City were put around I-15, "say in Lehi,(Thanksgiving Point), or Pleasant Grove".

I don't think PG would go for it, but it would look great by the hotel/convention center they want to build. Quick freeway access and the ability to plan it all in advance.

Besides why would it need to be downtown Provo or Orem? But so long as cities get their revenue from sales taxes we'll see more Wal-marts and Home Depots. :(

[i-215]

I think the whole "Century City" style is already happening. Look at Sandy, Murray, etc. Remember, Sandy a few years ago was running billboards that said "Sandy: The New Downtown." I think that was about the time Larry put up that 9 story office building near 9400 South. Murray has some highrises, PG is getting that hotel (maybe), and I could see Thanksgiving Point getting some taller buildings.

I say go for it, Skyscrapers in the suburbs look cool (as long as they are clustered). :tup:

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^ I dont agree with you.

Look at Houston TX...
http://www.hines.com/toolkit_images/Project%20Photos/Williams%20Tower/%20Williams%20Signature_lres_web.jpg

....they have like a 900' building off in the boonies... thats terrible and innefficient planning.



Centralization is key so that mass transit works better as well as roads and other services.

Salt Lakes problem is that the city was started in the wrong part of the valley. Salt Lake City should have been settled where current day Murray is, along the Jordan River.

Provo and Orem are more centralized in Utah County compared to SLC in relation to the SL Valley.

Obviously there need to be comercial nodes around the valley (Thanksgiving Pt, Spanish Fork etc, but I believe that the business core should stay centrally located in and around Provo.

[i-215]

Well, I don't see that "one city" has to be the magical one that gets a downtown. Natural points for skyscraper clusters could be Provo, Ogden, as well as Murray, Sandy, Thanksgiving Point, heck maybe even someday Tooele.

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Actually, If I were a bazillionaire I would build a Dubaiesque skyline on the shore's of Utah Lake. Right on the old Geneva site. Wooooow!!!!!!!!!! What a backdrop Timp would make. And then we could build a magnificent suspension bridge over to the other side of Utah Lake. Then we would bore a tunnel through west mountain, and into the new metro area's of Tooele Valley.

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:tup: :tup: Oh, and of course the suspension bridge would be equipped with light-rail!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[leebuddy]

I think the whole "Century City" style is already happening. Look at Sandy, Murray, etc. Remember, Sandy a few years ago was running billboards that said "Sandy: The New Downtown." I think that was about the time Larry put up that 9 story office building near 9400 South. Murray has some highrises, PG is getting that hotel (maybe), and I could see Thanksgiving Point getting some taller buildings.

I say go for it, Skyscrapers in the suburbs look cool (as long as they are clustered). :tup:


I think it's a 10-story building. Sure sandy is getting a few new 6-story buildings but just the way they are laid out doesn't make a downtown.
I think Murray with the new IHC tower (15-stories) has a better lay out.
But salt lake will always be the main downtown, even if other cities gets highrises.
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As for Provo i wish that city would get that new 12-story hotel insteed of P.G. Why built a highrise in a middle of a field where cows hang out? :shrug:

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[/Quote]As for Provo i wish that city would get that new 12-story hotel insteed of P.G. Why built a highrise in a middle of a field where cows hang out? :shrug:[/QUOTE]

Didn't you hear? The cow's are being replaced by a BMW dealership.

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Just don't say you want the leather package on the new M5 too loudly. Bessie may get mad. :haha:

[leebuddy]

As for Provo i wish that city would get that new 12-story hotel insteed of P.G. Why built a highrise in a middle of a field where cows hang out? :shrug:[/QUOTE]

Didn't you hear? The cow's are being replaced by a BMW dealership.[/QUOTE]


LOL, where will the cows go now? :shrug:

[SmilingBob]

[quote=Wasatch_One]^ I dont agree with you.

....they have like a 900' building off in the boonies... thats terrible and innefficient planning.

Centralization is key so that mass transit works better as well as roads and other services.
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One building 900' tall by itself is like being the only person in an entire section of a ball game. Sticks out like a nickel size zit.
But . . . Wasatch_One is a 900' building better than 9 buildings 100' feet tall? In Houston it could have been 4 buildings 300' tall clustered together. Tall buildings need neighbors, but having one other location, not multiple locations of skyscrapers in a metro area can work.

In the SL valley I think it would okay to have a Sandy area with 20-30 story buildings, but that would be the only 2 places I think it would fit.

In Utah Valley the tall buildings are already in Provo so any new 10+ story buildings should be built around around the other ones. But first I'd like to see something taller than the NuSkin building.:D

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[quote=Wasatch_One]^ I dont agree with you.

....they have like a 900' building off in the boonies... thats terrible and innefficient planning.

Centralization is key so that mass transit works better as well as roads and other services.
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One building 900' tall by itself is like being the only person in an entire section of a ball game. Sticks out like a nickel size zit.
But . . . Wasatch_One is a 900' building better than 9 buildings 100' feet tall? In Houston it could have been 4 buildings 300' tall clustered together. Tall buildings need neighbors, but having one other location, not multiple locations of skyscrapers in a metro area can work.

In the SL valley I think it would okay to have a Sandy area with 20-30 story buildings, but that would be the only 2 places I think it would fit.

In Utah Valley the tall buildings are already in Provo so any new 10+ story buildings should be built around around the other ones. But first I'd like to see something taller than the NuSkin building.:D

You've got to admit, that tower in Houston is one very good-looking building. I wonder if it is just the first of what will be a Century City type skyline. I don't think that it will be standing there all alone for much longer. I would wager that there are other towers being built around it since that picture was taken. It's high time they started thinking more along those type of towers just south of 1st or 2nd south in Salt Lake.

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Man, I hope I'm not the only one to blame for the furor going on over at the crime list thread. I don't know whether to laugh and dive back in, or run the opposite direction and hide out for a while.

I do have a bone to pick with you Utah Valley folk. This frustration with you all is meant as a very big compliment.

I'm going to step back for a moment, and wear the hat of an outsider looking into Utah Valley. I'm a first generation American. An International of European,(French/Persian) background, who spends most of his time as a resident of Los Angeles proper. A large part of my life has been spent as a resident of Europe and NewYork/L.A.

Around two years ago this past June, one of your valley locals took a fairly large group of us through Utah Valley,American Fork Canyon, Sundance etc. We were all from Europe and the East Coast, primarily based out of Washington D.C. As we entered Utah Valley, we were awe-struck by its setting. The exclamation by all, was that it was the most beautifully situated urban valley they had ever seen in the states. Now, these were all people of the world who had been everywhere and pretty much seen everything. The Majesty of your mountains in such close proximty to your metro is inspiring. Ofcourse, I am European,and European's tend to prefer mountains in the mix.

I have been through Idaho several times and find it one of America's prettiest state's. I think all states in the West have many beautiful areas. The people of Idaho are just as likeable as I find most American's. What I find perplexing is that even amongst yourselves,(In Utah Valley) you don't seem to recognize that you live in such an inordinately beautiful urban setting. "This argument, on the other thread about who's daddy is stronger, Metro Utah Valley or Metro Boise," could go on forever. My point is that even amongst yourselves you don't seem to appreciate that the Urban Utah Valley setting blows Urban Boise's setting off the face of the planet. There are many beautiful mountain's in Idaho as Utah and Colorado,etc. But c'mon Utah Valley,your immediate mountains make Boise's look like your foothills. People in Alpine,Provo/Orem and the like, build Golf Course's and luxury home's on those kind of little foothills. This is the opinion of an international outsider looking in.

:D Ofcourse, if you are just being polite I understand completely. I could definately stand to be a little more tactful at time's. "Hey, what can I say," It will probably take several generation's to get the French out of my DNA.

"Heck", as you Utah Valley folk say. The San Gabriels and Hollywood Hills, which surround me in L.A. are far more picturesque than the hills surrounding Boise. Metro Utah Valley and Metro Boise can build nice development until your Utah and Idaho cows come home. But I don't think Heaven will be building any new mountains around Boise in the near future.

P.S. I am now an American citizen, so feel free to use any Leno/French jokes you want. I get a big kick out of them.

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GRACE LEONG - Daily Herald

A new $39 million outpatient center that offers same-day surgery, rehabilitation, lab and imaging services is being built at Utah Valley Regional Medical Center in Provo.

Located at 300 W. 1230 North, the new outpatient center on Intermountain Healthcare's 782,000-square-foot campus is scheduled to be completed next December.

Designed by Dallas-based HKS Architects Inc. and built by Big D Construction of Ogden, construction of the four-story, 91,000-square-foot center will start next month.

The outpatient center will be home to 100 employees, 20 percent of whom will be new hires in areas including administrative, surgical, technical and diagnostic imaging support. Intermountain Healthcare has a total of 3,900 employees in Utah County, of which 3,074 are at Utah Valley Regional.

In addition, a three-level parking terrace that accommodates 571 parking spaces is being built for $11 million. This project is expected to be completed by spring 2007.

"Our county has seen tremendous growth in the past five years and that will only continue," said Mary Ann Young, hospital administrator of Utah Valley Regional.

The outpatient center, which sees a 3.5 percent annual growth in patient visits, is projected to receive 70,000 patient visits starting in 2008.

Janet Frank, spokeswoman for Intermountain Healthcare, said Utah Valley Regional's existing diagnostic imaging center is "severely cramped" and the new center will provide additional space to handle patient growth.

"The trend in health care is to deliver more outpatient care," Young said. "Imaging work, on an outpatient basis, will be completed in the building, which means much greater convenience for patients coming in for an X-ray or MRI."

The imaging area, on the first floor of the outpatient center, will offer digital mammography, digital X-ray, MRI and ultrasound services, a 64-slice CT scanner and a PET/CT scanner. Laboratory services will be on the first floor, while rehabilitation and Utah Valley Orthopedics and Sports Medicine will be housed on the second floor.

Six new operating rooms for same-day surgery will be on the fourth floor, while the third floor will house medical offices.

In 2005, the hospital expanded several emergency rooms and added a hyperbaric chamber, which delivers pressurized oxygen to aid patients recovering from carbon monoxide poisoning and other wounds.

In 2002, Utah Valley Regional added its south building, which includes psychiatric, cardiology, speech and hearing, and physical therapy services and also administrative offices.

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CATHY ALLRED - North County Staff

Lehi City may get a 200,000 sq. ft. exhibition conference center if a feasibility study is approved and its results show county commissioners north Utah County is the place to build.

The mayor and council opted Sept. 26 to support Lehi as a site for a center, contingent on receiving matching funds for an approximately $60,000 feasibility study from Thanksgiving Point.

Thanksgiving Point executives haven't agreed to their $15,000 share for the study as yet, even though they are the ones who pitched the idea to the Lehi City Council and again to the Utah County Commission.

Mike Washburn, Thanksgiving Point CEO, said the soonest the Thanksgiving board members could gather to discuss Lehi's counter-proposal on study funding would be some time this week. He was able to present his idea to the Utah County Commissioners the week of Sept. 18.

"They talked with us about considering it," Larry Ellertson, Utah County Commissioner, said in a phone interview. "We haven't taken action on it yet, it's not official ... We probably will have some additional discussion on it."

At least two other municipalities, Pleasant Grove and Provo have announced plans to build a center.

Provo has presented a proposal for a $32 million 80,000 sq. ft. facility near the Marriott Hotel on Freedom Boulevard and 100 North.

Pleasant Grove announced its intentions in building a 100,000 sq. ft. convention center with plans for an Embassy Suites and Hotels complex near the Pleasant Grove/Lindon I-15 interchange.

"We've got three or four of them that are all interested in having studies on them," Ellertson said. "My hope would be we could have the discussion on it over the next month and find out where we are headed."

There is additionally a proposal for expanding the McKay Events Center at UVSC in Orem, he said, so the commissioners will have that option to consider as well.

"I think they are very cautious," Mike Washburn, Thanksgiving Point CEO, said of the commissioners on Sept. 29. "My feeling is they are receptive about exploring other options."

Washburn spoke with Jamie Davidson, Lehi City administrator, a few days earlier about the council's decision.

"The important point is to look countywide for the best location for a convention center," Washburn said. He said he thought locating in north Lehi would take advantage of business from both Utah and Salt Lake Counties.

On Thanksgiving Point property by Electric Park and the Mountainland Applied Technology College campus property, the proposed project would be half the size of the South Town Expo Center but larger than the one Provo leaders are proposing for their city.

"We have resurrected the idea - obviously Provo thinks it should be in Provo but I think the county should have options," Washburn said in his presentation to Lehi Sept. 12.

The center would generate tax revenue for the host city and county and would be built with hotel tax funds.

Washburn said the center would penetrate markets in Provo, Orem and Salt Lake City. He hopes to have the center considered for mult-use, concerts, rodeos and other activities as well as business conventions; and has chosen LMN Architects and Inc., designers of the Exposition Center in Sandy, for the project.

"South Town Expo Center is the second busiest in North America," Davidson, said, adding that their business could spill over to the suggested Lehi center. Washburn said if such a project were announced, more hotel and restaurant plans would likely follow.

"Assuming the Utah County fair remains at Thanksgiving Point that could be a welcome addition to that," Councilman Johnny Barnes said. "I think it's something we definitely ought to look at."

The study would review the economic, demographic and real estate development trends for Utah and Utah County and present an economic and fiscal impact analysis.

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:tup: :tup: N2I.F., Here is that article I promised you regarding the new make-over of Micron. This is a joint venture for Micron/Intel. The Marguis in front even has been changed to Flash Technologies. Alot of activity and expansion going on.

Enjoy,
Delts




The Daily Herald
Cathy Allred

Since the announcement of the IM Flash technologies venture between Micron and Intel in March, the environment of the 2,000-acre Lehi campus has changed significantly from what it used to be - empty lots and silent halls.

Steeped in a flurry of activity, the plant is nearing completion and is at 53 percent of its employment target - 1,850 workers by spring 2007.

The number of new hires changes daily said Rod Morgan, IM Flash co-chief executive officer, as does the number of contractors. There are about 2,000 contractors currently

"It's geen pretty exciting to come together with Intel," Morgan said. "There's quite a bit of stuff going on right now."

Initially a 20-building fabrication plant built for Micron's microchip production in 1997, much of it was left unfinished and remained hauntingly empty in recent years because of changing dynamics in the semiconductor industry.

But the Lehi plant is now the international headquarters for IM Flash Technologies and its NAND Flash memory production using nanotechnology to create NAND memory products, which are electrically re-writeable, non-volatile semiconductor devices that retain memory content when power is turned off.

"I went after this one. This to me is just a great opportunity for the two companies," David Baglee, IM Flash co-chief executive officer, said. "It's the fastest semiconductor business there is and I wanted to be a part of it."

Expectations for NAND memory products, which are used in cell phones, MP3 players, computers, digital cameras, flash drives and handhelds, is more than $14.8 billion in 2006, up 40 percent from 2005. With two of the largest semiconductor companies joining forces, their total investment will be upwards of $5 billion. One of the largest single private sector investments in Utah, IM Flash is expected to provide $1.1 billion in total salary at the Lehi plant, with annual incomes averaging $50,000 per employee.

Stan Lockhart, who has been with Micron since the plant's inception, said he is thrilled with its latest developments.

''The IM Flash corporate headquarters here in Utah County gives us the opportunity to realize the full potential of our Lehi site as a major NAND manufacturing facility. It also shows a long-tem commitment to Utah on the part of Micron and Intel," he said.

Most of the construction is going on inside the facility. The mile-long corridor at IM Flash is bustling with foot traffic, with noise of saws, hammers and drills echoing along the halls. Ducts, plumbing and wiring are being installed along with walls, a lot of walls.

The fabricating clean room is under wraps-- covered with a thick opaque plastic. Workers have to suit up in static-free white coveralls, caps and gloves before entering the room. They are installing the air conditioning system in a adjoining room, and duct tape fencing, and gates guide visitors along the construction route.

It's just a hub of activity, "Lockhard said. "All of this is preparing for what is going to go on in the fabricating room."

West of 22 large buildings at the site, a construction village of portable trailers has been brought in, and a temporary 200-man cafeteria tent behind the buildings feeds a small army of workers. A storage building with its metal frame is being built to the norteast. Because the fabrication of NAND semiconductors needs to be done in a clean enviroment, a one-story , 25,000-square-foot warehouse capable of storing a three- to seven-day supply of chemicals is being built.

The IM Flash headquarters is only part of the economic growth in north Lehi. Below its campus, farm fields are quickly disappearing with homes popping up south of State Road 92. Growth is nearing the 2,000- acre buffer of cheat grass.

