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The Park Silly Sunday Market won the vote it needed to return to Main Street this summer and early fall, another step in Park City’s continuing economic resurgence a year after the event was one of the early losses of the coronavirus pandemic.
Park Record file photo Mayor Andy Beerman on Friday said he intends to seek reelection later this year, a decision that had been expected but one that essentially launches the campaign season for Park City’s highest office a little more than a month before the formal politicking begins. Beerman, serving his first term as the mayor after holding a seat on the Park City Council, declined to discuss the details of the platform. He said a formal announcement of the reelection bid will be made shorty. More details are expected to be released at that time. It had seemed highly likely for months t...
The Park City Council primary election in 2019 was close enough to force a recount, conducted at the Summit County Clerk’s Office in Coalville, shown. The City Hall campaign this year is approaching and the municipal government on Tuesday hosted an online event that was organized to outline the mechanics of the election. Park Record file photo A candidate in the City Hall election this year must pay a filing fee or collect enough signatures before they are entered into the contest, a tightening of ballot access approved in 2020 that is designed to ensure political hopefuls are committed to ...
Park City’s elected officials are slated to discuss this year’s Fourth of July celebration at a meeting Thursday. One option under consideration involves holding the Main Street parade and fireworks on days other than the holiday itself in an effort to reduce crowd sizes. Park Record file photo Park City will celebrate Independence Day in some fashion this year, but the community might pick a day other than July 4 to mark the nation’s birth. Leaders are continuing to discuss plans for the Fourth of July, typically one of the busiest days of the year in the community, amid the continued ...
It ain’t broke, so don’t fix it Oh, the irony! Our mayor expects an incredibly busy summer. Basin Rec struggles with parking capacity at popular trailheads. More cars! More people! What to do? I know what: On July 1, let’s discontinue the 7 Pink bus going through Silver Springs, a highly popular fixed bus route used regularly by residents for many, many years. As pointed out by Sarah Altshuler in her April 7 letter to the editor, the “microtransit” option is not an equivalent substitute for our 7 Pink fixed route through Silver Springs. We Pink bus riders rejoiced when we won this b...