Sugar House City Journal January 2020

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SUGAR HOUSE DEVELOPMENT VIEWED DIFFERENTLY BY RESIDENTS AND STAKEHOLDERS

By Drew Crawford | d.crawford@mycityjournals.com

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ith access to some of Utah’s best mountains, a quasi-urban lifestyle, and rich pioneer heritage, Sugar House is one of the most coveted areas to live in the Salt Lake valley.

The city, which is distinct for its rich legacy in the furniture industry, has always been a hot area for economic development for businesses eager to attract customers and for homeowners who want to preserve the culture and accessibility of the community.

Over the last decade Sugar House has seen unprecedented commercial real estate development.

Large apartment complexes like The Vue by developer Craig Mecham have been constructed and rented for expensive rates. Tenants who are eager to live in the city and take advantage of the business district pay high rates at the Vue, which is currently the most expensive complex per square foot in Utah.

It is for reasons like these that developers know that any real estate which can be put to use in Sugar House represents the opportunity for a profitable venture.

Two of the apartment complexes currently under development near the business district are Sugar Alley and Dixon Place, developed by The Lowe brothers, both natives to Utah.

MVE + Partners, an architecture firm based in Orange County, California, was contracted by the Lowes to design both projects and the firm got involved after a design competition in which they made a good impression on the two brothers.

At the beginning of 2018, the brothers connected the architecture firm to the neighborhood council to present the

projects to the residents of the area.

“Sugar Alley was received very, very well,” Pieter Berger, senior associate partner at MVE + Partners, said describing the council’s reaction.

“There was not even a comment of what needed to change. On Dixon Place, however, there was some feedback.

On how they wanted to see the brick expressed on a certain edge. Before going into the city, we changed the project based on that feedback to make sure they were being heard and being respected.”

“When considering the space that the project uses, they were able to develop all the way up to the property line of neighboring houses, but decided against it,” Berger noted.

“Not every project in Sugar House has done that.”

“What we tried to do at Dixon Place is respect the homes.

We had the ability to develop all the way up to those homes.”

Sugar Alley will be located on Highland Drive and will break ground during the second quarter of 2020 and will be complete by 2022. There will be a total of 186 units and the ground floor will be home to a potential 15,000 square feet of retail space.

The firm’s other project, Dixon Place, will be located one block west of Sugar Alley at the corners of Elm and McClellan, and will house 86 units and have a boutique feel.

Both units will provide convenient access to Sugar House Park, Parley’s Trail, the S-line and local shopping.

“There’s still a rich history of brick and industrial quality of buildings in the Sugar House district because of that warehouse production culture. That’s what influenced Sugar Alley

MVE marketing rendering of Dixon Place. (Photo courtesy MVE + Partners)

as well as Dixon Place. I’m trying to utilize brick — different mediums. The design of Sugar Alley has a much cooler palette where it’s more about blacks and whites and grays. Dixon Place takes on much more authentic red brick warehouse-style architecture,” Berger said.

Residents who have lived in Sugar House for a long time have different opinions on the apartment complexes and what they bring to the community.

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After finishing her work for the council, she began to serve on the planning commission.

Most of her work on the commission involves code compliance and making sure that buildings are the correct height or that they engage the street front in the way that they are supposed to.

During her time serving on the commission she has seen a lot of diversity of opinion within her community regarding what Sugar House should become.

“The only thing constant here is change.

I want to try and make them better because development is going to happen,” Barry said as she reflected on the tradeoffs that are involved in changing a historical area when different stakeholders are involved.

These projects vary in scope, but all try to offer access to the coveted amenities of Sugar House.

Developments such as Wilmington Flats, located at 1235 Wilmington Ave., have taken advantage of money from the Salt Lake RDA fund to include affordable housing units in their complexes. With subsidies coming from the city, developers can be more likely to make housing in the area accessible.

However, this isn’t always the case.

“Much of less-affordable housing is economics and caring less,” Barry said. A standard studio apartment at Wilmington costs $1,275 a month.

With over a decade serving her community, Barry takes a practical approach to all of the possibilities of what the area can become.

She notes that with the significant rise in prices of the housing market that developers are the only ones that have the capital to make real estate growth possible. Facing this reality, Barry wants the developers to make the best use of the land that is possible given the circumstances.

“Property owners have the right to do that,” Barry said. “We all have our bottom lines and we all view progress differently.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.”

This is just one of the issues that Barry feels that Sugar House has as a historic city that is facing the complexities of affordable housing and growth. These growing pains that are faced by the apartment complexes and business district are not unfamiliar to her own family history and heritage.

Barry’s great-grandfather, Mormon pioneer Abraham O. Smoot, helped to raise the trolley line in Sugar House, which was the first public transportation available in the area. With the population predicted to grow significantly in the next few decades, Barry feels that public transportation can make a difference in the accessibility of the area, but different departments with varying roles will have to work together.

“Traffic is not a land use issue, it is a transportation issue and the streets are maxed out,” Barry explained describing how traffic is an issue that the Utah Department of Transportation is responsible for and not a land use issue.

“Salt Lake City has to come up with different ways to move people in the future,”

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Barry said.

The traffic has created issues with some of the area residents who feel that it is problematic and others who recognize that it is inevitable with the supply of retail shops and the daily commute to work.