Part; of what has been termed "the billion dollar mile" by Kim Struthers, Lehi city planner, IM Flash Technologies is bordered on the south and west by two mammoth planned communities expected ;to attract more than 12,000 residents, or one quarter of Lehi's existing population. Each residential/commercial project comes with its own unique amenities-- Traverse Mountain's The Terrace mall and Cabela's and Ivory Ridge's tennis club, water facility and reception center.

The plant built by Micron in 1995 has facilitated much of the growth by funding the building of Lehi's ;infrastructure, he said.

"IM Flash Technologies will be investing millions of dollars," Struthers said. "This will create a huge employment center for those in Lehi."

If you have'nt been yet.

p.s. Wow, it's amazing to drive along highway 92 from I-15 to the mouth of American Fork Canyon. No where is the incredible growth of the Wasatch Front more evident on one highway. If any of you out there have some extra time today take a Sunday drive. Exit I-15 at the Alpine/Highland exit,(just after you go over the Point of the Mountain). Head east along highway 92, toward the mouth of Am. Fork Canyon. You'll be challenged to take in all of the sights of growth on both sides of the highway. Literally billion's of dollars in commercial and residential in the pipeline. Be sure to take a little extra time to continue on up American Fork Canyon and over the Alpine Loop.(Take a few extra dollars for the Canyon. They charge a toll, which keeps up the Canyons itself,campgrounds,lakes,etc. Looks like it's going to snow here in the next 48 hours, so get it done today. This Canyon is literally one of the most beautiful in the world, "you'll feel like a tourist in Manhattan for the first time." You'll proceed up and over the loop and down into Sundance and Provo Canyon's. Take a moment to stop and walk around the Sundance resort, Again, the views are among the most beautiful in the world. If you still have time you may want to take a left when you come to the Provo Canyon highway. If you have'nt seen Midway yet, it's worth a look for all development geeks. Then you will move on to Park City and down I-80 to Salt Lake.



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Housing boom may be cooling off in Utah

Permits decline 4.5%, but Utah County still hot

By Dave Anderton
Deseret Morning News
The number of building permits issued for new houses, condominiums and apartments is falling across Utah, but in Utah County permits are skyrocketing, according to a new report.

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Scott G. Winterton, Deseret Morning NewsNew homes in Herriman. Building permits are down this year in Salt Lake County. Residential permits issued across the state from Jan. 1 through Sept. 30 fell to 20,387, down 4.5 percent from 21,347 permits handed out during the same nine-month period in 2005, according to the University of Utah's Bureau of Economic and Business Research.
The turnaround began in August, when new residential housing permits fell 15.3 percent for the month. That was followed in September by a 13.7 percent drop.
Many Utah cities have seen the number of residential permits issued this year drop dramatically. Permits in St. George fell 43 percent in the first nine months of 2006, compared with that period in 2005. In Herriman, permits fell 50 percent. West Jordan was down 31 percent, and Riverton was off by 10 percent, the report noted.
Counties also saw declines. Salt Lake County was down 12 percent in the first nine months, compared with the same period last year. Davis County saw a 10 percent decrease. Tooele County dropped 13 percent.
http://www.deseretnews.com/photos/1114hous.jpg Utah County appeared to be the exception, with permits there rising by nearly 21 percent.
"It's just exploding down there," said James Wood, director of the U. bureau. "Utah County will be the leader in new residential construction this year. They have roughly a 600-unit lead on Salt Lake County through the third quarter. I don't think that there is any way Salt Lake County is going to catch them."
The rise in new permits in Utah County was driven by record home building in Lehi, which led the state with 1,361 permits issued from January through September. Also, Eagle Mountain and Saratoga Springs — at 640 and 508 permits, respectively — showed strong increases in the number of residential building permits issued this year.
Deseret Morning News graphic Yet Utah County's gains were not enough to put the state ahead of where it was last year at this time. And with a slowdown looming, the question becomes how long and how severe the pullback might be.
Chris Gamvourulous, president of Ivory Development Co., Utah's biggest homebuilder, said Ivory likely will build more houses in 2006 than it did in 2005. In 2005, Ivory pulled 1,058 single-family home permits.
However, Gamvourulous said, the company remains concerned over the "investor presence" in the Salt Lake market. In October 2005, Ivory Homes began making its buyers sign an agreement, promising that their house purchase would be used as a "principal or secondary residence" and also agreeing to not sell the property for at least one year. Violators are subject to a $25,000 penalty.
"We think in our communities we are going to be OK, but it just depends on how individual builders and developers deal with it in their individual communities," Gamvourulous said. "If they refuse to sell to speculators and investors, then their communities will probably be OK."
Gamvourulous said the slowdown in residential permits does not indicate the sky is falling.
"We're optimistic, but we are very cautious," Gamvourulous said. "Just because things are transacting doesn't mean they are real. It could be speculators. There are recisions."
Richmond American Homes, Utah's second-largest homebuilder, reported its before-tax net income for Utah and Colorado dropped to $25.2 million in the first nine months of 2006, a 49 percent decrease from $49.5 million in net income in the same period of 2005.
But while Richmond American was discounting houses it sells in Virginia by $30,000, the company noted a $95,000 increase in the average selling price for its house closings in Utah during the third quarter, compared to the same quarter in 2005, according to a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
Richmond's price gains in its Utah communities helped to offset fewer closings. The company said closings on Utah houses were down 14 percent in the third quarter, compared to the same period last year. For the first nine months of this year closings fell 9 percent.
"We believe that prospective homebuyers have been delaying home purchases during this period of uncertainty," the company said in its SEC filing. "We continued to respond to the increased cancellation rate and the uncertainty in the homebuilding market by increasing incentives and offering limited time sales promotions, with the objective of improving our sales velocity."
Companywide, nearly half of Richmond American's home orders were canceled during the third quarter, up from 26 percent in the third quarter of 2005.
Kelly Matthews, executive vice president and economist at Wells Fargo in Salt Lake City, said he expects the number of single-family home permits in Utah will drop by 7 percent in the second half of this year, compared to the last six months of 2005. And he expects another 7 percent decrease in permits handed out for single-family homes in the first half of 2007.
"We're still not building too many houses relative to the population and the numbers of jobs that we have," Matthews said. "But we have to be cognizant that clearly what's going on nationwide and what's gone on in Phoenix, Las Vegas and even St. George probably will have some bearing here along the Wasatch Front."
The number of permits for single-family homes in Utah dropped to 15,614 in the first nine months of the year, down 2 percent from 15,938 permits handed out during the same nine-month period in 2005, the U. report said.
Multifamily permits saw the biggest percentage drop, a 12.7 percent decline to 4,185 units compared to 4,795 units a year ago.
The total value of all residential permits in the first nine months of 2006 reached $3.8 billion, up from $3.5 billion during the same period of 2005, according to the U. report. Residential valuations include the cost of materials and labor but not the cost of land or architectural fees.


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UVSC adds to its campus

OREM — Utah Valley State College's culinary arts program and the college's Small Business Development Center are moving to a building on the former Word Perfect/Novell campus.
The UVSC Foundation purchased the building, 1501 North Technology Way, Building A, Orem, for $2 million, which will be paid over the next 12 years in a lease-purchase agreement.
The former owners of the building, Canyon Park Technology Center, donated $2.7 million to cover the remaining cost.
There are 38 culinary arts students at UVSC. The program can have up to 80 students in the new space. Students in the program will have access to four kitchens. There is one kitchen at the McKay Events Center, the program's current home.
The program, which will move in August, will share the new space with UVSC Food Services. Students will provide food for more than 6,000 Canyon Park Technology Center workers each day. The food service will also be open to the public.
The Small Business Development Center will also move into the new building, expanding its program with the move. The center assists start-up businesses.

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Work proceeds on the Provo arts center at 451 W. Center last week.


Provo poised to kick off effort to raise $400,000

By Tad Walch
Deseret Morning News

PROVO — Fund-raising for Provo's Center for the Arts is about to enter its final and perhaps most critical phase.
Stuart Johnson, Deseret Morning NewsWork proceeds on the Provo arts center at 451 W. Center last week. The city is preparing to kick off a community campaign to raise $400,000. A donor has pledged to match those contributions. Together, the funds would raise what is expected to be the final $782,000 needed to complete the performing arts center.
Details of the campaign are under wraps, but city spokeswoman Raylene Ireland said it would begin in January. The center is scheduled to be done in mid-April and to be ready for the first performance by June, said Kathryn Allen, executive director of the Provo Arts Council.
The total price tag for the center is expected to rise from $8.1 million to nearly $8.5 million next week, if the Provo City Council approves the new costs and agrees to pay for them.
Mayor Lewis Billings last week asked the council for an additional $371,377. The council voted 6-0 at a study meeting to move the request to next week's council agenda. One member, Cynthia Dayton, was absent.
The bulk of the money would pay for enhancements to the center, but it also includes $50,000 the city has agreed to pay after it was late turning over the property to Hogan & Associates, the construction company renovating the former city library at 425. W. Center.
The enhancements include an orchestra pit cover, stage curtains, a projector screen and a sound-and-lighting technology pit. They also include upgrades for the ceramic wall and floor tile in the public restrooms, better carpeting and acoustic-spray insulation to enhance sound quality in the performance hall.
An upgrade to seating fabric in the hall and a switch to stainless steel for handrails, posts and glass supports will extend the life of the building and reduce future costs, city finance director John Borget told the City Council.
City Council chairman George Stewart called the upgrades "absolutely essential."
The penalty payment is a result of negotiations. The contract between Provo and Hogan required the city to turn over the project to Hogan by the end of March for the start of renovation and construction.
The property wasn't fully available to Hogan until June, first because of delays in the city's acquisition of the neighboring Travelers Inn, and then because asbestos was discovered when workers prepared to demolish the inn to make room for the center.
The asbestos cleanup added $73,000 to the cost of the project, Provo facilities manager Dick Blackham said.
The city still hasn't settled with Travelers Inn owner Bob Patel, who sold the property to the city last spring without determining a purchase price. Deputy City Attorney David Dixon said the city has offered mediation or arbitration. If negotiations fail, a judge or jury could set the price.
The city offered $875,000. Patel was seeking $1.25 million.
Dixon said the city has paid Patel an undisclosed sum. Borget said the city has set aside $911,000, with the cost split between the performing arts center project and the Provo Redevelopment Agency, which will decide what to do with the motel property not used for the arts center.
The City Council also will vote next week whether to lend $1 million from the capital resource fund to the project. The money would be paid back by USX when it makes the first $1 million in land sales at the new Mountain Vista Business Park. Lots are ready for sale, but Borget said the timing of the arts center project requires the money now.
The interest-only loan would be repaid within three years, with the interest based on the one-year treasury market rate.
The loan would be the second for the city's new capital resource fund, which allows city departments with surpluses to loan money to other city departments and earn interest.
Donors have given pledged more than $4.25 million, including the USX land sales donation. Other funding sources include a federal grant and a tax-increment bond that did not raise taxes for Provo residents.


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[delts145]

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Welcome to Ivory Ridge, a flagship Club Ivory community.

You will sense the difference as you walk through the neighborhoods of Ivory Ridge. From the beautifully designed brick entry monuments to the state-of-the-art Swim and Tennis Club, you will notice that every detail has been carefully thought out to assure an enjoyable living environment that is a step above any community you have ever experienced.

Without a doubt, Ivory Ridge is the perfect setting to enjoy your new home, new friends and family. Surrounded by the stunning Lone Peak mountain range, yet so close to freeway access, the location couldn't be better, providing quick access to recreational sites all across the Wasatch Front. It's also just minutes from the spectacular views and outdoor amenities of American Fork Canyon and Mount Timpanogos.

Ivory Ridge is a complete community with 435 estate homes, 286 deluxe townhomes, and 114 lofts, all designed in a timeless, Classic American architectural style. We invite you to explore Ivory Ridge and experience all that it has to offer.

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BARBARA CHRISTIANSEN - North County Staff
Daily Herald

Members of the Utah Heritage Foundation toured several American Fork sites last week, seeing renovations under way at City Hall, the Bigelow Organ Company and the Northhampton House.

Around 20 individuals saw the changes being made to City Hall. As they toured, a load was delivered to the site, including pieces of punched tin which were created to replicate the original tin punch ceiling in the City Hall.

"The tin ceiling will be restored and will be a beautiful asset," city Chief of Staff Melanie Marsh told the group.

Some pieces of the tin ceiling had been damaged through the years and will be replaced. The rest have been taken down to be put back up when the renovation is nearing completion.

"Everything that can be salvaged is being laid out like a puzzle," said Juel Belmont, a member of the city's Historic Preservation Commission.

"We are trying to get everything back as original as possible," Belmont said.

The original bell was taken off the top of the City Hall in the 1960s and put on display in Robinson Park. It was removed last week to be readied to be replaced atop City Hall.

"Portions of the elevator will look like 1903," Belmont said.

The renovators have determined the newel post atop the east staircase is original and others will replicate it.

Belmont said the historic group is seeking donations to help preserve items.

"There are places to take bricks out," she said. "We will sell the bricks. We are trying to figure out other ways. We want extra money to make sure things are finished as they should be."

Members of the Utah Heritage Foundation also toured the Bigelow Organ Company, which is housed in the former American Fork Second Ward LDS Chapel. Members of the city's Historic Preservation Commission distributed brief histories of those two buildings to those who participated in the tours.

COMMUNITY NOTES

Volunteers honored -- Malcolm Beck presented a report from the Retired Senior Volunteer Program and the work the group had done in the community from April 2005 to March 2006.

There were 99 volunteers who did more than 16,000 hours of work, with an estimated value of $275,000.

They served at the American Fork Senior Citizen Center, American Fork Hospital, American Fork Community Literacy Center, New Friends Quilt Circle, Heritage Care Center and several schools in the Alpine School District. These volunteers are in addition to those who served in the Foster Grandparents program.

Individuals were honored by the group with presidential pins for their service, based on the number of hours.

Bronze pins for 100 to 249 hours went to Carma Cornell, Dorothy Gray, Ray Greenwood, Jessie McLelland, Lorraine Strong, Ronald Strong, Gene Thomas, Ethel Woolsey, Sally Carrier, Gladys Clark, Jolene DeMarco, Rhea Edwards, Kathy Fryer, Elaine Howes, Betty McTague, Carma Miller, Marilou Moser, Glenda Murdock, Furlann Olsen, Jackie Simpson, Dallas Strong, Geri Strong, Beverly Whitney, Thelma Williams, Delma Baldridge, Reva Mezenen, Marilyn Phillips, Linda Pollock, Arlene Sorenson, Orval Harmer and Norma McMillan.

Receiving silver pins for 250 to 499 hours were Maxine Draney, Leola Durrant, Marlene Hancock, Helen Lindstrom, Grant Parker, Melvin Provost, Melba Street, Ted Strongt, Mary Peterson, Verene Thorne, Jeanie Wilson and Necia Doty.

Gold pins for more than 500 hours went to Gloria Parker, Letha Taylor, Lucille Wootton, Connie Hodson, Leone Rutledge, Carmen Martinez, Doris Woffinden, Julie Davis, Doris Murdock and Millie Pace.

Arts Council seeks production staff for musical -- The American Fork Arts Council plans on putting on a musical theater event and is seeking staff members to help determine the production and bring it to fruition.

They are seeking a producer, director, musical director, choreographer, set designer/builder, costume designer, stage manager, house manager and others.

The time frame would be July 15 to Sept. 30.

Those interested may contact Lori England at lori@afcity.net or 763-3081 by July 3.

Residents ask for help -- Some residents in a northeast American Fork neighborhood have asked for help to improve the safety around the homes.

Tom Mackey reported to the City Council that there was a hazardous condition with trucks parking in the vicinity of 530 North and 1100 East.

He said there was an individual running a sod business from a home in the neighborhood.

"This is not just a nuisance but a hazard," he said. "It is a commercial trucking depot."

City officials said they would look into the situation, but that the business predated the development of the area.

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City restores details of building's small-town past

By Susan Whitney
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In the application for the National Register of Historic Places, the American Fork City Hall is described as having a "provincial yet earnest manner."
Kim Raff, Deseret Morning NewsA replica belfry will soon be placed on the new roof of the reconstructed City Hall. These days, Juel Belmont can't remember exactly who wrote those words. The City Hall made it onto the National Register back in 1994, so the application was prepared a dozen years ago, and several people helped write it. Over the years, lots of folks have worked to save the building.

