Development Projects
Saving Our Canyons From Ourselves
The peaks of the Wasatch Range stand like stone sentinels over the valleys below—silent witnesses to a burgeoning population that seeks year-round refuge amid the tranquility of these inviting canyons…
Slow Down! Sugar House to Benefit From Curbing Speeding Vehicles
Residents of a Sugar House neighborhood were fed up with all the speeding vehicles that exit Interstate 80 and cut through their streets so drivers could avoid the more heavily…
Moab’s Affordable Housing—Is There Hope?
One might deduce that there is an affordable housing crisis when stories are circulated of working adults living with their parents, camped out on public lands and in the yards…
Six Legal Questions Concerning Salt Lake City’s Inland Port
Salt Lake’s contentious inland port will undoubtedly impact the quality of life for City residents, especially those who live at the lower elevations along the Wasatch Front. It will add…
Homeless Millennials—Weighing In On Big Changes to City Programs
Since the Center is now full I asked Tarintino if he feels lucky to be there. “Not lucky. Blessed. I feel blessed for all of the donors. I feel blessed…
Five G or just Gee Whizz?
Ricci said for some people like on-line gamers, and those who stream a lot of content it would be, “cool to have that kind of speed. And, it would be…
Moab—500 Tourists for Every Resident
The American Dream is limited government in support of social mobility and a strong middle class, not agents out to preserve and protect property values.
Downtown Salt Lake: Out With the Old, In With the New
Rising rents and redevelopment of aging infrastructure have left many long-standing businesses priced out of the market or evicted.
The Good, The Bad, and The Pricey
With rents outpacing income increases since 2010, and an estimated statewide housing unit deficit of 50,000 (another Kem. C. Gardner Policy Institute discovery), Utahns are getting creative with housing.
Utah’s Unaffordable Housing
As other cities have learned, density and taller buildings discourage car usage and encourage transit use. Fewer parking stalls, not more, discourage car usage. Narrower roads, not wider, encourage transit…
Kanab and Fracking
While locals view Best Friends with fondness and gratitude, this is not the case with a new business entity rearing its head nearby. The local Facebook groups have recently exploded…
Little Cottonwood Canyon is under threat by Utah’s population boom
Today, 2019, the environmental infrastructure in place to accommodate both the protection of Little Cottonwood Canyon’s natural beauty and protect what’s left of it, as well as preserving the people’s…
Fertile soil, the Soil Food Web, and High Desert Soilworks
Fertile soil is imperative for any successful farmer or grower. The Soil Food Web is the colony of organisms living in the soil. The food web is a complex living system that…
Farm land or house lots?
Suburbs march into farmlands cul-de-sac by cul-de-sac. But in Cache Valley the advance has slowed.
Sugar House Salt Lake City High Rise Development Fire Safety
With so much development in such a small space, how safe is Sugar House, Salt Lake City? Like a giant crooked finger, the easternmost end of Elm Avenue (2165…
Japantown: Ruined, Remembered or Revived?
Attending the University of Utah in 1953 retired Third District Court Judge Raymond Uno spent much of his free time in downtown Salt Lake City in an area…