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The leadership of the Historic Park City Alliance, a group that represents businesses in the Main Street core, on Tuesday voted in favor of holding pedestrian days on the shopping, dining and entertainment strip in 2021, a decision that was needed before the organization engages City Hall in more detailed talks.
The organization’s board of directors cast a 14-0 vote in support with one member absent. The unanimous vote shows a wide range of business sectors on Main Street supports the pedestrian days.
The Historic Park City Alliance vote was an endorsement of pedestrian days on Sundays starting on June 6. They would be designed to run alongside the Park Silly Sunday Market, which is held on lower Main Street and certain locations on the upper section of the street. The board of directors recommended hours from 7:30 a.m. until 10 p.m., the same as the hours of the pedestrian days in 2020.
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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.
Park City at the start of 2020 seemed poised to make progress on longstanding issues like the economy and traffic, continuing the years of work of City Hall and the wider community.
It was clear by the middle of March, though, the agenda for 2020 would change radically. The spread of the novel coronavirus made the year unlike any other in Park City’s history. But even with the sickness impacting all aspects of life, other items rose to prominence. Park City joined the nation in calling for social justice and steps were taken toward hosting another Winter Olympics someday.
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