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Belmont says Wilson Martin may have been the one to notice the building presents itself in a "provincial yet earnest manner." Or it may have been Roger Roper who wrote those words.
But most likely, Belmont says, she herself wrote them. "Because buildings are speaking to me all the time," she says.
Of course buildings do go silent once they are torn down — and Belmont can recite a list of historic buildings in American Fork whose voices she will never hear again. The Carnegie Library, the LDS Tithing Office, Chipman's Mercantile, the old high school ... "I've certainly lost a lot more than I've saved," she says.
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This summer, however, she can celebrate. The restored City Hall will reopen in a month or so. It is the largest success to date for the American Fork Historic Preservation Commission.
The Salt Lake firm of Cooper Roberts Simonsen Architects is in charge of the restoration, and architect Allen Roberts recently showed the Deseret Morning News through the building. Roberts says the cost is coming in at less than $1 million. He notes that, at $100 a square foot, the restoration costs significantly less than new construction of a comparable building.

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The hall was well worth saving, Roberts says. "It was built in 1903 and is probably one of the oldest continuously used city halls in the state."
The City Hall sits just north of Main Street, next to the 1894 Harrington School. The old Community Presbyterian Church is across the way. This part of town has been the ecclesiastic and government center since the 1850s, when American Fork was first farmed and platted.
Kim Raff, Deseret Morning NewsJuel Belmont is the chairwoman of the American Fork Historic Preservation Commission. Church and government often shared offices in the small towns of the Utah Territory. (That must have made life easier for people like Leonard Harrington, who served simultaneously for 29 years as American Fork's mayor, postmaster and LDS bishop.) After Utah became a state in 1896, even small cities and counties built separate structures for their government offices.
The blueprints for the 2 1/2-story American Fork City Hall were drawn up by James Pulley, for which he charged $50. The building measures 50 feet by 50 feet. The east and west sides are identical, framed by Romanesque arches. The foundation is made of limestone, and the walls are masonry, faced in red brick. When it was first built, the hip roof sported a belfry with Queen Anne trimmings.
Beginning in 1916, the building was painted white. It was sandblasted in 1977, which restored its original color but also removed a portion of the brick, leaving it open to more rapid weathering. At that time, too, mortar was repaired with caulking.
In 1959, the belfry was removed. Some say it had to go so air conditioning could be installed. Roberts says another reason the belfry may have been removed is that belfries are heavy and the roof may have been starting to sag. Interior remodelings in 1959 and 1977 further obscured the original features. Several original doors and windows were removed. Other windows were covered or painted shut.
Still, the City Hall is structurally sound for a building of its period, Roberts adds. When the restoration began, he found no cracks in the walls or foundations. The original stairs were still in good condition, as were the newel posts. The majority of the original windows were still in place.
Kim Raff, Deseret Morning NewsSome of the windows on the second floor had been blocked. Renovators took down the false ceilings and restored it to one big room. This restoration includes seismic upgrades, a renovated secondary staircase and a new roof, designed to support the belfry. The 1977 caulking has been replaced with limestone mortar. Windows have been restored. The restoration has resulted in a building that is 467 percent better insulated, according to the architects.
Contractors took down the false ceilings and discovered that much of the original tin ceiling was still in place. They discovered patches of the original paint, in dark Victorian gold and black, and they found a deep green, as well — probably from the '20s, Belmont speculates. The bell tower's original tin finial was found in the attic, and carpenters used it to design a replica.
Roberts believes people will say "wow" when they first walk into the upper floor. For as long as anyone can remember, the square second floor was divided into tiny offices with low ceilings. Now it is one big room again, with more than 20 tall windows and with bead board and millworked moldings and other pretty details.
The City Council will meet in this room, which can hold at least 100 people. The space will also be used for small concerts and receptions. In addition, the American Fork Arts Council, which will have offices on the first floor, will use the second floor for classes.
Belmont can't help but think everyone who stands in this sunny, high-ceilinged space will hear a whisper from the past. If they don't, there is always the bell. If they hear nothing else, people will hear the bell.
When the belfry was taken down, the Daughters of Utah Pioneers were given the bell, and they placed it in a park. Under their bylaws, Belmont says, they can't give the bell back to the city, but they can allow it to be placed in a new location. Thus in a week or so, the newly constructed replica of the belfry will go atop the City Hall, and the old bell will be placed inside and will ring once again.
Kim Raff, Deseret Morning NewsA craftsman works on one of the Victorian Romanesque windows at American Fork City Hall. A new generation will mark its days with that bell, just as Belmont's mother's generation did. Belmont says her mother, Lois Peters Andersen, told of listening for the bell every morning as she walked to school. If the bell rang before she got to the river, she knew she'd be late.
Belmont's mother passed away this June. So Belmont is especially glad today's schoolchildren will be able to know the City Hall and its bell and its charm. She will think of her mother on the day City Hall reopens — new again, after 103 years.


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[SLC fan]

Wow, did anyone else check the numbers in the Tribune's article on Utah's population growth (http://www.sltrib.com/ci_4661360)? From 2002 to 2006 Utah Country added more residents than Salt Lake County! What's going on down there?? Don't answer....I see it everytime I drive past Thanksgiving Point :)

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Over the river and through the woods,and just a few minutes up American Fork Canyon.

[Happy Valley Freak]

I live in American Fork yay!

[delts145]

I live in American Fork yay!

I'm an Alpiner! What do you think of the new Meadow's Center? Pretty convenient! I like those roundabouts.

[Joe Gardner]

I lived in Highland and Lehi before moving to downtown SLC. :D

I wish more city planers would use roundabouts. It just makes sense in some locations. Perfect use in Alpine.

AF canyon is one of my favorite mountain biking and snowshoeing canyons.

[i-215]

Yeah, what is up with that? Personally, I go crazy having to live in Utah County right now. I want to get back to Salt Lake County, or go try another city altogether for a while.

Anyone have ideas why Utah County is so attractive? Is it because all the land along I-15 has been developed southbound past the county line now?

[i-215]

I wish more city planers would use roundabouts. It just makes sense in some locations. Perfect use in Alpine.



I agree.... to a degree. For a moderate traffic area, they are excellent! However, there are a few in Portland really should've been a light (may I cite NE Glisan and 39th Ave) http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=3900+NE+Glisan+Portland,+OR&ie=UTF8&z=18&ll=45.526479,-122.623118&spn=0.001751,0.005316&t=h&om=1

It looks beautiful when you are going though, but at rush hour it's a nightmare! Given, in the inter-city setting, I'd expect traffic backups in excange for the "feel" of the neighborhood. But in the suburbs, this intersection should've had a light instead.

[delts145]

I lived in Highland and Lehi before moving to downtown SLC. :D

I wish more city planers would use roundabouts. It just makes sense in some locations. Perfect use in Alpine.

AF canyon is one of my favorite mountain biking and snowshoeing canyons.


Wouldn't it be great if they would take one of those big intersections in downtown Salt Lake and make a roundabout? The center could be some kind of historical sculpture/fountain.

[delts145]

I agree.... to a degree. For a moderate traffic area, they are excellent! However, there are a few in Portland really should've been a light (may I cite NE Glisan and 39th Ave) http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=3900+NE+Glisan+Portland,+OR&ie=UTF8&z=18&ll=45.526479,-122.623118&spn=0.001751,0.005316&t=h&om=1

It looks beautiful when you are going though, but at rush hour it's a nightmare! Given, in the inter-city setting, I'd expect traffic backups in excange for the "feel" of the neighborhood. But in the suburbs, this intersection should've had a light instead.


I'm not familiar with the situation in Portland. Would that be a four or six lane street? I know they work really well in Provo, Lehi,American Fork, and Alpine. These are all busy streets, but only two lane situations.

[Wasatch_One]

I live in American Fork yay!

Weve got another American Forker amongst us... Ill let him reveal himself if he so pleases...

As for I-215's comment... although I love Salt Lake City (not so much the county as a whole) ...I wouldn't want to live anywhere else but here in Utah Valley... :cheers:

[i-215]

I'm not familiar with the situation in Portland. Would that be a four or six lane street? I know they work really well in Provo, Lehi,American Fork, and Alpine. These are all busy streets, but only two lane situations.

The trouble with the Glisan St. roundabout in 'the PDX' is that it's a double laned roundabout, so it's really a bit unnerving driving through in the left lane the first time. Single laned roundabouts are good, though.

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We call it Utah Mountain Home Contemporary, a distinctive blending of prairie, timber and stone that will be found throughout our community-at our entranceways, in our community and neighborhood parks, in our shopping districts and extensive office campus. It's a refreshing, modern sense of style that blends seamlessly with our natural surroundings while setting us apart from anywhere else. And it's a big part of what makes us such an appealing place to live, work or shop.

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Park and Picnic Pavilion
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Business District
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[BuiLDing GuRL]

I like round abouts. They have them all over the place in England. It took a while to get used to them, but once people get the hang of it they seem to keep the traffic flowing pretty well. Out by Lee's Uncles house they have a giant round about that is surrounded by 4 smaller ones. By the time we were done driving in it I had no clue where we were headed. I don't know how ready we are to have them on major roads, but on smaller roads they are great. It's nice to see them being worked into neighborhoods.

[delts145]

I like round abouts. They have them all over the place in England. It took a while to get used to them, but once people get the hang of it they seem to keep the traffic flowing pretty well. Out by Lee's Uncles house they have a giant round about that is surrounded by 4 smaller ones. By the time we were done driving in it I had no clue where we were headed. I don't know how ready we are to have them on major roads, but on smaller roads they are great. It's nice to see them being worked into neighborhoods.

Yeah, I noticed with the one on Lehi's Main street, people were pretty skiddish at first(really kind of funny, as if they were moving into a double jump rope!) But once it had been in a few weeks, it was amazing how well it worked.

[delts145]

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Cascade Peak


Some of my favorite jeep trails are around this mountain. Up the canyon from Provo about 5 minutes!

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New International Headquarters- Provo, Utah
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New American Fork Research and Development/Manufacturing Plant


GRACE LEONG - Daily Herald

Tahitian Noni International laid off 130 employees in Provo and American Fork in a move to shift resources from its central Utah office to key regional offices and markets worldwide.

The layoffs, which represent nearly 8 percent of its global work force of 1,650, took effect Thursday and affected departments including training and support, call centers, marketing, and lower executive management in Provo and American Fork.

After the restructuring, the Provo-based dietary supplements maker's offices in Utah, which traditionally provide support for the company's global operations, will have 720 workers.

Its Provo headquarters and call center had 600 workers, while its American Fork research and development, manufacturing, and distribution plant had 250 workers.

The affected workers were given "very generous severance packages, outplacement support services, letters of recommendation and had their health insurance extended for two months," said Shon Whitney, the company's vice president of marketing communications.

The company last laid off 45 workers in 2002 in a cost-cutting move, he said.

"Thursday's cut backs took place across all departments," Whitney said. "Several managing directors and directors were also laid off."

"As we grow globally, it's hard to manufacture and provide international support from just one central location," Whitney said. "We will continue to have more than 700 workers in Utah. But we won't be as centralized as we used to be. We will continue to do R&D, product development manufacturing for North and South America from Utah.

"We're not restructuring the entire organization for cost-cutting reasons this time as much as we're shifting resources and jobs outside of Utah to seven of our key markets in the U.S., Japan, China, Taiwan, Germany, Norway and Sweden."

"By growing our regional support offices, we can move faster as a company and cater to markets in those countries as they are very different from Utah in terms of culture, product, customer service and even technology needs," he said. "We need to put our resources in areas where our sales are coming from."

While the United States is Tahitian Noni's largest market, accounting for 40 percent of its total sales of $530 million this past year, the remaining 60 percent of its sales are derived worldwide.

Japan is the company's second-largest market, accounting for 35 percent of total sales; Europe accounts for between 10 percent and 15 percent, while other markets worldwide account for the remainder.

Whitney said he couldn't immediately specify how much the company will spend on its globalization initiative, nor could he specify how many jobs are being added at its regional offices worldwide. The company is opening a manufacturing plant in China this fall and planning additional support offices in Glendale, Ariz., Japan, Taiwan and Germany.

Last year, the company opened four business support offices each in Japan and Taiwan, and three more offices in Dallas, Houston, Atlanta and New Jersey.

Founded in 1996, the company is operating in 73 markets worldwide and has manufacturing plants in Tahiti, Japan and Germany.

[SmilingBob]

I like round abouts. They have them all over the place in England. It took a while to get used to them, but once people get the hang of it they seem to keep the traffic flowing pretty well. Out by Lee's Uncles house they have a giant round about that is surrounded by 4 smaller ones. By the time we were done driving in it I had no clue where we were headed. I don't know how ready we are to have them on major roads, but on smaller roads they are great. It's nice to see them being worked into neighborhoods.

I heard a funny story from a cop in Provo. When they put in the roundabout on center and 700 N. it dramatically cut down on accidents at that intersection. The first month they put it in the only accident was from a lady who had lived in Provo all her life. At the accident scene she told the officer and later called into complain about the new roundabout. The officer told her that hers was the only accident that month. . . a year later this lady has another accident at the roundabout. She calls the police station to complain again. She is told that since installing the roundabout accidents had gone down to less than 5 in a year. And would have been only 3 if she would stay off the road.

I like most of the roundabouts, but agree that roundabouts on two lane roads are a mess. There is one off the 1600 North exit in Orem/Lindon by Home Depot. Most people who are in the right lane take the first right, but I've seen two cars go 3/4 around and try to exit. One exited and the other person had to go all the way around again. Arrows on the road would be a simple solution, but an environmental study might need to be conducted and Rocky might protest/sue if he didn't agree with the study.

[Happy Valley Freak]

I'm an Alpiner! What do you think of the new Meadow's Center? Pretty convenient! I like those roundabouts.

Yeah I luv tha Meadows! There's so much more to do now in AF

[delts145]

XanGo Becomes An Exclusive Sponsor of Thanksgiving Point Institute and REAL Salt Lake

Large-Format Movie Theater to be renamed “XanGo Mammoth Screen – 3D”

LEHI, UT—XanGo, LLC, a Utah company offering a patented dietary supplement beverage, XanGo ™, that is marketed through a network of independent distributors, has reached an agreement to become an exclusive corporate sponsor of the Thanksgiving Point Institute, it was announced today. Effective immediately, XanGo will become the exclusive Nutritional Supplement and Personal Care Product sponsor of the non-profit Thanksgiving Point Institute.

According to XanGo President Aaron Garrity, XanGo’s five-year sponsorship will support Thanksgiving Point’s efforts to provide one-of-a-kind, hands-on educational, cultural and recreational opportunities for children and families. Educational venues at the Thanksgiving Point complex include Thanksgiving Point Gardens, the Museum of Ancient Life, Farm Country, and the Children’s Discovery Garden.

Since XanGo’s sponsorship will help support the operation of Thanksgiving Point’s large-format movie theater housed in the Museum of Ancient Life located at Thanksgiving Point, it will be renamed the “XanGo Mammoth Screen – 3D.”

“This sponsorship is in keeping with our focus to support effective children’s charities,” said Garrity, “and complements the location of our new, 30-acre corporate campus in the Thanksgiving Point Business and Retail Park.”

Garrity explained that from its inception, XanGo has been committed to helping improve the global community—especially by supporting children in need worldwide. As a result, XanGo donates a portion of every sale to Operation Kids, a Utah-based foundation that supports worthwhile children’s charities that are effective in their operations and efficient with their resources. Charities under the Operation Kids’ umbrella include Operation Smile, The Christmas Box House, The Forever Young Foundation, The National McGruff House Network, Children’s Organ Transplant Association and Best Buddies.

Two-year-old XanGo moved its international headquarters to its new location at Thanksgiving Point in October 2004 after purchasing an existing 60,000-square-foot office building and 25 acres of undeveloped land to accommodate its explosive growth. After beginning with 14 employees in November 2002, the company currently employs over 400 employees at its headquarters. XanGo is building two additional office buildings on the site to support its international operations.

“Corporate partnerships such as this are relatively new to Thanksgiving Point,” said Mike Washburn, Thanksgiving Point president and CEO. “We appreciate XanGo’s vision in partnering with us and expect other companies to follow suit. Thanksgiving Point is truly a local treasure and this commitment from XanGo represents a real benefit to the community.

About XanGo, LLC
XanGo, LLC is a privately held company that offers a patented dietary supplement beverage, XanGo™, through a global network of independent distributors. As the first company to market a mangosteen beverage, XanGo has created a new category of dietary supplements. Headquartered in Lehi, Utah, XanGo currently has operations in the U.S., Japan, Canada, the UK, Hong, Kong, Australia, New Zealand, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Trinidad and Tobago. For additional information, please visit www.xango.net.