Pete Kane, 41, a city planner who works on zoning codes in Draper, moved to the Sugar House area for a change of pace and to be able to access the amenities that the community offers.

Kane lives in 21 by Urbana located at 974 E. 2100 South next to the Smith’s Food and Drug and McDonald’s. He was attracted to the apartment complex because he lived in Liberty Wells and his apartment there had not been renovated in how he had expected, nor did he like the property management group.

“I like the selection and the different retail plazas in Sugar House. There is a really good range of retail, fast food, groceries, movie theaters,” Kane said. “Yeah, there’s traffic, but because we’re living (in 21 by Urbana) we don’t have to deal with it. Traffic is caused by destinations and the retail can have an impact on it. There is a good amount of traffic but with the transit that we have, the bus lines and Parley’s trail.”

For Kane, Sugar House has a perfect balance for everything, and he loves the apartment complex that he lives at. “The property that we are at has really good features, brand new, much more secure, good management, and the cost was pretty much the same as Liberty Wells,” Kane said.

Kane feels that the way that Sugar House is being built is a net positive, although recognizes that change is helpful to the design of the area.

“I would like to see some of the shopping plazas be redeveloped so they aren’t single-store buildings with multiple parking lots. Thankfully, they do require that the buildings be set to the street rather than have a massive parking lot in front of it like the Smith’s,” Kane said.

“If the retail lots could be redeveloped in a manner like the apartment buildings that are creating a better fabric for the community it will help go a lot further,” Kane said.

The way that the streets are built around the business district are designed to help residents adopt a mentality that is oriented around being a pedestrian. However, some residents who are deeply invested in the community have strong feelings about the transitions that have taken place.

Su Armitage, who recently moved to Midvale and had lived in Sugar House for decades, is disappointed in how the master plan of the community came to fruition. She worked on the neighborhood council, helping to influence some of the area development between 1999 and 2000.

Armitage lived in the community during the time that 21 by Urbana was built and still remembers the Standard Optical store, Rockwood furniture, the local café and the art store that decorated the corners of the business district.

“The store owners really felt lucky to be able to have their stores in such a visible corner of a popular neighborhood. They had also

heard the rumors that the community council had heard that their landlord, Craig Mecham, was going to eventually tear down all the structures on that block and build apartments and new retail,” Armitage said. “They knew that they would be priced out and they weren’t looking forward to it because it had been a great run for them at that location.”

During Armitage’s time on the council, the two glass office buildings across the street from Sugar House Park were erected.

“They were radical structures at that time, because they were five or six stories and they were shiny glass fronts. They weren’t that homey hospitable work that we encouraged,” Armitage said. “We wanted a walkable community and we really rode developers and property owners pretty hard about making welcoming storefronts.”

Armitage worked with the neighborhood council to help change the height of Mecham’s office buildings so that they conformed to the building code in place. Through compromise the offices ended up being six stories in height and set back from the street.

Armitage also worked with other developers during this time to change the approachability of other storefronts such as the Walgreens.

Armitage left the neighborhood council in 2004 because she felt that the council became stagnant in its progress. When the economic recession hit in 2008 the area of land where the small retail outlets once stood were torn out and became derisively known to residents as the “Sugar Hole.” The lot remained vacant for years until the economy began to recover. That’s when the first apartment complexes began to be built starting with 21 by Urbana.

After these complexes were built the traffic started to drive her away from the area.

Armitage would do her errands in other locations to avoid the traffic and having to walk everywhere.

“For the life that I live it’s not good. I want to go home, and I want to hear quiet. I want to be able to open my windows and hear birds. I don’t want to hear traffic. I lived in a high traffic area for many years when I lived in Sugar House. Every year it got noisier and noisier,” she said.

Armitage feels that the state of the business community now is a reflection of the opportunities that the developers see.

“I guess what we have now is exactly what developers wanted. They wanted a community for 20- and 30-year-old professionals, and it seems like that’s what they pretty much have gotten,” Armitage said.

Other residents feel that as history continues to unfold that Sugar House will have to navigate hard decisions.

Lynne Olson is a veteran of the community who helped found the Parley Trail’s Coalition in 2000 and has extensive experience working with the community master plan.

Olson feels that two of the main competing tensions in Sugar House are preserving history and economic development.

“I think that the thing that was most important and continues to be most important is that for a good deal of its length the

Parley’s Trail follows the historic Parley’s Creek down into the valley but then picks up the alignment of the historic Denver and Rio Grande rail corridor,” Olson said. “Those two key geographic features are the two things that have never changed in our planning consciousness.”

These processes can be lengthy and involve significant time and collaboration.

“Building trails through private property or already developed places is one of the most important political accomplishments of Parley’s Trail,” Olson said.

“It took an awful lot of negotiation, compromise and expense in order to get it built, but it has added immeasurably to the value of properties like Sugar Alley and the Boulder Ventures project, and others along the same corridor as the S-Line because it does think of an alternative transportation feature, an asset that those people marketing retail and residential development are going to use in their advertising.”

Olson knows that residents are going to continue to move to Sugar House and that property owners who own the land will make the ultimate decisions about its use.

“The reason that they are moving here is because they like the historic character of Sugar House, which, of course, is rapidly changing due to this influx of new residents,” Olson said. “They like the accessibility, the fact that you can walk to transit, you can walk to shops and restaurants.”

