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The spread of the novel coronavirus and the subsequent health restrictions nearly erased Park City’s slate of special events in 2020.
One by one, the cancellations mounted through the spring and into the summer and fall. At the start of 2021, though, City Hall is preparing for the return of numerous events, something that could help reignite Park City’s tourism-heavy economy and re-create some of the energy that was lacking in 2020.
The municipal government has crafted a tentative calendar running through the end of 2021 that details the return of special events. Although the Sundance Film Festival, which is Park City’s largest special event, will not be held as a live event in 2021, the calendar indicates many others plan to be staged in the city as of now.
Gov. Cox is pushing local health departments to vaccinate as quickly as possible and use all of the doses they have each week. Local officials say they have the capacity to deliver three times as many vaccines as they are receiving.
Summit County Sustainability Director Lisa Yoder is retiring at the end of this month. The county is slated to receive 100% of its power from renewable sources in 2023, and residents may be able to opt for renewable energy not long after.
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The Summit County Health Department is asking residents to enter their contact information into an online database that officials will use to contact people when it’s time for them to be vaccinated, part of the county’s unprecedented effort to administer tens of thousands of vaccine doses to protect the community from COVID-19.
“The list will be used to notify individuals when vaccine registration opens,” spokesperson Derek Siddoway wrote in an email to The Park Record. “… Our goal is to make the vaccine available and accessible to any resident who wishes to receive it in the coming months.”