About Thanksgiving Point Institute, Inc.
Thanksgiving Point is the cultural gathering place for the community, promoting the renewal of mind and spirit in a beautiful and family-friendly setting. A not-for-profit organization, Thanksgiving Point is dedicated to providing guests a one-of-a-kind, hands-on opportunity for discovery and an entertaining educational experience in a variety of arts and sciences. Thanksgiving Point is located at 3003 North Thanksgiving Point Way in Lehi, just west of Interstate 15 at the Alpine/Highland exit. For more information call 801.768. 2300.






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Xango's new building, "B" to function as the call center

XANGO INKS HISTORIC DEAL WITH REAL SALT LAKE (MLS) TO BECOME FIRST SPONSOR OF MAJOR-LEAGUE U.S. PROFESSIONAL TEAM SPORTS JERSEY FRONT

Partnership between RSL and Mangosteen Nutritionals Company First of its Kind, Introducing European Pro Soccer Model to U.S. Division I Major League Soccer

SALT LAKE CITY (Friday, November 17, 2006) — Marking an unprecedented development for U.S. professional sports and Major League Soccer, XanGo, LLC and Real Salt Lake today unveiled their landmark jersey-front title sponsorship deal, the first of its kind in major-league U.S. professional team sports. Beginning with the 2007 MLS season, slated to kick off on April 7, 2007, the XanGo name will be emblazoned across the chest of Real Salt Lake’s adidas/MLS game jerseys, following the European pro soccer model.

XanGo President and CEO Aaron Garrity, Real Salt Lake Owner David W. Checketts, and eight RSL players wearing the new XanGo-branded jerseys gathered onstage today at the Salt Palace Convention Center to make the historic announcement. Applause and cheers followed from nearly 10,000 attendees at the company’s annual convention, known as “XanGo Revolution” in Salt Lake City.

"It is a wonderful milestone for RSL to be the first MLS franchise to secure a jersey-front sponsor," said Checketts. "XanGo is a strong supporter of professional soccer in Utah and the growth of our franchise nationally and globally,” said Checketts. “XanGo’s aggressive vision and innovative commitment to become the first company to sponsor a professional U.S. team sports jersey meshes well with the RSL spirit and mission. Jersey-front partners across the globe are intimately linked with the team identity and brand, representing a very personal relationship between the two organizations. XanGo’s healthy lifestyle brand energy is an ideal fit, and the entire RSL organization is proud to bring the XanGo name to our field of play.”

Utah-based XanGo is the recognized creator and international market leader of nutritional supplements from the mangosteen, a prized fruit from Southeast Asia.

“XanGo’s pioneering commitment to Real Salt Lake and Major League Soccer represents a significant threshold in the continued growth and popularity of professional soccer in the U.S.,” said MLS Commissioner Don Garber. “Major League Soccer is thrilled to have XanGo as a valued partner, and we look forward to other leading global brands aligning themselves so strongly with our teams and players.”

XanGo’s multi-year deal with Real Salt Lake includes signage and promotional opportunities at the team’s current venue, Rice-Eccles Stadium, as well as the team’s sports and entertainment venue in Sandy, slated to open July 4, 2008. Each year, Real Salt Lake’s international exhibition calendar will feature the XanGo Cup, which debuted on August 12, 2006, between RSL and Real Madrid, drawing more than 45,000 fans and 250,000 television viewers domestically. Select adidas/RSL training and off-field gear will also promote the XanGo/RSL partnership.

“XanGo is honored to support Major League Soccer, Real Salt Lake, its players, and soccer fans worldwide with this jersey sponsorship,” said Garrity. “We pledge to be a great, active fan to our home team, taking leadership in the prosperity of professional soccer. As Real Salt Lake competes domestically and globally, it will receive passionate support from millions of XanGo’s distributors and consumers worldwide.”

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: BYU quarterback John Beck (12), linebacker Cameron Jensen (35) and head coach Bronco Mendenhall celebrate the team's conference title Saturday.

Outright victory — Cougs celebrate but say they're far from content

By Jeff Call
Deseret Morning News

PROVO — Seven down, one to go. BYU's quest for Mountain West Conference perfection rolled on Saturday afternoon at LaVell Edwards Stadium, where the No. 23 Cougars smashed New Mexico, 42-17, and claimed their first outright conference championship since 2001.
During the postgame celebration on the field, BYU received the championship trophy from MWC commissioner Craig Thompson and accepted an official invitation to the Las Vegas Bowl.
Amid the festivities, coach Bronco Mendenhall emphasized that he still isn't satisfied. "We have another game," he deadpanned to the roar of the crowd.
As if anyone had forgotten. Next week, the Cougars (9-2, 7-0) visit arch-rival Utah.
Quarterback John Beck also addressed the crowd, noting that his team isn't looking ahead to the Las Vegas Bowl. "We're looking up north," he shouted. "Beat Utah!"
BYU, winners of eight consecutive games, enters Rivalry Week on the heels of another memorable day in Provo. While the Cougars clinched at least a share of the MWC title more than a week ago, they wanted the crown all for themselves.
"I feel honored to be able to represent this football team in re-linking a program to championship football, which is what the expectation here at BYU is, which we all know and understand," Mendenhall said. "It's a great day for our program and a great day for these young men and the work they've provided."
"Some guys are going to do some extra hand curls to make sure their hands are strong enough to support the (championship) ring that we're going to be getting," running back Curtis Brown joked. "We're just going to enjoy this moment."
Brown, who gained 124 yards on 13 carries and scored two touchdowns, became the school's all-time leading rusher. Brown broke the record on a 49-yard TD run on BYU's first offensive series.

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Keith Johnson, Deseret Morning NewsBYU players and fans hoist the Mountain West Conference championship trophy after the Cougars beat New Mexico on Saturday. The Cougars also honored their 25 seniors playing in their final home game, and with the win, they completed their first undefeated home campaign in five years.
While BYU has been overwhelmingly dominant all year long at LaVell Edwards Stadium, New Mexico provided some actual drama.
The first half was almost a carbon copy of the Cougars' other five home victories. BYU scored on three of its first four possessions, which included spectacular touchdown passes from Beck to freshman wide receiver McKay Jacobson (20 yards) and senior tight end Jonny Harline (71 yards).
The Cougar defense, meanwhile, forced three New Mexico turnovers.
BYU led 28-3 at halftime, then the plucky Lobos scored a touchdown in the first minute of the second half, striking from 80 yards in two plays. On BYU's next possession, Quincy Black intercepted a Beck pass and returned it 88 yards for another TD.
Suddenly, it was 28-17 midway through the third quarter.
"We knew they wouldn't quit. We knew they'd play hard in the second half," Mendenhall said of UNM. "That's what they've shown all year. That's who they were again (Saturday). But to our players' credit, they withstood their second-half barrage, so to speak, maintained their composure and made enough plays on both sides of the ball to have a convincing victory, which is what it was."
BYU responded after Black's pick-for-a-score with an 84-yard drive, capped by a 4-yard touchdown pass from Beck to Matt Allen to post a 35-17 advantage.
Even after the Cougars extended their lead to 42-17, the Lobos refused to go away. On their final possession, they drove from their own 12-yard line down to the BYU 4. On fourth-and-goal, with less than 30 seconds remaining in the game, the Cougar defense held and the crowd went crazy.
"It was my last game in this stadium," said senior Cameron Jensen. "I didn't want to go out giving up a touchdown on my last play."
BYU's defense gave up only 10 points, but it did allow 418 yards of total offense to New Mexico.
"This game will help us move forward and address some areas where we can improve," Mendenhall said. "As I've told our players all along, we're not finished yet ... and that was made clear tonight."
Though the Cougars weren't perfect against New Mexico, Lobo coach Rocky Long was impressed.
"I've been lucky enough to be around some good football teams and play against some good football teams," Long said. "It's too bad (BYU) had struggles the first part of the season, where they didn't make field goals, because they're as good as any team in the top 10. I promise you, they are."

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BYU’s intercollegiate program of 10 men’s teams and 11 women’s teams has become one of the top athletic programs in the country, repeatedly achieving national rankings and recognition. The Cougar men’s teams have claimed NCAA Championships in volleyball (1999, 2001, 2004), football (1984), golf (1981) and outdoor track (1970), as well as two NIT Championships in basketball (1951, 1966). The women’s teams have won four NCAA titles in cross country (1997, 1999, 2001, 2002) and have four runner-up finishes as well. In 2001, the women’s basketball team advanced to the Sweet 16 at the NCAA Tournament, and in 2003, the women’s soccer team made a run to the Elite Eight.

From 1962 to 1999, BYU athletic teams dominated the Western Athletic Conference, winning more than 60 percent of the Conference Championships. Since helping organize the Mountain West Conference in 1999-2000, the Cougars have won 61 of 114 conference regular- or post-season titles. BYU teams claimed 11 regular- or post-season MWC Championships during 2004-05, including men's swimming, softball, women's tennis, men's and women's outdoor track, men's and women's indoor track and men's and women's cross country.

In addition to team excellence, BYU athletes have received individual national awards and recognition, including a Heisman Trophy, Doak Walker Award, two Outland Trophies and two national basketball player-of-the-year awards. Numerous Cougars have also won national player-of-the-year or MVP honors in their respective sports. In 2005, former San Francisco 49er quarterback Steve Young was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Young is the first Cougar to receive this distinguished honor.

Success in BYU sports goes beyond athletic competition. In 2005, the Mountain West Conference named 252 BYU student athletes to the Academic All-Mountain West Conference Student Athlete teams—111 more than the next highest school. Since 1966, 48 BYU student athletes have received NCAA Postgraduate Scholarships, ranking the Cougars in the top 10 nationally in awards received. Since 1977, seven BYU athletes have been honored by the NCAA as Top Eight Award recipients, an award given to just eight student athletes annually. The award recognizes character as well as athletic and academic achievement. In addition, three former athletes have been named NCAA Silver Anniversary Award winners and three have been inducted into the CoSIDA National Academic Hall of Fame.

Facilities

Athletic facilities at BYU are among the best in the nation, including major sports complexes that provide for practice, training and events. Completed in 2004, Student Athlete Building and Indoor Practice Facility help students achieve excellence in academics and athletics and allow BYU Athletics to continue recruiting at the highest level. The 116,000 square-foot Student Athlete Building includes a nutrition center, a strength and conditioning complex, the Student Athlete Academic Center and an athletic training center. It also houses the football program, as well as Legacy Hall-a 7,400 square-foot museum that showcases the history, tradition and success of the BYU Athletics program. The 106,000 square-foot Indoor Practice Facility serves as a practice arena for football, soccer, golf, baseball and softball, as well as for physical education classes and BYU’s extramural and intramural programs.

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Yeah I luv tha Meadows! There's so much more to do now in AF

Hey Paesano,

Isn't that great what they did with the old Town Hall. They even put the old bell tower back. It hadn't been in its rightful place in decade's.

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Relief is on the way for Lehi congestion

By Amy Choate-Nielsen
Deseret Morning News

LEHI — For drivers who were blocked for three hours last week by a Union Pacific train, or who regularly face traffic delays on Main Street in Lehi, help is on the horizon.

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Utah County transportation planners, local mayors and the Utah Department of Transportation are working together to provide relief for Lehi's Main Street — and they estimate the first project should be completed in about five years.
"I think that northern Utah County's time has come, and we're seeing a lot of funding on our way," said Dave Nazare, UDOT Region 3 director. "I think the people of northern Utah County have been very patient, but their time has come."
UDOT's most likely option for relieving Lehi's Main Street is a new four-lane road that would connect I-15 to Saratoga Springs by way of 1000 South in Lehi. In this scenario, drivers could access the road from the American Fork Main Street exit on I-15.
The second option is a new four-lane road from I-15 to Redwood Road by way of 2100 North in Lehi. Both roads would require reconstruction of their respective I-15 connections.
Either way, Lehi is anxious to have plans in the works, and the sooner the better.
"We're very concerned about the east-west connections," said Jamie Davidson, city administrator for Lehi. "We feel like, now, especially as our state plans to grow and there are plans to update and improve I-15 with construction in the area, we feel it is imperative to improve the east-west corridors before we begin the I-15 construction."
Currently, Lehi's Main Street serves as the main roadway to rapidly growing cities Saratoga Springs and Eagle Mountain, home to about 16,000 residents. The road also connects one side of Lehi to the other.
According to Chad Eccles, transportation planner for the Mountainland Association of Governments, the government agency in charge of transportation planning in Utah, Wasatch and Summit counties, Lehi Main Street is among the most congested roads in Utah County.
"Even on a good day, it's pretty bad," Eccles said.
When a Union Pacific train broke down last week and blocked the road, Davidson said the city was worried that police officers and other emergency services would not be able to access the other side of town. Such a situation did not arise, but the possibility concerns the city.
"We have gotten a number of calls expressing obvious frustration," Davidson said, referring to residents' response to the train failure. "But a lot of the frustration is consistent with frustration that we hear every day from the residents, and that is, 'Why can't you do something about this situation?"'
According to Eccles, future roads that will travel from the east to the west across the county will have have a different elevation, to go over or under existing train tracks. A differentiation would increase traffic flow and improve the safety of the road, Eccles said.
Although 1000 South and 2100 North are both potential Mountain View Corridor connectors, the roads have been separated from the much larger project. According to Nazare, the roads will eventually have to be built, no matter what, so the projects can move forward.
MAG estimates put the cost of road construction for 1000 South at about $110 million. Because of the recent sales tax increase, Eccles estimated MAG now has enough money to fund the road construction.
After a decision is made between which of the two projects to begin immediately, UDOT will then conduct an environmental impact study for about 18 months. After the study is completed, the road could potentially be finished in about three years, or by 2011.
In the meantime, locals are finding their own ways through Lehi's back streets.
"Who likes to sit in traffic if you don't have to?" said Ellen Parker, wife of Saratoga Springs mayor Timothy Parker. Ellen Parker was stuck behind the train on her way to pick up her daughter only momentarily before she veered off and bypassed the tracks by another route.
Parker says the delay still made her about an hour late, but she made it through. She knew what roads to take because she uses them regularly in heavy rush-hour traffic, Parker said.
"I may be just more impatient than some, but I hate idling in traffic," Parker said. "The amount of time it takes to go around the back way isn't always necessarily shorter, but I would rather be moving than sitting. That's just me."


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By Tad Walch
Deseret Morning News
PROVO — Demolition day for two of seven landmark Deseret Towers dormitories at Brigham Young University could come during Christmas break after workers punched a hole through an exterior wall of W Hall on Tuesday.

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Preliminary demolition of W hall at the Deseret Towers on-campus dormitories at BYU started Tuesday as crews punched a whole in the outside wall of W Hall.

"They are looking at the best way to bring the building down," BYU spokeswoman Carri Jenkins said. "They are doing some preparation work, but demolition won't take place until about the third week of December to the end of December."
The university has also decided to vacate the other five towers at the end of the school year in August, Jenkins said. The dorms will remain open for the 2007 Education Week, which brings more than 20,000 adults to campus from around the world.
One exterior wall at W Hall came down Tuesday morning as a crew used heavy machinery to expose the bottom floor for review by demolition experts. A guard was posted to keep students and others from wandering into the condemned building until a fence is erected.
Workers have been stripping the building of usable materials and wiring for months, since BYU announced in June that it would raze W and V halls. W Hall is the newest of the seven towers that house single students, built in 1978. V Hall was built in 1969. Both were serving as men-only dorms.
The university vacated the halls in August. BYU made up for the loss of on-campus single-student rooms by converting part of Wyview Park to single-student housing. Wyview Park had experienced a growing number of vacancies as a married student complex.
It appears likely the rest of Wyview Park will be converted to single-student housing by the end of the summer.
The other five Deseret Towers buildings are in operation, with women in S, T and U halls and men in Q and R. BYU plans to vacate them, probably by the end of next summer. The university hasn't decided when it will demolish the buildings.
College students now prefer apartment-style living over dorms, BYU concluded after looking at national and local studies. There are a large number of vacancies at Deseret Towers, with no women living on the second floors of T and U Halls.
BYU has not decided whether it will replace Deseret Towers or what else might be done with the site. The university began overhauling its on-campus housing in 1992 and completed a major renovation of Helaman Halls in 2005.
Deseret Towers is dated and ill-equipped for retrofitting with the technology-based needs of college students. By the time the remaining towers close in August, the new Alpine Village project west of campus is scheduled to be completed. BYU has a contract with Alpine Village to provide housing exclusively for BYU students.
The university signed a contract with Centennial Apartments just south of campus to do the same.