Olson has spent a lot of her time studying the history of Sugar House. She has pictures of the business district after the land had been altered from a park and parts of the land had been sold off. Sugar Hollow was referred to as “Dump Hollow” during the 1940s before George Dixon (the namesake of Dixon Place) proposed plans to build a parking lot in the area during the 1950s.

The land which was owned by the city remained vacant for years.

The rest of the business district has housed various establishments over time, including the first shopping mall in the territory, a department store and Southwest Theater.

Now that these buildings are gone new ones continue to take their places. “It is cheaper to knock them down and build something new,” Olson said.

With the old buildings gone and the community in flux as apartment complexes spring up, the demographic shifts, and the business district changes, one might wonder what is to become of Sugar House.

Out of an interest to connect people across generations, Olson is working on a new project that honors both history and development. She is involved in helping to create a virtual museum with the curator Meggie Trioli that will serve to preserve and archive Sugar House’s history in a digital format.

In a changing city like Sugar House these records will serve residents who are curious and want to understand the past.

“The historic infrastructure is threatened, but history is not necessarily concrete,” Olson said in an excited tone. l

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Zions Bank gave Highland High drivers ed students a cash crash course teaching them how to survive when going to a car dealership. (Photos courtesy Zions Bank)

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our drivers ed teacher may have taught you how to navigate Utah roads, but did they teach you how to survive when you go to a car dealership? Well, on Nov. 22, the drivers ed students at Highland High School were given a crash course on just that.

Utah Governor Gary Herbert declared that November is, “Get Smart About Credit Month in Utah.” Rob Brough, the executive vice president of marketing and communications at Zions Bank and Heidi Prokop, senior vice president and communications manager at Zions Bank, held a crash course on what the best financial options are to get around as a new driver, and the best tips on what to look for when making a decision to get around town.

In this expensive world, students are left with the question of how to get around town.

Highland students learned what the financial difference is when deciding to use a ride share option such as Lyft or Uber versus purchasing a new or used car. The course took

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To help students, Zions Bank offers different financial calculators on their website.

One feature is a car loan calculator.

This calculator will tally the amount of your trade in, include sales taxes, amount left owing on trades, and the amount of terms of your lease or loan. But even though these services are available, the students learned how to calculate their monthly cost without the use of a car loan calculator. Calculator options are on their website at www.zionsbank. com/personal-banking/helpful-banking-resources/calculators.

Brough suggested to students some important questions when making a decision on how to get around town that are not part of Zions Bank’s financial calculator. He said to consider these questions: How long am I going to use this car? What buying options gives you a better return? How much will it cost to repair the car? What is the better deal?

Each student received a credit report to understand what a credit score is and how it can help you save money by keeping your credit report up to date. Some items discussed included what are loan officers and what are they looking for in a credit score?

Both Brough and Prokop gave the student’s suggestions on how to fix any incorrect reporting on a credit report.

Kurt Schneider is Highland High School’s drivers ed teacher and also teaches the girls basketball team. He was impressed with the students attentiveness while learning about credit and money management wellness. Students were quick to answer the financial questions correctly and the student who answered first also was given a dollar.

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Plans for the Landscape Lab redesign of the Williams Building property, including a water splitter box and an above-ground overflow channel. (Photo courtesy of the University of Utah)

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an rainwater help us keep greener yards?

That’s the big question at the Natural History Museum of Utah’s next Sunday Science Salon, set for Jan. 12 at 1 p.m. Led

by Sarah Jack Hinners, Ph.D., the salon will talk about the work currently being done by the University of Utah’s Landscape Lab. On a larger level, it discusses whether or not it’s possible to create environmentally friendly green landscapes in a hot, dry climate.

“We want to use water more sustainably without having to turn to rocks and cactus,” Hinners said. “We all love greenery, and don’t want to have to live without it.”

The Landscape Lab is a project of the University of Utah’s Center for Ecological Planning + Design. The team is redesigning the property around the Williams Building,

located in the university’s Research Park, increasing the ecological diversity and function of the area. They’re also increasing recreation opportunities in the area.

“It’s not really ecological restoration, more like ecological revitalization,” said Hinners, explaining that restoration would mean returning the space to its original state.

“We’re making it more ecologically and socially alive than it is now.”

In addition to that revitalization, the team is also designing the space to be able to test research questions about urban stream restoration, urban runoff management, use of public space, and more. The lab will give researchers a more controllable setting to put ideas into practice and see whether they could be beneficial when applied to a larger setting.

“We don’t have all the answers, but we know we want to do things differently,” she said.

A major area where the team is looking to do things differently is in the use of stormwater runoff. Though Utah cities are currently set up to get stormwater into gutters and storm drains as quickly as possible, the Landscape Lab team sees it as a missed opportunity.

“Right now, our city sees water as something we have to move out of the landscape as quickly as possible,” she said. “At the same time, we use potable (culinary) water to keep our landscapes green. It doesn’t make sense.”

At the Sunday Science Salon, Hinners will outline the project and its goals. She’ll also update the audience on the lab’s progress and discuss different theories being tested.

“I think it will be an interactive talk, with lots of time for questions and discussion afterwards,” she said.

The project has been in development for years, and is a branch-off of the university’s work with Red Butte Creek. The creek runs through the University of Utah’s campus, and more than a decade ago a group of faculty and students decided they needed to pay more attention to it.

