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As the Park City Planning Commission continues the difficult talks about a proposal for a major development at the Park City Mountain Resort base area, panelists in November received a correspondence worrying about the prospects of the Park City area someday resembling Vail, as well as resorts in the East. Read More:
Park City ‘duplicating’ Vail, PCMR project critic claims
This is the second ski season ski patrollers and mountain safety personnel at the resort are working without a contract in place. The previous two-year contract covering the approximately 200 employees expired in November 2020. Read more:
PCMR leader optimistic resort and ski patrol will reach contract agreement
Beerman campaigned for the mayor’s office three times, losing in 2013 before the successful 2017 bid and then the defeat in 2021. His term in office was marked by the acquisition of Treasure, the municipal response to the novel coronavirus pandemic, the creation of polarizing social justice murals on the Main Street asphalt and the efforts to hold a second Winter Olympics in the state. Read more:
Park City’s outgoing mayor acknowledges he accumulated ‘enemies’ while in office
The Utah Department of Health on Wednesday reported 3,003 new cases in the state and seven deaths. Summit County has felt the surge acutely. Cases hit record highs on three days during the Christmas holiday. On Monday, 136 new cases were identified in the county, by far the largest single-day total since the start of the pandemic. Read more:
COVID-19 cases hit record highs in Summit County
The Rail Trail is a state park, but City Hall owns an approximately 1,000-foot section stretching eastward from the western terminus at the intersection with Bonanza Drive. Park City leaders see the possibility of reaching an agreement with the state to manage and maintain an extended portion of the Rail Trail, encompassing the section to the point where the trail crosses S.R. 248 close to Quinn’s Junction. The section essentially parallels the S.R. 248 entryway to Park City. Read more:
Park City considers future of Rail Trail: restaurants, breweries and bars, anyone?