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By Amy Choate-Nielsen
Deseret Morning News
PROVO — No doubt it won't be a laughing matter for guests to Utah Valley hotels come April 1 when hotel bills increase because of a no-joke tax increase that will kick in across the county.
Utah County commissioners voted unanimously Tuesday to increase the county's transient room tax rate by 1.25 percent in order to generate more funds for tourism promotion and convention center construction.
Several Provo hotel representatives voiced their support of the tax increase at a public meeting Tuesday, but no entity was happier than Pleasant Grove, which signed an interlocal agreement with the county that will return a portion of the increased tax revenue to their city.
"We are so fortunate," said Pleasant Grove Mayor Mike Daniels. "I think (the commissioners) did the right thing. They cut where it was appropriate and they gave where it was appropriate, and we're very pleased."
According to the interlocal agreement unanimously approved by county commissioners Tuesday, Pleasant Grove will receive 2.25 percent of the transient room tax produced only by their proposed convention center project, as well as 75 percent of the site's incremental property tax increase over a period of about 25 years.
The city will use the money to pay back a debt the city incurred to purchase 50 acres, located off of I-15 at exit 275. The city is giving the land to John Q. Hammons, a developer, for the construction of an elite convention center, with rooms that are expected to cost about $240 a night.
Although the project is expected to break ground in May 2007, the project won't begin generating tax revenue until 2008.
According to Pleasant Grove economic development director Richard Bradford, the county collects $36 a year in property taxes on the land.
Once the project is finished, Bradford estimates the county will receive $995,998 a year from the property after the city's portion has been deducted.
"It's financially a good decision for the county," Bradford said. "It's going to open up a new destination project to bring new tourism dollars that aren't coming here now to the existing hotels."
Because Pleasant Grove will be collecting tax money only from its 50-acre project site, the interlocal agreement between the city and the county should not exclude any other convention center projects from coming to fruition, said County Commissioner Steve White.
In White's opinion, the commission passed the room-tax increase as a preliminary step, in order to provide more funds to pay for a convention center in Provo.
"I would think the (convention center plans) coming forth from Provo city would just fly right through," White said. "I'm saying that's my opinion. On a reasonable timeline, it will come to fruition."
According to White, the county should receive $453,750 from the tax increase on top of about $1 million that is currently generated from the transient room tax on existing properties. After April 1, 2007, the total transient room tax in Utah County will be 4.25 percent.
Though Pleasant Grove's 50-acre project will be exempt from providing its room tax increase to the county for a convention center project, Provo doesn't seem to mind.
"It's fine with all of us," said Provo City Council chairman George Stewart. "From our standpoint, we're supportive. If, in fact, (Pleasant Grove) can pull that project together, we don't see any impact on us doing one here. ... I view what happened today very positively."


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[Northernlad]

Delts145, with you around there is no need to even read any local newspaper since you copy and paste countless articles into these threads.
Maybe you should start a Utah Horoscope thread.
Seriously.

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I'd consider this a good thing, Northernlad. I don't want to spend $20 on a newspaper subscription. This way I get all the news for free! :D

Not to shift gears too much, ,but BYU's "Daily Uni-farce" (Universe) had a HUGE front page spread on Monday about a downtown Provo makeover. It's not nearly to the scale of the downtown Salt Lake City one, but it sounded similar. I think the new Provo arts center (mentioned in other places).

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Downtown Provo Gets a Facelift
By Sarah Wofford - 20 Nov 2006
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Through major renovations, city officials hope to turn downtown Provo into a 24-hour town where people can work, play and live.

Mayor Billings said within the next three to five years the image of downtown Provo will change dra-matically. Citizens will see more housing built, another full-service hotel and an increased amount of commercial office space.

“If you were to take a snapshot of downtown Provo now, and come back in three years, the town will be dra-matically improved,” Billings said.

There are six prongs that together turn the historic downtown center into a more ideal district: government, business, finance, legal jurisprudence, arts and housing, Billings said. With these ideas in mind, several new structures are in the making for downtown.

The first project to be completed is the performing arts center, which will be built where the old Provo library building currently stands.

A stunning anchor, planned for the west Center Street entrance, will attract people to its events.

“We need to get the nightlife back into downtown and get people there at night,” said director of redevelopment Paul Glauser. “This performing arts center will help us achieve that.”

The conference center will be built as an addition to the Marriott hotel and is another major addition to downtown. Completion of this con-ference center is expected somewhere in the two-year mark.

Building non-chain shops and restaurants around the conference center will help create the feeling of escape for those who are attending meetings there. Businesspeople can walk to different places, like supportive retail, surrounding the area.

Property and sales taxes will not be raised for these improvements to happen, Glauser said. Rather, in-creased hotel, restaurant and car rental taxes would pay for them. The people who will use the new conference center will pay for the improve-ments.

City officials have employed Chris Lineberger, a specialist in downtown redevelopment planning, to assist with the task of revamping downtown Provo. Billings said he heard about Lineberger’s work in cities such as Albuquerque and Pasadena and was interested in applying his methods.

Eventually, Lineberger helped city officials put together a strategic plan with the downtown stakeholders, which is now known as the “Lineberger Initiative.”

The “Lineberger Initiative” includes housing above and next to retail shops, as well as parking tucked away out of sight, such as below and behind other buildings.

“The old downtown look is what we’re trying to restore,” Glauser said.

Before starting the planning, Dan Jones and Associates polled Utah County residents and discovered that with the right improvements, they would want to live downtown.

“Housing improvement along with more entertainment and restaurants is a sure way to get people to be downtown,” Glauser said.

Housing, offices and retail are also development goals that the Utah County citizens agreed would make them more likely to move downtown.

A problem that comes with want-ing to make so many changes is trying to get several stakeholders to agree on a plan. Some of the owners of the downtown shops have lived in Provo for many years, and their shops are part of their family heritage.

The current buildings in downtown Provo will not be torn down. Instead, things like window treatments and restoration will help the new buildings look a similar style to the historic structures.

Lineberger agreed Provo already has an ideal downtown area. At this point it just needs to evolve into something better and more inviting, he said.

Billings said the city has other plans for revitalizing downtown Provo that they have not yet revealed to the public.

“Downtowns go through life cycles, and ours started the day after Provo was founded,” Billings said. “Provo downtown is strong compared to its past.”

In the 1980s local leaders and organizations such as the Provo Chamber of Commerce decided they did not want Provo to regain its status as the retail center of Utah County, but wanted it to become the heart of business, government and finance. Over the last few years, a serious development plan has been in the works and is starting to take form.

“We want to bring back the vi-brancy and activeness that has died through the years,” Billings said.

[N2I.F.]

Delts145, with you around there is no need to even read any local newspaper since you copy and paste countless articles into these threads.
Maybe you should start a Utah Horoscope thread.
Seriously.


Isn't the work that Delts145 puts into this site awesome! He/she saves me so much time (and money) not having to subscribe to so many newspapers or even read all this info online. I don't know how he/she gets it all done to know so much about all the really cool new developments, in Utah and elsewhere, and post them sometimes in more than one place. For me, that is a time saver. My free time is very limited, so I appreciate it when Delts cross-references me say from a Salt Lake Development thread to this one in Utah County or elsewhere, where I can get the best information.:cool:

Smiling Bob had posted a comment on a thread about projects in Idaho Falls yesterday that made me want to look at this Utah Valley one in more detail today. All about where Costco is placing stores - very interesting and useful in thinking about planning, for those of waiting to see where Costco decides to locate in Idaho Falls.

You know, Northernlad, if Delts could predict Horoscopes as well as he/she provides other solid information in the posts placed on this great thread as well as so many others, then I say go for it!;) :tup: I could use some extra good luck put in my Horoscope this year. :tup: :tup:

What a great idea, Northernlad, so glad you realize how really bright Delts is. Are you into Horoscopes? Except you said "Utah Horoscopes" so if I'm anywhere but UT, does that mean any information given wouldn't be valid?:rolleyes: :dunno: Northernlad, I'm convinced that when I can, I should read more or your comments, as you seem to have some interesting ideas. :shrug:

Thanks to all who posted such great info on this Utah County thread. I'd gotten so far behind, :shrug: that I didn't know when I could get caught up. This thread, and Delts comments sure help me get informed a little faster. Keep up the good work!:tup: :tup: :tup:

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I'm an Alpiner! What do you think of the new Meadow's Center? Pretty convenient! I like those roundabouts.


Where is the new Meadow's Center? Sorry, I haven't kept up with that like I would have liked. Are they like the roundabouts the City of Idaho Falls started using about 3-4 years ago? One was placed in Taylor's Crossing, with the commissioned eagle, mountain lion and other pieces, made of bronze in the middle of the roundabout. They are actually the largest bronze pieces in the U.S. Kind of interesting idea and actually quite beautiful to look at art in a roundabout, except there seems to be too much to look at if one is just driving and not pulling into a parking lot for an appointment.

There are great pictures of Taylor's Crossing and these pieces at www.IdahoFallz.Com. Specifically, this is the address for the bronze pieces: http://idahofallz.com/2006/08/27/taylor-crossing-unveils-largest-bronze-eagles/ If that doesn't work, there is a search at the top of the page (above the chat box) and if one just types in Bronze and makes sure search Idaho Fallz.Com is checked, instead of Google, that should bring up this series of great photos.

Unfortunately, I don't think any photos are posted in any threads here, and can't be currently, due to some "confusion." Let's just leave it at that, but please check out www.IdahoFallz.Com when you can and look at all the great photos, not only of T.C. but other sites. There may even be some pics of the roundabout in winter with the different colored lights on the cascading water in this roundabout. I don't know if McNeil will do that again now that the Bronze work is there.

So I'm just wondering what is different or similar in the New Meadows roundabout compared to the Taylor's Crossing one and other just plain traffic (no art) roundabouts in Idaho Falls and elsewhere? Personally, I like them.

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N2I.F.,
Thanks for your kind words. I am a little overly enthusiastic about the Wasatch Front sometimes. I don't imagine that will ever change.
You asked about the Meadows in American Fork. Since I'm an Alpiner and close,I go there regularly for convenience sake. It does sound like it is very similar to the Taylor's Crossing development that you described. I couldn't find any photo's of The Meadows on the Net.,so this will be a great motivator to get out with my new digital and take some pic's.

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Development plan to benefit district

Alpine schools to get tax funds from Pl. Grove project

By Laura Hancock
Deseret Morning News
PLEASANT GROVE — The Alpine School District has entered into a community development agreement with Pleasant Grove, which is giving 50 acres of farmland near the I-15/Pleasant Grove interchange to a developer to build a convention center and at least two high-rise hotels.
The district normally receives $150 in property taxes for the entire 50 acres because taxes on agricultural land are lower than taxes on other properties, said Rob Smith, the school district's business administrator.
Under the new agreement, the district is poised to receive $77,400 a year in taxes — only 15 percent of the normal taxable value but obviously significantly more than $150, which is why the district is participating in the agreement.
"The question is, 'Would they develop it without the agreement?"' Smith said. "And the comment you get from the city is they would not."
Another incentive for the district is that the conference center and hotels, which will be built by resort developer John Q. Hammons, will encourage development in surrounding areas — and the district will receive tax money from those developments.
Furthermore, as the value of the conference center and hotels increases, the amount of tax money the district will receive in time will also increase, Smith said.
The taxes that the district would normally receive will flow to the city's community development agency to help pay for roads, sewer lines, utilities and to repay the city's $35 million bond issuance for the project, Smith said.
The agreement is expected to last for about 25 years or until the bond is paid off, whichever occurs first. Then the taxes will return to regular rates.
The city will also receive a portion of county taxes generated by the convention center property.
According to city officials, groundbreaking for the upscale Embassy Suites Hotel and Convention Center should take place in 2008. The hotel will be upscale, officials say.
"There's a class of traveler that always seeks to stay in the finest (hotels)," said Pleasant Grove economic developer Richard Bradford. "This will be on par with any of the finest hotels in the United States and some of the resort properties in the European market."
The city also expects to have several restaurants locate in the area as a result of the convention center that are not presently in Utah.
Though no contracts have been signed with specific establishments, Bradford said restaurants like The Cheesecake Factory are being considered.


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[delts145]

I've been looking forward to more of your pics of Provo. I imagine you are probably extremely busy. As soon as you get a chance, take some more.

[leebuddy]

According to city officials, groundbreaking for the upscale Embassy Suites Hotel and Convention Center should take place in 2008.

:previous:

I thought the groundbreaking was in the spring of 2007, now it's in 2008? See already they are pushing it back. Soon it will say groundbreaking in 2009, then 2010 and soon before we know it they will start taking floors off the building.
hmmmmmmmmmmmm....what does this remind me of?.........I wounder if the H.P. tower is still at 21-floors. LOL.
:haha: :haha: :haha: :haha: :haha: :haha:

[delts145]

By Amy Choate-Nielsen
Deseret Morning News

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HIGHLAND — Highbrow Highland will soon be home to 17 new acres of commercial development, but the city's decision to add a retail zone to their general plan wasn't an easy one.
Deseret Morning News graphic After listening to multiple public hearings and discussions on the subject, Highland's City Council on Tuesday voted 3-2 to update the city's general plan to add a commercial retail zone at the corner of 11000 North, also known as state Route 92, and Alpine Highway, which is also known as state Route 74.
"The council weighed in and had lots of different viewpoints, and I think that mirrors what the residents feel," said Highland Mayor Jay Franson. "So to have a split vote is not to have a negative thing, in my mind. I think it's a very positive thing."
According to a city-sponsored survey of residents several months ago, about 47 percent of residents were opposed to adding more commercial space to Highland, while about 53 percent were in favor. About 24 percent of Highland's nearly 14,000 residents completed and returned the survey.
Residents were divided in their opinion, and City Council members were also divided at the council meeting on Tuesday night.
Some council members pointed out that the proposed increased retail zone could bring an additional $200,000 to the city, but others said Highland should be a haven from heavy retail areas.
"The reason I came to Highland is the same reason other people have come here — because there's a peacefulness out here that you can't come by easily," said City Councilwoman Kathryn Schramm. "I don't want to give that up."
Schramm and Councilman Brian Brunson voted against the motion, while Councilwoman Claudia Stillman and Councilmen Steve King and Glen Vawdry voted in favor of the zone change.
"We need more sales revenue," Stillman said. "We could raise property taxes again, but it would be nice not to have to do that."
Council members also said they prefer to keep all of the commercial businesses in the city in the same location. The city's existing town center is across the street, which is a major thoroughfare for Alpine and Highland.
The city already has plans for the corner, which is currently an empty field. Thomas Fox Properties has submitted plans to the city for a shopping center that will be called Highland Marketplace. According to Tom Hulbert, managing partner of the development company, the project should be under way early next year, with the first stores open in late fall.
The $30 million project is slated to have 180,000 square feet for commercial businesses. Although no contracts have been signed for specific stores for the development, Hulbert said he expects to have a grocery store, several restaurants and possibly a bank in the shopping center.
The project will be presented to the City Council in two weeks for final site approval.
"I know change is difficult, especially in a small community, but I think the feel and look of the project will be something that will be a benefit to the community," Hulbert said.
Some residents, like Darrel Ockler, who lives next door to the potential project, aren't so sure about the benefit the project will bring. But Ockler is resigned to the inevitable change.
"I disapprove of it simply because we've lived in this house for 27 years and we've enjoyed the openness," Ockler said. "The elected officials felt like they needed to do something with the corner, so they've done it. I'm not in favor of what they've done, but I'm one of several thousand people, so my opinion doesn't matter."

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Aerial of Highland, Utah/bottom half of photo

[delts145]

According to city officials, groundbreaking for the upscale Embassy Suites Hotel and Convention Center should take place in 2008.

:previous:

I thought the groundbreaking was in the spring of 2007, now it's in 2008? See already they are pushing it back. Soon it will say groundbreaking in 2009, then 2010 and soon before we know it they will start taking floors off the building.
hmmmmmmmmmmmm....what does this remind me of?.........I wounder if the H.P. tower is still at 21-floors. LOL.
:haha: :haha: :haha: :haha: :haha: :haha:

Leebuddy, I noticed alot of activity in that area between the interchanges of American Fork and Pleasant Grove. We went to Provo for Thanksgiving dinner and passed quite a bit of new construction currently underway. At least there seems to be alot going on, even right now. I'll take some pics of what I saw in couple of days when I pass by. I need to get into the habit of taking the camera with me in the car.

[Wasatch_One]

A little south Utah county action in the news...