“We wanted to call attention to it within

the University and be better stewards of it,” she said.

In addition to protecting Red Butte and other creeks, the Landscape Lab is also hoping to preserve the state’s flower beds, gardens and parks. Though sustainable gardening advice currently recommends replicating Utah’s desert landscapes, the team hopes that storm water runoff will open the door to other alternatives. “(The Landscape Lab team) wants this to be the beginning of a valley-wide conversation about water and sustainability,” she said. “We’re looking for a solution that allows us to stay green even if our water supply gets stretched thin.”

By preserving that green, she said the Landscape Lab will hopefully have an emotional benefit as well as a psychological one.

“The importance of beauty, and having that beauty around us in everyday life,” she said. “That’s what our landscapes provide.

That’s what our parks provide. That’s kind of at the core of what we’re trying to protect.”

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Music, yoga, tennis: Sugar House 2019 Capturing a whole year in a few photos is next to impossible. But the following snapshots will attempt to do just that as we look back at 2019 in Sugar House. To read the stories along with these photos, check out sugarhousejournal.com.

Highland’s Jonah Gaye fights for positioning in a meet earlier this season. (Photo courtesy of Ted Sierer)

Olivia White swims the 100-yard backstroke at the 5A state meet in Provo. (Photo courtesy Cindy Nordstrom)

The Highland Rams tied Olympus for the Region 6 baseball championship and advanced in the Class 5A state tournament. (Travis Barton/City Journals)

A baserunner crashes into Max Moore at home plate.

Moore was a strong hitter for the Highland baseball team in 2019. (Photo by Michael Thomas)

Indigo Cook performs at the Sego Lily Dam in Sugar House Park as part of “Ecotones,” an exhibit showing the overlapping space between two biological systems. (Photo by Bryton Sampson)

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The Salt Lake Chapter of the International Rescue Committee (IRC) has helped more than 11,000 refugees journey to Salt Lake the past 25 years. IRC’s Spice Kitchen Incubator helps refugees launch food-related entrepreneurial businesses.

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Bike the Spike participants begin an art and history bike tour at Sugar House Park on May 10. (Spencer W. Belnap/City Journals)

Audiences gathered to watch almost 50 performers for an evening of food, musical performances and more. More than 3,000 people attended this year’s Heart & Soul Music Stroll, which was free and open to everyone. (Justin Adams/City Journals)

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Mika Nikolic paints a window frame during this year’s Paint-a-Thon where Zions Bank employees volunteer to help paint and do yardwork for elderly, veteran, low-income and disabled homeowners. (Jenniffer Wardell/ City Journals)

Jenny Willden stretches in tree pose while drinking beer during the Yoga and Beer event at The Gateway.

Yoga and Beer is an inclusive event incorporating optional beer drinking to make yoga less intimidating for beginning yogis. (Photo courtesy The Gateway Instagram page, @shopthegateway)

Jaime Duenas speaks at the Great Futures Gala in May. Sugar House teen Duenas uses his position as the Boys & Girls Club 2019 Utah Youth of the Year to help others. (Photo courtesy Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Salt Lake)

During the goat yoga classes at the Gateway, students move carefully from one pose to the next while goats jump gleefully from person to person. (Amber Allen/City Journals)

Annika Ellefsen is strapped in with her brother and Captain Crystal Stout for the hot air balloon she’d been looking forward to in August. It was part of the Dream Catcher Balloon, a hot air balloon with a custom-built base to accommodate people in wheelchairs. (Deserae Dorton/City Journals)

Oakley Doyle (left) hangs out with fellow campers at Un-Limb-ited camp at Park City Mountain Resort. The brain child of resident Matt Lowell, Un-Limb-ited provides recreational opportunities for teenage amputees.

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The Highland Rams celebrate their first region girls tennis title in 26 years. From left: Kate Creamer, Abby Bradford, Sam Kiburtz, Sophie Hastings, Lucy Foulks, Emma Thomas, Janie Ontiveros. (Photo by Jenny Mauro)

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Wasatch Theatre Company (124 S. 400 West at The Gateway): Wasatch Theatre Company, or WTC, has been around for 21 years, and recently relocated to the shifting scene at downtown’s The Gateway. The former mall is growing, and now has a resident theater company in established WTC. They offer an eclectic array of rare and original theater in an intimate black box setting. www. wasatchtheatre.org In addition to meeting the donation center criteria, you must provide a valid photo ID, proof of your current address and your Social Security or immigra• Feb. 21-29, 2020: “Ready Steady Yeti,” a tion card to donate. Must be 18 years of age or older to donate.

