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Summit County Lands and Natural Resources Manager Jess Kirby discusses the recently completed purchase of the 910 Cattle Ranch and what comes next for the open space.
Summit County committed $80 million to purchase almost 10,000 acres in the Snyderville Basin and Kamas Valley last year, and officials are optimistic they’ll be able to raise the money needed to close on the properties before the deadline.
So far, Summit County officials considering an education center and gathering places, recreational amenities and continued agricultural preservation, as well as community housing and small business opportunities at the Ure Ranch — though nothing has been decided, according to County Lands and Natural Resource Director Jess Kirby.
A Summit County homeowner with a property valued at $1.3 million would see their taxes increase from $290.75 to $336.24 under the current proposal. A commercial business would go up by around $82 a year.
The competition was fierce for this year’s Recreation, Arts and Parks (RAP) tax grant program with 17 organizations throughout Summit County requesting around $4 million to fund recreation projects, and just under $2 million available.