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Provided by Eda ArchitectsThe Spanish Fork Justice Center will house the city's police department and 4th District Court. The proposed 58,500-square-foot building carries an estimated $13 million price tag. It will be the new home for the Spanish Fork Police Department and will also provide space for 4th District Court.

http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,650210106,00.html

Justice center unveiled

Sp. Fork to begin construction in '07

By Jeremy Twitchell
Deseret Morning News
SPANISH FORK — Officials and residents this month got a peek at the design for a new Spanish Fork Justice Center, which the city plans to begin building next year.
The proposed 58,500-square-foot building carries an estimated $13 million price tag. It will be the new home for the Spanish Fork Police Department and will also provide space for 4th District Court.
Architects from Edwards and Daniels Architects in Salt Lake City unveiled preliminary designs for the facility at a City Council meeting earlier this month. The core design for the building is set and the architects are now working on the details in preparation for a groundbreaking in spring 2007.
Tom Brennan, the project architect from EDA, said designing a building for two distinct users posed quite a challenge.
"It really leads to a solution that consists of two separate buildings with shared mechanical and support spaces," Brennan said.
The design team placed a premium on keeping the two entities as separate as possible, down to providing a specific entrance for each one.
"While (the police and the court system) are related, I think they are distinct entities," Brennan said. "When they share a building, I think there becomes a concern, or a perception by the public, that maybe they're not separate. But by having two separate entrances, we've tried to show a respect for that separation."
The facility is being designed to handle any projected growth for at least 25 years, and Brennan said it represents a solid investment that should be functional for at least 50 years.
When the building was first discussed by the City Council earlier this year, council members considered building the structure as essentially a large shell, then finishing off areas as growth dictated. The design set forth by EDA, however, calls for a completed structure that will be easily expandable along the exterior as more space is needed.
Initially, the building will have two courtrooms, one for district court and one for juvenile court, and the necessary office and clerk space for the courts. Plans call for up to two additional courtrooms as needed in the future. Some of the workload from the 4th District chambers in Provo could be moved to Spanish Fork eventually, said 4th District court executive Paul Vance, but no details for any such shift have been planned.
Vance said court representatives have been meeting weekly with EDA, and he approves of the direction the building is taking.
"I think it's going to be very impressive," he said. "Tom's doing a great job and we're working very well with the Spanish Fork Police Department."
Earlier this year, the Spanish Fork City Council authorized the issuance of bonds of up to $14 million for the project. The council also voted to alter the property tax rate slightly to generate approximately $255,000 in additional funds each year to help pay for the building.
Fourth District Court will technically be leasing space in the building from Spanish Fork City. The money the city collects in lease payments will be used to pay off the bond.


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[leebuddy]

Leebuddy, I noticed alot of activity in that area between the interchanges of American Fork and Pleasant Grove. We went to Provo for Thanksgiving dinner and passed quite a bit of new construction currently underway. At least there seems to be alot going on, even right now. I'll take some pics of what I saw in couple of days when I pass by. I need to get into the habit of taking the camera with me in the car.


:previous:

I haven't been down that way in awhile. Not since Buildinggurl and I met up with Nic that one time. Nice to hear that gound has been broken in that area. There is alot of other building projects going on other then that hotel like that new BMW dealershil being built and alot of apartments and retails. PG is a fast growing area that's for sure.
That is one thing that i've learn delts is that i never leave home now without my camera. :yes: LOL.

[delts145]

Hey, According to the new Sandpoint Idaho standard established by Cottonwood, this would not qualify as a worthy project. After all, Utah Valley has only about a half million people as part of a metro of two and a quarter million. Wasatch, we must raise our development standard's to the like's of Metro Sandpoint or Metro Malad. :rolleyes:


A little south Utah county action in the news...

http://deseretnews.com/photos/3538811.jpg
Provided by Eda ArchitectsThe Spanish Fork Justice Center will house the city's police department and 4th District Court. The proposed 58,500-square-foot building carries an estimated $13 million price tag. It will be the new home for the Spanish Fork Police Department and will also provide space for 4th District Court.

http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,650210106,00.html

Justice center unveiled

Sp. Fork to begin construction in '07

By Jeremy Twitchell
Deseret Morning News
SPANISH FORK — Officials and residents this month got a peek at the design for a new Spanish Fork Justice Center, which the city plans to begin building next year.
The proposed 58,500-square-foot building carries an estimated $13 million price tag. It will be the new home for the Spanish Fork Police Department and will also provide space for 4th District Court.
Architects from Edwards and Daniels Architects in Salt Lake City unveiled preliminary designs for the facility at a City Council meeting earlier this month. The core design for the building is set and the architects are now working on the details in preparation for a groundbreaking in spring 2007.
Tom Brennan, the project architect from EDA, said designing a building for two distinct users posed quite a challenge.
"It really leads to a solution that consists of two separate buildings with shared mechanical and support spaces," Brennan said.
The design team placed a premium on keeping the two entities as separate as possible, down to providing a specific entrance for each one.
"While (the police and the court system) are related, I think they are distinct entities," Brennan said. "When they share a building, I think there becomes a concern, or a perception by the public, that maybe they're not separate. But by having two separate entrances, we've tried to show a respect for that separation."
The facility is being designed to handle any projected growth for at least 25 years, and Brennan said it represents a solid investment that should be functional for at least 50 years.
When the building was first discussed by the City Council earlier this year, council members considered building the structure as essentially a large shell, then finishing off areas as growth dictated. The design set forth by EDA, however, calls for a completed structure that will be easily expandable along the exterior as more space is needed.
Initially, the building will have two courtrooms, one for district court and one for juvenile court, and the necessary office and clerk space for the courts. Plans call for up to two additional courtrooms as needed in the future. Some of the workload from the 4th District chambers in Provo could be moved to Spanish Fork eventually, said 4th District court executive Paul Vance, but no details for any such shift have been planned.
Vance said court representatives have been meeting weekly with EDA, and he approves of the direction the building is taking.
"I think it's going to be very impressive," he said. "Tom's doing a great job and we're working very well with the Spanish Fork Police Department."
Earlier this year, the Spanish Fork City Council authorized the issuance of bonds of up to $14 million for the project. The council also voted to alter the property tax rate slightly to generate approximately $255,000 in additional funds each year to help pay for the building.
Fourth District Court will technically be leasing space in the building from Spanish Fork City. The money the city collects in lease payments will be used to pay off the bond.


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[N2I.F.]

Also Posted on I.F. Projects:

Yes, Delts, I know the Walker Brothers were developing in Provo and St. George. I don't know if it is DBA McNeil Development or not. McNeil is also developing an industrial/business park a few miles away.

T.C. is mixed use, but not big box. While Wal-Mart borders on the west, it is not officially part of T.C. Tenants are more professionals: lawyers, CPAs, second offices for some medical practices etc. Today it was announced that Edge Wireless is moving a 30 person call center to T. C. from Bend, OR. There is a belief that as business grows, Edge Wireless may occupy other space at T.C. That is kind of interesting news, given that 97% (or potential more, now) space is leased at T.C. I'm wondering if they are thinking ahead to when T.C. redevelops on the east bank of the river.

I'll try to look at the Jamestown Development, in N. Provo. Where does N. Provo start compared to Orem, Lindon, Pleasant Grove (with that nice convention center and two high rise hotels announced)? It seems to all run together in my mind and come to a common point at the Purple Turtle:D . Naw - I know that is American Fork, but how far on University Ave. does one drive to be in N. Provo?

Due to the great information avaiable on the Utah County Thread, this will be posted both in he I.F. Projects and Utah County Projects. After all, I think there are a lot of people who are investing in developments in both areas, and the developments are similar, but unique for each city.:cool:

[Wasatch_One]

Hey, According to the new Sandpoint Idaho standard established by Cottonwood, this would not qualify as a worthy project. After all, Utah Valley has only about a half million people as part of a metro of two and a quarter million. Wasatch, we must raise our development standard's to the like's of Metro Sandpoint or Metro Malad. :rolleyes:

Yeah, and Cottonwood is an absolute retard

...he is one of the few forumers I cannot stand.

Ill post whatever I deem worthy. :cheers:

[delts145]

Yeah, and Cottonwood is an absolute retard

...he is one of the few forumers I cannot stand.

Ill post whatever I deem worthy. :cheers:


WasatchOne,

:worship: ::tup: :worship: ::tup: :worship: :tup:

Damn Right You Will !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Happy Valley Freak]

Delts145, with you around there is no need to even read any local newspaper since you copy and paste countless articles into these threads.
Maybe you should start a Utah Horoscope thread.
Seriously.
I like this thread cuz I can't get any utah valley info anywhere else damn it so shut the f*** up! grrr:hell:

[delts145]

Hey bud, here's a couple of pic's of that Jamestown Business park we were talking about.

http://www.provo.org/img-imported/Jamestown.jpg

http://www.hjslaw.com/images/building.jpg

[delts145]

Publication: Shopping Centers Today
PROVO LIFESTYLE SPARKS SISTER PROJECT
By Donna Mitchell

:cool: Anyone been here lately? I hear its turning into quite the destination area. Apparantly alot of nice residential mix going in.

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The Village at Riverwoods, a 152-acre mixed-use project under construction in Provo, Utah, was inspired by the success of a nearby lifestyle center.
Here’s something not seen every day in shopping center development — the retail portion of a multiuse development conceived of and built before the rest of the project.

The continued success of the 190,000-square-foot The Shops at Riverwoods, an open-air lifestyle center built in Provo, Utah, in 1998, has sparked the creation of The Village at Riverwoods, a 152-acre development that will be a mix of more retail, residential and office space.

With the arrival of The Village in the spring of 2002, The Shops, which caters to the mostly Mormon population surrounding Provo, is expected to play an even more integral role in the larger Riverwoods community, located in the mountainous, high-desert environment of Utah’s Provo Canyon.

"After the success of The Shops, [we] had the option to build additional retail on the vacant land along the Provo River or think of a better use," said Ralph S. Epstein, managing director of Terranet Investments, developer of The Shops at Riverwoods. "The decision was made that mixed-use would support the community better than pure retail." Terranet Investments is a two-pronged partnership comprised of San Francisco-based TRS Partners and Esnet Management of Provo.

In February of this past year, a partnership called Terranet Investments No. 2, broke ground on The Village at Riverwoods. The Village will contain 90 single-level homes, 33 town houses and 14 loft-style homes over retail space. The loft-style homes will be built over 25,000 square feet of additional retail space, bringing the total retail square footage in the Riverwoods community to 215,000.

"With the successful development of The Shops at Riverwoods already in place, the hard part of the urban village plan was already completed," said Christopher Leinberger, former co-owner of Robert Charles Lesser and Co., who provided the market research for the Riverwoods concept.

"Our strategy is to have an appropriate amount of retail supported by homes and offices. Where so many developers go astray is by overbuilding retail,’’ Epstein explained.

Cleveland-based KeyBank provided the $36 million construction loan for The Village, which includes the 25,000 square feet of retail.

Like The Shops, which encourages a leisurely, walking retail experience, The Village site is being arranged with wide sidewalks to encourage a pedestrian environment. Once completed, The Village is expected to accommodate 500 residents.

"It is meant to be a new urban village, a walkable environment to live, work, shop and be entertained — all within an area where you don’t have to get in a car and drive if you don’t want to.’’

Some community leaders welcome the concept as a way to deal with the threat of suburban sprawl in Utah’s growing population. Kristine Thompson, community relations and development manager for Envision Utah, an organization that oversees "quality of life’’ issues such as traffic and pollution in the area, said: "We saw a lot of communities similar to this built back in the 1930s and 1940s, and in the later years, auto-oriented developments. However, we’re seeing a change in what people are looking for. Riverwoods is one of the first that has tackled this.’’

Shortly after The Village’s Feb. 20 groundbreaking, an editorial column in Provo’s The Daily Herald read: "We hope this becomes a model for development, because Utah needs to do something about growth. It’s a concept that’s worked on the East Coast for years, with people being able to get around major cities without ever owning a car. It’s time we heeded the lesson and put it in place here."

Field Paoli Architects of San Francisco designed The Village as well as The Shops. Lead architect and principal Rob Anderson and his team had a pedestrian lifestyle in mind when they designed The Village. The streets are narrow, to discourage speeding, but can also accommodate sport utility vehicles and other large cars as well as parallel parking. Similar to The Shops, natural fieldstone is incorporated into the design of the homes. The material was built into the bases of some of the houses, and used in some landscaping touches around The Village. That choice had a unifying effect on the look of the Riverwoods community, Anderson said. The loft units seem to exemplify what the builders are trying to accomplish for the community, by blending retail and residential elements into a convenient town setting. Those units will be built over retail space, and some of their entrances will face The Shops, Anderson said. About half of that space might be dedicated to neighborhood retailers — possibly a flower shop, shoe repair store or a specialty market that sells whole foods. And the stores would complement, not compete with, the other retailers in the larger shopping area, Epstein said.

As for the office park, it is about halfway completed now, with 1 million square feet of space developed. The remainder should be completed over the next five to seven years, according to Sina von Reitzenstein, a spokeswoman for Terranet Investments.

As for the success of The Shops at Riverwoods, finding the right tenant mix to serve the conservative Mormon population was important to the center’s success.

"Several of the better retailers told us they were having a difficult time finding an appropriate format for their stores in Provo, but they felt there was a market," said Epstein of Terranet. Specifically, he said, "there was not an Ann Taylor, Williams-Sonoma or Borders in Provo. The retailers were the ones who directed us to Provo, and that’s how it all came together."

The Shops at Riverwoods draws customers from Provo, where it is located, and Orem, a city with which its boundaries are intertwined. The 38-store lifestyle center is about 9 miles from Provo Towne Centre in Provo, and 4 miles from University Mall in Orem, both enclosed regional malls. Each store at The Shops at Riverwoods is built with a distinct facade that makes it seem as if the retailers own their buildings.

The cities of Provo and Orem have a combined population of about 300,000. They are part of a swath of Utah called the Greater Wasatch area, which is growing. Its current 2.2 million population is expected to increase to over 5 million by 2050, mostly from internal growth — Utahans have larger families than the U.S. average. In addition, they tend to stay in the state because of their predominantly Mormon roots, according to several sources.

A large portion of the local population belongs to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Initially, apparel retailers were unsure about how to approach a market dominated by Mormons. They dress conservatively. They discourage shopping on Sundays. Amenities like coffeeshops would be lost on them, since the beverage is forbidden in the faith, and there is not much coffee consumption in that market.

But as it turned out, some finer points of the Mormon lifestyle helped provide fertile retailing ground for The Shops at Riverwoods.

Take the dress codes. Students at Provo-based Brigham Young University are required to dress neatly. According to Epstein, the young adults like to be hip while adhering to that dress code, and The Shops at Riverwoods helps them do that. Also, a store like Talbots often carries the conservative clothing that Mormon women prefer.

By now average specialty store sales at The Shops at Riverwoods have reached about $300 per square foot, according to von Reitzenstein.

The Shops is anchored by Borders Books & Music, Copeland’s Sports, the Wynnsong theater and a group of stores under Gap Inc.’s umbrella, namely Gap Kids, Baby Gap and Banana Republic.

"In a nutshell, I think it’s very well conceived,’’ said Jon Anderson, president of Colliers Clark CRG, a commercial real estate brokerage firm in Provo.

"If it had been just shops, or just offices, each would have done OK, but together there is a magic that creates a synergy to make it work."
Shopping Centers Today
Current Issue November 2006

[delts145]

American Fork council still uncertain what to do with its harbor area

By Alison Snyder
Deseret Morning News
AMERICAN FORK — A proposal to develop a resort area north of the existing American Fork boat harbor on Utah Lake is still rough and uncertain.

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Jason Olson, Deseret Morning News The boat harbor and proposed marina zone are located on a flood plain next to Utah Lake.

The American Fork City Council and Planning Commission met recently to discuss what is referred to as a resort area in the city's land-use plan. And even though city planners had drafted a potential zoning ordinance for the area, council members ended the day still unsure of the direction they want to take with the area surrounding the harbor.
"As the city moves south, this is clearly more important," city planner Rod Despain said. "It's not something that is way down on the south end against the lake. It's something we have to address, and that is a large part of what the ordinance is trying to do."
The ordinance is strict in the sense that it is specific about what could and could not be built near the harbor.
Its focus is on the development of the "marina" — its infrastructure and other supporting facilities such as boat storage areas, additional parking, picnic areas and possibly other marina-related commercial development.
Overall, these facilities would need to "enhance" the activities of the boat harbor, according to the draft of the ordinance.
There were also a few concerns brought forward by city council members and planners alike.
The boat harbor and the proposed marina zone are both located on a flood plain by Utah Lake, or "shoreline protection area." Historically, the lake has been known to rise and cover any shoreland below 4,495 feet elevation.
Council members and planners also harbor concerns about what measures would have to be taken by the city to protect any development should the water level of the lake rise.
Also, the swamp-like nature of the flood plain also poses liquefaction danger to buildings in the case of an earthquake, which would have to be accounted for in the engineering and construction of permanent structures.
But what the city council was really concerned about was the commercial aspects in the development in the area.
"Which drives which?" Despain said. "The marina drives the commercial, or does the commercial exist independent?"