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• May 8-23, 2020: “Something Rotten!,” music and lyrics by Wayne and Karey Kirkpatrick Pinnacle Acting Company (1275 E. 1700 South at Westminster College): Pinnacle has been producing a range of classic and contemporary theater since 2006. They perform in Sugar House at Westminster’s Dumke Black Box. www.pinnacleactingcompany. org • Jan. 2-18, 2020: “Mauritius,” a play by Theresa Rebeck • Feb. 27-March 14, 2020: “At The Bottom,” a play by Christopher Madsen Westminster Theatre Department (1275 E. 1700 South): Westminster College has performances throughout the year. Their theater students perform for the public from fall until spring. www.westminstercollege. edu • Feb. 27-March 7, 2020: “Gloria,” a play

by Branden Jenkins-Jacobs • April 2-11, 2020: “Sweet Charity”

• April 20 and 21, 2020: One Act Festival University of Utah Theatre Department (240 S. 1500 East): University of Utah has an eclectic theater department with various performances throughout the school year on campus. The Babcock Theater below Pioneer Theater and Studio 151 in the Performing Arts Building are their primary performing spaces. www.universityofutah.edu • Jan. 16-19, 2020: “She Kills Monsters,” a play by Qui Nguyen • Feb. 14-March 1, 2020: “Floyd Collins,” music and lyrics by Adam Guettel • March 27-April 4, 2020: “Tartuffe,” classical satire by Molière

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Repertory Dance Theatre (RDT) (138 W. 300 South at Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center): RDT is one of the oldest repertory dance companies in the nation, offering SLC audiences modern dance for over 50 years. www.rdtutah.org • Jan. 3-4. 2020: “Emerge”

• March 7, 2020: “Regalia,” a fundraiser • April 16-18, 2020: “Earth Tone” Odyssey Dance Theatre (1395 E. President’s Circle at Kingsbury Hall): Odyssey, or ODT, has been around since 1994. Their Halloween dance spectacular, “Thriller,” has become a seasonal sell-out hit. They employ 30 dancers, more than half of which are from Utah. www.odysseydance.com • Feb. 27-29, 2020: “Shut-Up & Dance-A Midsummer Night’s Dream in Vegas” • October 2020: “Thriller” Westminster College Dance Department (1840 S. 1300 East): Westminster College also has a busy dance department, providing public performances from the elegant Dumke Student Theatre.

• March 20-21, 2020: Westminster Dance Company Show • April 24-25, 2020: “Kaleidoscope” University of Utah Dance Department (240 S. 1500 East): The U has ballet, modern dance, and screendance performances for fellow students as well as the public. They also have competitions and guest performances throughout the school year.

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Utah Chamber Artists: Based in Salt Lake City, Utah Chamber Artists is a group of singers and musicians that believe in performing meaningful music for all. They perform around the valley, primarily the Libby Gardner Concert Hall on the University of Utah’s campus. The group has been performing since 1991. www.utahchamberartists.org • Feb. 24, 2020: Winter Concert • May 4, 2020: Spring Concert Salt Lake Choral Artists (SLCA): This non-profit organization believes in providing an opportunity for singers of all ages, backgrounds, faiths and vocal abilities. They have been singing and playing music for audiences since 2004. www.saltlakechoralartists.org • Feb. 15, 2020: “My Funny Valentine: Love Songs Through The Ages” • Feb. 22, 2020: “Our Heart’s Delight: A Musical Dim Sum” • March 21, 2020: “Look at the World: Youth Honor Choir Festival” • April 24-25. 2020: “Amadeus!” Requiem by Mozart • May 7, 2020: “The Moon, the Stars, the Music” • June 27, 2020: Salt Lake Vocal Artists “Bon Voyage” Concert l

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Less technology means better family connections says USU researcher

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f you’re looking for a New Year’s resolution that will help your family, try putting down your phone.

That’s a suggestion from David Schramm, Utah State University assistant professor and Extension family life specialist. Schramm has recently completed a nationwide survey asking parents how they felt about the effect of technology use on face-toface interaction between family members. He said it’s that interaction that strengthens both spousal and parent-child relationships.

Among the 631 parents surveyed, a full 62% said that the interference of technology was a big problem in their family.

“It comes down to communication and connection,” said Schramm, also known as the USU relationship specialist “Dr. Dave.”

“Cellphones get in the way of face-to-face conversation, and I wanted to get an idea of how prevalent it was.”

In the survey, he used the term “technoference” to describe the way technology use interfered in face-to-face interaction with others. He also focused on two specific areas of family interaction — the dinner table and the parent’s bedroom.

“I consider those two places where real According to a new survey, taking phones to bed can have a detrimental impact on a marriage. (Photo courtesy communication and connection can happen,” of Utah State University) he said. “I’m not anti-technology, but I think

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As an extension of that, nearly 25% said they felt like their partner’s use of technology in bed interferes with their sexual relationship. Forty-five percent considered technology a big problem in their marriage. Fifty-five percent felt like their spouse/partner spends too much time on their cell phone, and 48% said they wished their significant other would spend less time on their cell phone and more time with their children.

Fifty-three percent admitted that they believed they personally are on their cell phone too much, while 59% believed their spouse or partner is on it too much. Thirty-eight percent of adults admit to using technology at least occasionally while eating at home with family members. Nearly as many people, 35%, reported using technology while eating at a restaurant with their spouse or partner at least occasionally.

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Sixty percent of the adults surveyed said they’re concerned about the influence technology has on their relationship with their children, and nearly one out of four wish they had more information about technology and parenting, but don’t know where to turn.

“The overall survey results show that higher levels of technology use and technoference adds up to significantly less time spent together as a couple, less satisfaction and connection, and higher levels of depression and anxiety,” he said.

Though it’s a national issue, Schramm said his inspiration for the survey was personal.

“I was in the kitchen on my phone during breakfast one morning, and my son walked right by,” he said. “It was my wife that said, ‘Do you want to say good morning to your son?’ I’m a family researcher, but it was really one of those ‘aha’ moments for me.”

