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Councilors earlier this month stated they’re open to the idea of a mixed-use development with housing, but this week they emphasized the units would have to be largely affordable because of the area’s high cost of living. 

The Summit County Council is slated to hold a discussion on Wednesday about a project seeking to create 22 townhomes on a 1-acre lot in Pinebrook, which has incited negative reactions from area residents and the Snyderville Basin Planning Commission.

Park Record file photo Summit County Councilor Kim Carson’s days have been peppered with unusual scenes in recent years, she said, from driving a rodeo queen around before the annual demolition derby at the Summit County Fair to trying her hand at cutting a car apart while training with the Park City Fire Department. Carson’s tenure as a Summit County councilor ends this year after two terms on the county’s highest legislative body, but she said in a recent interview her service has broug...