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The city has had expressions of interest from condominium builders, but Despain said the city wants to avoid defeating what it is trying to accomplish in the area, which, according to the draft of the ordinance, essentially would be marina-oriented development.
Potential projects the draft mentions are camping and picnic areas, short-term lodging facilities, curio shops, gas and service stations, boat launch ramps, golf courses and horse stables and arenas. Other facilities with similar uses will also be considered by recommendation of the Planning Commission.
Included in the discussion was private landowner Ruben Adam's proposal for the development of his property, part of which is located on what could become the resort zone.
His proposal includes a high-security storage area for boats, complete with heated units, valet service to the boat ramps and cleaning service afterwards. Also included in his proposal was a timeshare lodge facility and a small commercial zone with a convenience store, fast food restaurant and a boat-rental facility.
Adams said he would raise the level of the property to lift it out of the flood zone, in addition to building a protective concrete wall on the property line.


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[pdxman]

Riverwoods has a lot of potential, but it isn't great yet. They need better shops.

[delts145]

I had been wondering for some time now, what this building was going to be. It's pretty large and very visible from I-15 between Pleasant Grove and Orem.

http://www.deseretnews.com/photos/3531963.jpg


By Sara Israelsen
Deseret Morning News
LINDON — With the touch of a button, the full-size basketball court on the first floor can be transformed into a reception center.

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Stuart Johnson, Deseret Morning News Founder Bil Bowser, left, and Bill Benz, chief executive officer, expect Noah's in Lindon to be completed by Dec. 18.
Scattered throughout two other levels will be billiard and surround-sound theater rooms, alongside racquetball courts and hi-tech business conference rooms.
To top it all off? An ice skating rink on the roof.
Developers of Noah's — a $5 million, 30,000-square-foot building in Lindon — say that at the completion of the project they will fill a niche in the "gathering market" that has been ignored for years.
"The whole idea is that we want it to be what you want it to be," said founder Bil Bowser.
Noah's, according to the company's slogan, touts itself as "one building (with) hundreds of uses."
Noah's will be available for wedding receptions, family reunions, business meetings, corporate retreats, religious and civic groups or the sports enthusiast who wants to play racquetball at 3 in the morning, developers say.
The large gray building with a triangle roof sits in the middle of a field just east of I-15 near the Lindon and Pleasant Grove exit. Construction began in May, and crews are working feverishly to finish by Dec. 18.
However, the idea has been percolating for nearly 11 years.
Bowser saw the great demand and the variety of uses for the "cultural hall" — a large, multipurpose room in meetinghouses used by members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
"What does the rest of the world do?" Bowser asked, and the idea was born.
Meshing the need for large one-time gathering facilities with the constant demand for sports venues and corporate destinations, Bowser and company CEO Bill Benz spent thousands of hours designing the building.

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Stuart Johnson, Deseret Morning News The reception/convention/sports/gathering place called Noah's occupies 30,000 square feet. Owners say the building will have hundreds of uses.

"The niche for this concept just got bigger and bigger," Bowser said.
The building will have wireless Internet, plasma TV screens in most rooms and a sound system that even pipes music to the parking lot.
It's the technology that makes the building so different, developers say.
When users want to reserve a room, they call a reservation hotline or visit a Web site to pay with a credit card and get a confirmation code. Reservations are taken, and the building is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
"You don't get in anywhere unless you have a code," Benz said.
That code will open the main door and then only the inner doors to rooms the individual has ordered for that session. A session is an hour and 15 minutes, with some time allowed so an individual can get in the building and change clothes for a sport or just get ready for an event.
Remote site management allows the company to watch all the doors and monitor video screens in each room through a $1 million employee- and computer-run control center in Peoa, a small town near Park City.
It's helpful in keeping costs low because only one maintenance person is needed to run the Lindon center.
The computer center can handle running dozens of buildings, which the group hopes will soon dot the country and world. The next location is already planned for South Jordan.
"Corporate America is going to go nuts over this," Benz said.
The land around Noah's is quickly being developed, and executives say they are looking forward to a convention center and Embassy Suites Hotel being planned in that area.
After all, Noah's won't have places for people to sleep — just things for people to do after waking up.
The other thing it doesn't have? A pool.
The main hall/basketball court, with its two entrances off the garden, can accommodate 300 people and even has a balcony for a band or a place to toast a bride and groom. The hoops retract into the ceiling, which can be lowered to decorate, then raised back to the desired height.
The price for such a package? One session in the main hall is $235, and an eight- to nine-hour package is about $1,500. However, basketball for an hour is $65.
Walnut flooring on the third floor makes for an elegant business conference. Or, flip the walls around to reveal full-length mirrors and bring out the ballet bars for a dance class.
The price tag for those rooms? Around $45 per session. A billiards room is $32 per session.
The roof is normally a gardenlike getaway, until the winter, when the open air, safely fenced roof is flooded to make a small skating rink, with heated window seats and a skate-in bathroom.
Skating costs about $165 per session.
And why call it Noah's? "Five thousand years of branding," Bowser replied with a laugh. "What Noah offered was a safe place and a gathering place. That's what we offer."
For more information, visit www.mynoahs.com.


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[delts145]

http://www.provo.org/img-imported/Village3.jpg

Nestled at the mouth of Provo Canyon, along the beautiful Provo River, a new way of living is springing up, one which promotes a sense of community bytheuse of narrower streets to slow traffic and encourage walking, one with the expansive porches of old and plentiful landscaped common areas for neighbors to enjoy each other and the beautiful outdoor setting. The Village at Riverwoods has been designed with complete community integration in mind, creating a self-contained, walk-able Urban Village where people can live, work, shop, dine and be entertained all in a small-town setting.

http://www.provo.org/img-imported/Village1.jpg
The Village's two-, three- and four-story buildings combine classic design elements of a traditional small town along with the modern conveniences and style of city living. Homes are 1,200 to 2,900 square feet and are offered with mountain or river views, high quality finishes, bay windows, fireplaces, generous storage spaces, high ceilings, high-tech wiring, and two car garages. Groundbreaking took place in February of this year, and the first homes are expected to be delivered starting this November. The Village offers three distinctive home designs including; single level, townhomes and loft style homes in a wide range of prices.


Additional information about the Riverwoods Development may be found at www.fieldpaoli.com/site/pages/river.html

[leebuddy]

Unique Proposal to Clean Up Geneva Site
December 1st, 2006 @ 5:00pm

Ed Yeates Reporting

There are dozens of plans on the table on how to seal out the hazards of land once occupied by Geneva Steel, and then recover acres and acres of land.

But this particular proposal is fascinating - to say the least.

A Utah company called The Vision Group has built its reputation on what is called "bioremediation" of once polluted lands and waters. And its proposal has sparked considerable interest.


Mark Ellis, President, The Vision Group: "I would envision taking areas that are marginally useful, starting with Geneva, that would be about 70-thousand acre feet."

That's 70-thousand plus acre feet of material to seal and cover the Geneva site, and also remedy land farther south.

The proposal is to dredge accumulated clay and fine particle silts in Utah Lake to cover the bad ground. Once dried and compacted, the fill is ready for real estate.

There's enough sediment even in just a portion of the east side of the lake here to cover the site to a depth of four to 20 feet in some areas.

Ellis: "We found no PCB's in the sediments and we found no residual organic chemicals in the sediments."


The sediments would be dredged then transported to the Geneva site in a slurry--a potentially less expensive plan that would take about three to six months.

Ellis: "If our proposal were to go down the length of this lake and remove 12 feet of sediment, it would essentially increase by 300% the depth of the lake."

And that, Mark Ellis says, would clear up the lake providing a larger reservoir for water storage and a friendlier site for recreation.

[blm3034L!fe]

Unique Proposal to Clean Up Geneva Site
December 1st, 2006 @ 5:00pm

Ed Yeates Reporting

There are dozens of plans on the table on how to seal out the hazards of land once occupied by Geneva Steel, and then recover acres and acres of land.

But this particular proposal is fascinating - to say the least.

A Utah company called The Vision Group has built its reputation on what is called "bioremediation" of once polluted lands and waters. And its proposal has sparked considerable interest.


Mark Ellis, President, The Vision Group: "I would envision taking areas that are marginally useful, starting with Geneva, that would be about 70-thousand acre feet."

That's 70-thousand plus acre feet of material to seal and cover the Geneva site, and also remedy land farther south.

The proposal is to dredge accumulated clay and fine particle silts in Utah Lake to cover the bad ground. Once dried and compacted, the fill is ready for real estate.

There's enough sediment even in just a portion of the east side of the lake here to cover the site to a depth of four to 20 feet in some areas.

Ellis: "We found no PCB's in the sediments and we found no residual organic chemicals in the sediments."


The sediments would be dredged then transported to the Geneva site in a slurry--a potentially less expensive plan that would take about three to six months.

Ellis: "If our proposal were to go down the length of this lake and remove 12 feet of sediment, it would essentially increase by 300% the depth of the lake."

And that, Mark Ellis says, would clear up the lake providing a larger reservoir for water storage and a friendlier site for recreation.

That is the best plan I have heard of for that area! I tease some of my family that live near that lake and tell them they are living next to a BIG Toilet. :haha: Which I believe that joke has some substance to it. Especially when there have been numerous times where Payson/PG and other surrounding towns/citys have "accidentially" dumped raw sewage into the lake. :yuck: But anyway if this plan were to go through in my opinion it could kill two birds with one stone, and that would really be benificial to Utah County in a major way imho... Good for Utah County, I hope this happens. :fingerscrossed:

[Wasatch_One]

Provo Seeks Road to Connect Interstate 15 to Airport
December 2nd, 2006 @ 9:44pm

PROVO, Utah (AP) -- Local officials are hoping to improve access to the city's airport by building a road connecting it to Interstate 15.

Chief Administrative Officer Wayne Parker said the city recently commissioned an environmental impact study to figure out how to build a freeway interchange and a southwest connector without damaging wetlands and wildlife.

"It's going to be a delicate project," Parker said.

The connector would run from the I-15 and University Avenue interchange to the airport, with other connections along the road. The study will take about three years.

Parker said the city is committed to the road for several reasons.

"It's important, No. 1, for the whole southwest quadrant of the city to be able to have improved access to the East Bay area and the freeway," he said.

There's also only one way in and out of the airport currently, he said.

Airport Director Steve Gleason said the road is one of several projects being considered.

With improvements to the airports' infrastructure, Gleason said regularly scheduled flights could come to the airport. But first, the airport will need radar.

Salt Lake International Airport administrators have given their support for radar at the Point of the Mountain, which would benefit the Provo Airport. Once that happens, city officials believe scheduled service will come.

"We have an airport and we have a market," Gleason said. "Airlines are the ones who decide if the market is such that they can make money by flying in and out of Provo."

The airport is also looking to expand the amount of hangars it has for general aviation.

Orem Mayor Jerry Washburn said the entire county could benefit from an expanded airport. "It is a municipal airport, but nevertheless, as the population grows and hopefully access to the airport improves and service increases, there will be more of our citizens as well as those from other communities who would be using it," he said.

Information from: The Daily Herald

(Copyright 2006 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

[Viperlord]

http://www.nba.com/dleague/utah/index.html



NEW YORK, December 2, 2006 – The NBA Development League (D-League) has awarded an expansion team to Orem, Utah, for the 2007-08 season, NBA Commissioner David Stern announced today. The team will play at the McKay Event Center.

“The D-League continues to provide the NBA and its teams the opportunity to cultivate talent, test new ideas and give young roster players a means to improve through game competition,” said Stern. “That commitment, coupled with delivering the game of basketball in an affordable, fun and family-oriented atmosphere, has more investors seeking to bring the D-League to their communities.

“Our minor league has a proven track record of developing talent both on and off the court, a trend we expect to continue,” said Stern. “Since the D-League’s inaugural season in 2001-02, more than 100 players, coaches, referees, athletic trainers and front-office personnel have moved to NBA teams or the league office.”

The team is owned and operated by Brandt Andersen, Founder and CEO of G Code Ventures. Over the past several years Andersen, 29, has been investing and working on cutting-edge creative projects and businesses. In 1999, while attending Brigham Young University, Andersen founded uSight, a leading provider of software products and services for small businesses. In 2004 uSight was named the second-fastest growing privately held company in America by INC Magazine. Andersen was the youngest CEO to make the list. In 2004, he sold a portion of the company to Kansas City based NMR Inc.

Andersen is currently the general partner and owner of two large real estate development projects, The Lakes at Sleepy Ridge surrounds the Sleepy Ridge Golf Course, a Dye Family Course, in Orem, Utah. He is also the general partner and owner of a real estate project for which he has employed the services of world-renowned architect Frank Gehry of Frank O Gehry and Associates. When completed, this Gehry collaboration in Lehi, Utah promises to become an architectural icon of the Western United States and marks the first time Gehry has agreed to work on a project in Utah.

Andersen graduated from BYU with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Communications. He resides with his wife and two children in Provo, Utah. He has received multiple awards for entrepreneurship and continues to be a sought-after speaker.

"We are really excited to bring an NBA Development League Team to Utah County. This is a great place to live and work, and a community that loves basketball,” said Andersen. “Our goal is to provide the ultimate entertainment experience for our community. We can hardly wait for the opening tip."

The NBA Development League currently includes the Albuquerque Thunderbirds (N.M.), Anaheim Arsenal (Calif.), Arkansas RimRockers (Little Rock), Austin Toros (Texas), Bakersfield Jam (Calif.), Colorado 14ers (Broomfield), Dakota Wizards (Bismarck, N.D.), Fort Worth Flyers (Texas), Idaho Stampede (Boise), Los Angeles D-Fenders (Calif.), Sioux Falls Skyforce (S.D.) and Tulsa 66ers (Okla.).

“Brandt Andersen is the kind of entrepreneurial, passionate owner that is a perfect fit for the D-League,” said NBA D-League President Phil Evans. “The Utah County area is a market appreciative of quality basketball and entertainment options. We couldn’t be more excited about partnering with Brandt to deliver both for years to come.”

[wrendog]

pretty cool for Orem!

it would also be cool to see commercial flights into PVU

[delts145]

http://www.nba.com/dleague/utah/index.html



Andersen is currently the general partner and owner of two large real estate development projects, The Lakes at Sleepy Ridge surrounds the Sleepy Ridge Golf Course, a Dye Family Course, in Orem, Utah. He is also the general partner and owner of a real estate project for which he has employed the services of world-renowned architect Frank Gehry of Frank O Gehry and Associates. When completed, this Gehry collaboration in Lehi, Utah promises to become an architectural icon of the Western United States and marks the first time Gehry has agreed to work on a project in Utah.

:shrug: Somebody tell me what this Gehry collaboration in Lehi is all about. That sounds really interesting. A project that promises to become an architectural icon of the Western United States?:shrug: You know, not too many years ago I would have never imagined Lehi morphing into what it is becoming. There are so many projects going on there and are soon to break ground, that are of an international scale. It just blows my mind!!!

[delts145]

:previous:
Viperlord,
Put those P.I. skills to work and find out what this deal is with this "Iconic" project to be built in Lehi. A major landmark building by one of a handful of the world's most celebrated architect's is MAJOR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

http://graphics7.nytimes.com/images/2004/10/12/arts/gehry.jpg
Some of renowned architect Gehry's projects.

http://alatan.nsys.by/images/products/Prague_dancing%20house.JPG
I'm not quite sure if I like the squeezed-toothpaste tube look. But the theory behind the style is fascinating. (Entitled, "Dancing Buildings")

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/25/Wfm_stata_center.jpg
When the sqeezed look is given more angularity it becomes pretty cool.

http://www.curbed.com/2006_08_iac-thumb.jpg
:shrug:

http://queerconstruction.wordpress.com/files/2006/05/gehrymodelED.bmp.jpg
Perhaps, not quite what we are looking for in a new tallest. Then again, the more I look at this, the more I become infatuated with it.