For those who might be in the same boat, he said that getting a little too attached to your cell phone is perfectly understandable.

“We’re born with three essential needs to survive and thrive – safety, satisfaction and connection,” he said.

“Cell phones especially can fulfill all three needs, which is why they’re so addictive.”

Used appropriately, they can also be a thing that helps keep a family running smoothly.

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“Cell phones can be really helpful for families,” he said. “They can bring people together who live far apart, and it can help parents keep tabs on the physical and emotional safety of their children.”

The key, though, is to use your cell phone in moderation. As an extension of the survey, Schramm came up with two initiatives – K-TOOB (Kick Technology Out of Beds) and K-TOOT (Kick Technology Off of Tables). Seventy-five percent of those surveyed said that they thought K-TOOB is a good idea, while 88% felt that K-TOOT was a good idea.

If you want to include either initiative as part of your New Year’s resolutions, however, Schramm suggests a slower rollout.

“I think starting small is the best idea,” he said. “Especially for something so sudden, and that just came from one person in the family.”

He added that one way to combat both those things is to start things off with a conversation. Everyone in the family should get the chance to share their feelings and work on a solution together.

“A great first step is sitting down and having an open discussion about it, with no set agenda,” he said. “Kids, especially teenagers, want to be heard.”

If you’re uncertain how to make such a discussion happen, Schramm said that the direct approach should

work just fine.

“You can just say, ‘Hey, let’s have a tech talk. We can talk about the positives of technology, and maybe some things we can work on together for some more family face-to-face time,’” he recommended.

The most important thing, however, might be to start with cutting back your own phone time. According to Schramm, children need at least nine minutes of face-to-face contact each day. This is especially true at key points throughout the day, such as just after they wake up, just before they go to bed, and just as they get home from school. He added that spouses also need their own face-to-face contact time, moments where they can talk about their days and what they might be feeling.

The opportunities for that contact time may be more innocuous than people realize. Schramm calls them “bids for connection,” a term coined by relationship expert Dr. John Gottman.

These “bids” are everyday interactions between people that provide opportunity to share thoughts and feelings.

That sharing deepens the connection between people.

“We need to listen and watch for bids for connection,” Schramm said.

“It can be something so small as (your child or spouse coming home and saying) ‘You’ll never guess what happened today.’ If you’re distracted, you can miss it.”

Sometimes, those bids for connection can even be completely wordless.

“If your child comes home mopey and dragging his feet, that’s still a bid for connection,” he said. “You can see that, and think, ‘Oh, how am I going to respond to that?’”

If you don’t see enough bids for connection, or are concerned that you’ve missed too many, it’s possible to create more. The biggest thing is to ask questions that encourage discussion, then be ready to listen and respond to their answers. This helps your spouse or children to feel validated, an important aspect to deepening the relationship.

“You can ask questions like, ‘What was the best part of your day?’

‘What was the hardest part of your day?’ What was the happiest thought of your day?’” he said. “If you put your phone down, you can be more open to these opportunities.”

In the end, Schramm said, the most important thing is to pay less attention to your phone and more attention to your loved ones.

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Local runner turns childhood illness into fitness motivation

By Jess Nielsen Beach | j.beach@mycityjournals.com You see them every time you drive down the street: runners, of all shapes and sizes, pounding the pavement in snow or shine. For Jill Wilkins, a West Valley resident, you’re more likely to see her at a more elevated level.

Wilkins, 39, grew to love trail running after a prolonged childhood illness.

“I was really sick my whole life,” Wilkins said. “I missed four years of school. I had to have daily nutritional IVs and I was very unhealthy. I was always ‘the sick one.’”

Rather than let her illness defeat her, she used it as a way to better herself.

“I always loved the strength of runners. You’ll be driving and see people running in bad weather and think, ‘wow, good for you!’ I wanted to be the strong one, because I’ve always been the sick one.”

Although the fitness guru now has years of training under her belt, it didn’t come easy. Her first 5K was with her uncle, who was nearing his fifties. Her only goal was to not let him beat her—which he did, sooner than she expected.

“We started running and an eighth of a mile in, not even a half mile, my uncle takes off,” Wilkins said. “There’s nothing more humbling than seeing your older uncle take off and there’s nothing you can do about it.”

After finishing that race, Wilkins was determined to get better. She began to train and love the workout, and she wasn’t about to pay for a sitter.

“It’s so simplistic.” Wilkins said, explaining her routine as a mom who loves to run. “You don’t need a babysitter for the gym, you’re not stuck in a room with sweaty, smelly people not knowing what to do and being intimidated. You just put one foot in front of the other.”

Once her love of exercise was cemented, Wilkins began to explore the nearby mountains.

“I’ve always loved hiking and running,

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and then I found trail running, which just combines it all.”

In addition to the scenic views and fresh air, Wilkins is grateful for the easier toll trail running takes. Rather than the flat, monotonous pavement on roads and sidewalks, the dirt and snow serve as a cushion to not wear down as much.

“I like the mountain running because it’s very hard to do, but it’s much easier on your body. It’s less impact. There’s also trail variances, there’s rocks, roots, ups, downs; you’re using all the parts of your legs and all different tendons.”

If you’re looking to start trail running, or running in general, don’t be scared. According to Wilkins, there is one important factor if you decide to embrace the great outdoors, even in the snow.

“Running is not for everybody, but hiking is for almost everybody. You can get enjoyment out of it and you don’t have to do hard hikes. It’s putting one foot in front of the other. If you have to take a breather, do it. Get yourself out and enjoy the mountains. We are so lucky. There are so many people who pay to travel here and experience our trails, and they’re right here.”

As for fellow moms with young children, she adds, “Most people think it’s complicated to get kids out, but it’s really not. It’s no different than going sledding or seeing the lights at Temple Square. Warm clothes, snacks if they’re hungry, and hand warmers.”

If you’re ready to get out there, Wilkins recommends checking online for avalanche dangers as well as consulting the app, All Trails.

“All Trails will filter hikes, show the distance, elevation gain, etc. That way you can see oh, this will be an easy trail verses something more challenging.” Wilkins said.

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Winter sports for the non-skier: Wasatch Front offers plenty of alternatives for outdoor fun

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Sledding takes off when there is fresh snow. (Joshua Wood/City Journals)

Sledding offers winter fun for kids of all ages. (Joshua Wood/City Journals)

Kids ready to take off after a storm. (Joshua Wood/ City Journals)

The ski season got off to a solid start in Utah with a late November storm piling over 3 feet at many resorts as they opened. That should come as great news for skiers, but what about Utah’s non-skiers? Do they wait until spring and summer for warm weather outdoor activities?

from $13 to around $25 per day. Many of the shops that sell and rent ski gear also rent snowshoes. From REI or your local ski shop, it is relatively easy to get a pair of snowshoes and poles and try it out.

“Snowshoes are good,” said Alan Greenberg at Cottonwood Cyclery in Cottonwood Heights. “They’re low cost, it’s fun, it’s something to do outside. You don’t have to wait in line, the trails are free.”

While the number of snowshoe rentals is fairly low from his experience, Dailey said he rents snowshoes to couples looking for something different to do on a date, or to older customers seeking low-impact snow sports. “It still gets you in the mountains, you still get to see cool stuff, and you’re not fighting the crowds,” Dailey said. “In the summer, you have all those hiking trails available. In the winter there are way less crowds.”

While that certainly is an option, there are a lot of other things Utah’s outdoors offer. From hitting the trails on snowshoes or darting downhill on a sled at the neighborhood park, getting outside this winter is easy thanks to the Wasatch Front’s accessible outdoor wonders.

Getting outdoors on a (snow)shoestring budget

Snowshoeing presents a low impact and relatively low-cost alternative to skiing. People can enjoy the crisp, clean air of the mountains at a fraction of the cost of skiing. Snowshoes help people access nearby trails without the same crowds they might encounter during summer. It is increasing in popularity, too. According to statistics, 3.7 million people snowshoed in the United States in 2017, up from 2.4 million in 2007.

“It’s a great alternative,” said Mike Dailey at the Wasatch Powder House in Holladay. “I’ll send people to Millcreek Canyon because you don’t have all the ski traffic.

There are a lot of trails up there. You can also go to the quarry in Little Cottonwood.”

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Winter sports can be about more than snow

Ice skating presents a timeless way to enjoy winter sports. From the indoor rink at the Cottonwood Heights Recreation Center to the Olympic Oval in Kearns or outdoor rinks when they can be found, skating helps bring people together.

Greenberg of Cottonwood Cyclery is passionate about skating and has visions of expanding access to ice skating in Cottonwood Heights. “It’s easy in the summer to make excuses to go outside and do something, but in the winter, it’s really hard,” Greenberg said. “My son plays hockey and

Locals flock to parks with steep hills after a snowstorm. (Joshua Wood/City Journals)

goes to Hillcrest. If there’s an outdoor rink, he would skate there. He might meet some Brighton kids. Something like that brings a community together. That’s important.”

With sparks flying as he sharpened a customer’s skate in his shop, Greenberg talked about his vision for an outdoor ice skating rink as the centerpiece of a winter haven in Cottonwood Heights. Put it near a sledding hill, add food trucks and outdoor concerts, and the whole community could take part in winter sports right in town.

“Any ice sport is a hidden sport,” Greenberg said. “It’s tucked away in a rink.

You really have to seek it out. You’re never going to stumble upon it. In the Midwest and the Northeast, where they have that stuff, you have communities that run into each other, and it’s out there. Who knows how many kids would see a rink and say, ‘Mom I want to play hockey or I want to figure skate.’”

For those who do skate, Cottonwood Cyclery sells, repairs, and sharpens skates for hundreds of people in the area. “I’d love to have an opportunity down here, right in the middle, where people driving by look and say, let’s buy a couple of cheap hockey sticks and we’ll go dink around on the ice,” Greenberg said.

very popular among the mountain biking community,” said Sydney Ricketts of Trek Bicycle in Cottonwood Heights. “There’s definitely a large mountain biking community in Salt Lake. Fat biking is popular among mountain bikers because not many people do it so you don’t get the crowds like the ski resorts do in winter.”

The large, wide tires on a fat bike are great for riding over loose terrain like snow.

They tend to require a larger frame, particularly the fork, than most mountain bikes can accommodate. Fat bike enthusiasts find uses for them year round. “Some people are all about the fat biking,” Ricketts said. “They can definitely be a year-round bike. The traction, and the tires since they are so big, you can run them at a lower PSI. Since they’re so high volume they can act like suspension, if you will.”