Photo's of the renowned Guggenheim/Bilbao

http://rw-sc.inforce.dk/graphics/Current_Architecture/Articles/Beauty_and_the_Industrial_City/bilbao1.jpg
http://www.artdreamguide.com/adg/adg_ESP/ba_ESP/bilba_ba/m_gugge/img/_jpg/gugge_03.jpg
http://rw-sc.inforce.dk/graphics/Current_Architecture/Articles/Beauty_and_the_Industrial_City/bilbao3.jpg
http://rw-sc.inforce.dk/graphics/Current_Architecture/Articles/Beauty_and_the_Industrial_City/bilbao4.jpg
http://rw-sc.inforce.dk/graphics/Current_Architecture/Articles/Beauty_and_the_Industrial_City/bilbao5.jpg
http://rw-sc.inforce.dk/graphics/Current_Architecture/Articles/Beauty_and_the_Industrial_City/bilbao6.jpg


One of Gehry's latest and most celebrated landmarks: "The Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles." This is one of my personal favorites.
http://www.terragalleria.com/images/us-ca/usca35302.jpeg

http://z.about.com/d/losangeles/1/0/N/1/disneyhall0001.JPG

http://www.you-are-here.com/architect/disney.jpg

http://k43.pbase.com/o4/53/344653/1/60825495.crPICT2790.jpg
Interior Gehry's Disney Hall

[leebuddy]

:previous:

Think i'm going to be sick. :yuck: Those buildings look like they are about to fall down at any givin time. Don't like this work, but buildinggurl LOVES his work. LOL

[BuiLDing GuRL]

:previous:

Think i'm going to be sick. :yuck: Those buildings look like they are about to fall down at any givin time. Don't like this work, but buildinggurl LOVES his work. LOL

ha ha ha..... Lee only says this because I HATE FRANK GEHRY!!! When Lee showed me that post I spent like 20 minutes going over why I hate him so much. His style just goes against mine a full 180 degrees.

[leebuddy]

http://graphics7.nytimes.com/images/2004/10/12/arts/gehry.jpg
Some of renowned architect Gehry's projects.

:previous:

Come to think of it Gehry's face looks melted in that pic just like his builidings. LOL. Maybe that's how he get's his ideas is just looking at himself. :haha:

I wounder what he's going to design in Lehi? Office space? Hotel? Retail? Condos? What? :shrug:

[Viperlord]

being an architecture student, and having studied Gehry a ton. I can honestly say that I do not agree with his work. It's just not my cup of tea. But many people love his work, however I am not too fond of it. I'll take a frank lloyd wright, or an I.M. Pei creation anyday over a gehry.

[Viperlord]

Brandt is also the general partner and owner of a real estate project for which he has employed the services of world-renowned architect Frank Gehry of Frank O Gehry and Associates. When completed, this Gehry collaboration in Lehi, Utah promises to become an architectural icon of the Western United States and marks the first time Frank Gehry has agreed to work on a project in the State. The project will include a wakeboard lake, high-end lifestyle shopping and restaurants, as well as a five star hotel and residential community.

[delts145]

I have to admit, I do like the Disney Concert Hall. But I think we could only deal with one downtown as a part of our eclectic collection. I do understand why he has an adoring following though.


Okay, so call me old fashioned, but this is my idea of a great concert hall.
http://www.whitman.edu/theatre/theatretour/paris%20opera/paris%20images/paris.opera.exterior1.jpg

[leebuddy]

Brandt is also the general partner and owner of a real estate project for which he has employed the services of world-renowned architect Frank Gehry of Frank O Gehry and Associates. When completed, this Gehry collaboration in Lehi, Utah promises to become an architectural icon of the Western United States and marks the first time Frank Gehry has agreed to work on a project in the State. The project will include a wakeboard lake, high-end lifestyle shopping and restaurants, as well as a five star hotel and residential community.

:previous:
Is that the same new Hotel that is being planned for Thanksgiving point?

[BuiLDing GuRL]

being an architecture student, and having studied Gehry a ton. I can honestly say that I do not agree with his work. It's just not my cup of tea. But many people love his work, however I am not too fond of it. I'll take a frank lloyd wright, or an I.M. Pei creation anyday over a gehry.


I'm with ya Viper. I have also studied architecture and had the great honor of doing a report on Frank Gehry. Needless to say, I almost killed myself trying to find nice things. My field is on the historical preservation side so I like a more classic feel to things. I LOVE I.M. Pei! Not only are his designs beautiful but he is such a charming man.

[delts145]

:previous:

IM Pei is definately one of the Greats. I would like to see him design a new tallest for Downtown Salt Lake.

One of my favorite towers is IM Pei's Bank of China in Hong Kong
http://www.economics.ox.ac.uk/students/fabien.curtomillet/images/HongKong/BankChina1.jpg

http://www.hong-kong-hotels-network.com/hong-kong-photographs/pictures-image-pages/central_bank_of_china.jpg

[delts145]

:previous: Okay, so back to the less glamorous world of Happy Valley. Of course, I guess Sundance sounds pretty glamorous to people in Hong Kong.

By Sara Israelsen
Deseret Morning News
LINDON — What used to be farmland is now a well-landscaped road that slices through west Lindon providing quick access to the freeway and, as of yet, undeveloped land.

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Stuart Johnson, Deseret Morning News
A worker removes covers and adjusts the stoplights at 700 North and Geneva Road in Lindon.

City officials and construction managers uncovered the traffic signals and removed orange blockades Thursday afternoon to officially open the new section of road in Lindon at Geneva Road that runs west from 700 North for just over a mile.
The two-lane road with a landscaped median is expected to carry about 20,000 vehicles per day, city engineers project, eventually joining up with a Pleasant Grove connection near the I-15 freeway entrance.
It's all zoned commercial, which will add to the future marketability of the land.
"This gets the gateway on the north side of our city opened up," said Lindon mayor Jeff Acerson.
Alongside the road is more than 100 acres of commercially zoned land. Painted turn lanes were included in the project to accommodate the anticipated commercial development along the road.
The 40 mph road will eventually become two lanes in each direction, said Mark Christensen project manager for J-U-B Engineers, who designed the project.
"The city will see increased convenience for Lindon and Pleasant Grove residents, as well as (increased) tax revenue from growth, "Christensen said. Construction was by Condie Construction.
The project, which came in $150,000 under budget, cost $4.7 million and includes more than 10,000 feet of sewer pipe, nearly 340,000 square feet of asphalt, an at-grade railroad crossing and a traffic signal.
"In a day where things are constantly going over (price), it's nice to know that we went under," Acerson said with a chuckle.
The road has been on the city's master plan for about eight years, and ever since the I-15 interchange at Pleasant Grove and Lindon was completed four years ago, the road has been a big priority, said city planning and zoning director Adam Cowie.
Pleasant Grove is scheduled to finish its quarter mile of the road in the spring.
The right-of-way for the road was donated by property owners on both sides of the road with the understanding that the city would build it, Cowie said.
The eight-light intersection includes cameras that will eventually be connected to the Utah Department of Transportation monitoring system because Geneva Road is a state-owned road.


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[keltose]

There is some vacant land there that I guess they want to put in a little restaurant park. That area could use some more dining, everywhere I go for lunch or dinner is packed!!!

http://static.flickr.com/122/315843991_ccfba24859.jpg

[Wasatch_One]

That would be nice in and around the PTC... It looks like there has actually been quite a bit of development in the area...

I would also like to see more restaurants go in around Center St. in Provo. For Example, Tepenyaki needs to build a new building!!! I like that place, but it has a horrible building. It would be nice to see them build a new location either downtown or around the Provo Towne Centre

[leebuddy]

There is some vacant land there that I guess they want to put in a little restaurant park. That area could use some more dining, everywhere I go for lunch or dinner is packed!!!

http://static.flickr.com/122/315843991_ccfba24859.jpg

:previous:

Welcome to the forum keltose. That does look like a cool looking project. :tup:

[i-215]

I don't care how famous this Gheary dude is...

http://alatan.nsys.by/images/products/Prague_dancing%20house.JPG

If I were a city councilman and shown that I'd vote a solid "NO."

[delts145]

Brandt is also the general partner and owner of a real estate project for which he has employed the services of world-renowned architect Frank Gehry of Frank O Gehry and Associates. When completed, this Gehry collaboration in Lehi, Utah promises to become an architectural icon of the Western United States and marks the first time Frank Gehry has agreed to work on a project in the State. The project will include a wakeboard lake, high-end lifestyle shopping and restaurants, as well as a five star hotel and residential community.

I-215, I agree with you as far as the squeezed tootpaste tube look. I would like to see the rendering of the project for Lehi though. I can't imagine it would be designed along the same theory as the, "Squeeze Look".

[jedikermit]

I think the Gehry idea is fascinating...and it will certainly make for a unique building in Utah. I'm more of a classicist myself, but my curiosity is certainly piqued. Gehry. In Lehi. Didn't see that one coming.

[delts145]

I think the Gehry idea is fascinating...and it will certainly make for a unique building in Utah. I'm more of a classicist myself, but my curiosity is certainly piqued. Gehry. In Lehi. Didn't see that one coming.

Man, I just would not have imagined Lehi being so strongly progressive as it has been over the past 10 or 15 years. I mean, look at the way they have grabbed all that land from the top of Suncrest and consolidated it in to Lehi proper. Then their many coop's with the likes of Micron, etc. I think that the Ashton's helped to get the ball rolling with their big committment of Thanksgiving Point. And then it doesn't hurt to have Lehi's geographic location.

[delts145]

:tup: This is such a cool town hall. I was so glad to see them restore it to its original glory. Right next to it is an incredible old school just waiting for it's big restoration day.

By Rosalie Westenskow
Deseret Morning News
AMERICAN FORK — The peals of a historic bell will once again ring out over American Fork, city officials announced at the rededication ceremony Tuesday for the original City Hall.

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Tom Smart, Deseret Morning News
Holiday lights adorn the exterior of the renovated American Fork City Hall.

The ceremony celebrated the resurrection of one of the city's oldest buildings and had so many attendees that people lined the stairways leading up to the historic building's top floor, where the ceremony was held.
The newly renovated building, constructed in 1903, displays the bell that originally hung in the building's bell tower more than 100 years ago. Purchased for $211.17 just 36 years after the city's founding, the sound of the bell reflected the community's emotions, said Karen Adams of the Daughters of Utah Pioneers in a speech at the rededication ceremony.
"It acted as the very pulse of our community," Adams said.
Sorrow, joy and disasters were relayed to the citizens through the bell, Adams said. It rang to call the people to worship and to mourn the dead; its peals announced the end of wars and warned children of a 9 p.m. curfew in place decades ago.
After the City Hall began to deteriorate, the bell was given to the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, who kept the bell until the renovation was completed.
The restoration attempted to maintain the original building as much as possible, including its ornate, metal ceiling, said Allen Roberts, the principal architect for the project and former architectural historian for the state.
Restoring the ceiling, which had been hidden for years above a lowered ceiling, cost approximately $60,000, and about 60 percent of the tin and zinc panels are the originals, said Roberts, of Cooper Roberts Simonsen Architects.
The ceremony also celebrated the completion of "American Fork City The Growing Years," a history of the city that has been 33 years in the making.
Written by Betty Spencer, the 370-page book details the city's history, beginning in the Great Depression.
As a former journalist, Spencer covered American Fork City Council meetings for 10 years and, while conducting research for the book, spent three days a week for seven years reading archived City Council meeting minutes.
Once, while reading through a meeting's minutes, she came across the story of a family living in the city during the Great Depression.
"A mother, a father and eight young children had been evicted from their home and were living in a tent in a field," she said.
Citizens brought this issue before the City Council and a local LDS bishop said he would take care of the family. Spencer said this story is what prompted her to begin the history with the Great Depression.
Both the restoration and the book were praised by Mayor Heber M. Thompson.
"With the right vision and the right skill and, of course, some money, you see this is a beautiful heritage restoration," he said. "I think it's a wonderful legacy that we have preserved.

[i-215]

Deseret Towers Implosion Cancelled!

Use of explosives nixed for demolition of towers
By Joe Bauman
Deseret Morning News
The Utah Air Quality Board on Wednesday turned down a request by Brigham Young University to allow explosive demolition of two aging residence halls on campus.
Two of the seven buildings of the Deseret Towers — known as Buildings V and W — were to be blown up under a requested variance from air quality rules. If the board's decision stands, it would mean traditional methods like wrecking ball and backhoe would be used instead.
However, the board pointed out that its decision was based on concerns about "insufficient information and analysis of the project," Bryce C. Bird, manager of the Air Standards Branch, Utah Division of Air Quality, told the Deseret Morning News by e-mail.
If that uncertainty were cleared up, the board "would consider additional requests to allow explosive demolition in the future."
In a telephone interview, Bird said a requirement concerning air opacity caused by dust was the stumbling block. "With explosive demolition" the board "didn't think there was any way they could meet that requirement," he said.
The purpose of the requirement is to prevent exposure to too much dust.
Asbestos exposure was not considered a problem with the project because asbestos was identified in an inspection and it "will be removed prior to demolition," Bird said.
As reported earlier, the remaining five buildings at Deseret Towers were expected to be vacated and razed as well over the next few years. The project is part of a BYU overhaul of student housing facilities.


Oh my gosh! Are they flipping out over a little dust? I feel like I'm in Canada or something. :hell:

[delts145]

Mountain View Corridor plan pits homes, lake's wetlands

By Amy Choate-Nielsen
Deseret Morning News
LEHI — A plan that would protect an additional 42 acres of Utah Lake wetlands could add 45 new names to the list of homeowners who could lose their property when the proposed Mountain View Corridor road is constructed.
Because two of Mountain View Corridor's proposed alternative routes run too close to some of Utah Lake's wetlands, Utah Department of Transportation officials are looking at shifting the roads further north, into a rapidly growing area of new developments.
"We're trying to find something that minimizes impact all around, and it's hard to say how that all equates out," said Teri Newell, UDOT project manager for the Mountain View Corridor. "Wetlands do fall under federal law; we do need to pay a lot of attention to that, and there's certainly a need to look at the least-damaging alignment." Previously, proposals to run Mountain View along 1500 South in Lehi or 1900 South in Lehi as one possible connection to I-15 have been considered. UDOT began conducting an environmental impact study on possible roads in 2003.
If the roads remain where they have previously been proposed, UDOT estimates a freeway along 1900 South would impact 84.4 acres of wetlands and necessitate 132 relocations of homes or businesses. A freeway along 1500 South would impact 99.8 acres of wetlands and necessitate 97 relocations.
A proposed shift presented to residents Wednesday night would reduce impact to the wetlands to 57.7 acres but increase the number of relocations that will be necessitated by the shift to about 177 homes or businesses.
"Relocations is not meant to be a sly word," Newell said. "It actually means we would take a home or a business and relocate the person that is in that home to a new location. We've got some pretty heavy issues to weigh here."
But for residents who took one look at the new route map at an open house Wednesday and started to panic, Newell said it's not set in stone where the road will actually go. Lines on the map merely represent roads that have potential to be built, Newell said.
UDOT is expected to complete the environmental impact study by 2007 and officially make a decision by 2008. Further information on the corridor can be found on UDOT's Web site, www.udot.utah.gov/mountainview.
A definite timeline for the project is being held hostage by a lack of money to pay for the road, Newell said. Funding for the project is still up in the air, as legislators consider how much money, if any, to allocate to the road. Tolling has also been discussed as a possible funding option to help pay for construction costs.
Meanwhile, residents and city officials say the west side of Utah valley, Lehi in particular, needs a solution, and they need it now.
"Our need for transportation improvements are today, yet the improvements that are being suggested are solutions that could come to fruition eight to 10 years down the road," said Jamie Davidson, Lehi city manager. "Tomorrow's roads won't solve today's problems."
Davidson said the city has been sensitive to the potential of relocating residents who live in new houses, some of which are being built right now. But Davidson added that it is hard for the city to deny developers the right to develop in that area because the road might not go where they think it might.
"We do have residents that are very concerned about the highway and where that highway will be in relation to their home or farm, but right now we don't have the answers," Davidson said. "We want to mitigate the number of people that have to leave their homes."
Davidson said the city prefers the 1900 South option.
At the open house this week, residents who left comments on giant notes on the wall had a variety of preferences and suggestions like, "Save our houses!" as one note said.
"Wetlands should not rule the decision, people should," said another note.
But a majority of residents who attended the meeting recognized that the area needed a solution, if only it didn't have to be in their back yard.
"I'd rather (a road) not be there, but I'm not going to lay down in front of a bulldozer," said Holly Davis, a Lehi resident. "Sure, I'd like to leave that beautiful tree back there and watch the kids play, but that's not my decision."

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