In the summer, fat bikes are popular for bikepacking, which is essentially backpacking by bike. The fat tires are great for rough trails and work as well in desert sand as on the winter snow. Fat biking also offers a winter alternative to skiing when the snow might not be so great.

One limitation of winter fat biking is finding suitable trails. “Trails need to be maintained,” Greenberg said. “You can’t just fat bike on loose snow.”

A big, fat winter spin on summer sports Not to worry. One way to find good The ice and snow don’t have to put off traditionally summer sports completely. trails for fat biking is to piggyback on anOne alternative that enthusiasts in the area other winter sport. “I see a lot of people enjoy is fat biking. “Fat biking is definitely biking on snowmobiling trails like in the

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Seven years without a cold?

By Priscilla Schnarr

Another traditional summer activity that can be enjoyed in winter is fishing. Utah offers several good ice fishing spots less than an hour from the Salt Lake valley. (Photo courtesy Van Hoover)

Uintas,” Dailey said. “Mirror Lake Highway, Soapstone Road, they groom them. You have a road to ride on.”

Traditional winter fun right in town

“Rockport (State Park) is a great place,” said Karson Ranck of Fish Tech in Holladay. “It has some nice perch and rainbow trout. And it’s just 30 minutes away. There’s Jordanelle (State Park), and Strawberry (Reservoir) is really popular.”

The main obstacle to ice fishing, aside from getting over the idea of sitting in the cold for hours waiting for a bite, is getting through the ice. To do the job, people can opt for an old-fashioned manual auger or a powered one to drill a hole for their lines.

Manual augers run around $70 at Fish Tech, while powered augers can cost $600.

Ice fishing is another way to enjoy recreation areas without the crowds. There are multiple online resources to check on temperatures and ice conditions before venturing out. Making sure the ice is suitably thick for fishing is, of course, a key safety measure.

It is also a good idea to research specific locations on the lake before drilling holes. Since finding a place to fish takes a lot more work when you have to auger a hole, it helps to make a plan of action ahead of time.

Classic winter activities never go out of style. Go to a park like Mountview Park in Cottonwood Heights or Aspen Meadows Park in Sandy after a snowstorm, and you will find plenty of people sledding the steepest hills. Sledding is a low-cost activity that families can enjoy close to home.

“We’re here just to have fun with the family,” Monica Smith said as she watched her kids race down the hill at Aspen Meadows Park. “We’ll try to ski half a dozen times this year, but we probably sled more.”

People of all ages dart down snowy hills each winter, but sledding definitely seems to be about kids. It is a way for families to make the most of newly fallen snow and get outside during the winter months.

“I don’t ski; this is it,” said Levi Ortega.

“It’s all about my kids. There’s no skiing or snowboarding for me. We just sled.”

Inexpensive sleds of various designs, from plastic or foam to inflatable tubes, are widely available in stores. More elaborate sleds are also an option. “A wooden The tip of the iceberg toboggan? I can get them,” Greenberg of Other winter sport activities that can Cottonwood Cyclery said. “Think what a be enjoyed include curling, snowmobiling, killer Christmas gift that would be. It would cross-country skiing, and more. There are be really cool to have.” also opportunities to put a winter spin on more traditionally warm weather activities A fun icebreaker Another traditional summer activity like running and various team sports. Utah that can be enjoyed in winter is fishing. is renowned for its winter recreation, but Utah offers several good ice fishing spots there is much more to do on the Greatest less than an hour from the Salt Lake valley. Snow on Earth than just skiing.

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Do you have what it takes to be a professional hockey ref?

By Shaun Delliskave | s.delliskave@mycityjournals.com Did you hear about the professional hockey game where not one fight broke out? If you did, please let Jim McKenna know, because he probably would have loved to referee that game.

Hockey, after all, is the only sport with a penalty box (a temporary detention cell) and requires its referees to match the toughness of its competitors.

McKenna, while dodging hockey pucks and punches during the night, works during the day in the information technology world as an I.T. solution manager for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, a profession he has had for the last 20 years. On top of all of that, he serves in the bishopric of his Murray congregation.

“I started officiating when I was 24.

I was married and going to school and needed a way to make some extra money,” McKenna said. “I was always hard on the refs when I played, always thought they did a poor job. One of them told me to give it a try if I thought I could do better.”

The Skyline High graduate grew up playing hockey; he started at age 6. When the ice rink was not available, he and his brothers played street hockey. After graduating from the University of Utah, he continued playing hockey in recreation leagues

and decided he could, indeed, do a better job than other referees could.

“I learned very quickly; it is a lot harder than it looks. But, I loved being involved, and it was a great way to make extra money. Later on, I kept doing it because I loved working in high-level games. I have also come to meet and get to know a lot of great people,” McKenna said.

To be a professional hockey referee, you go through a process similar to the players. First, you are selected to work in developmental leagues and junior leagues, such as the USHL or NAHL. Referees are then hired to work minor professional hockey, such as the East Coast Hockey League and American Hockey League; then the National Hockey League hires the top refs of those leagues. McKenna officiates many of the Utah Grizzlies games and minor league teams in Idaho.

According to McKenna, “I was older when I started working, and so I never had the desire to move my wife to the Midwest or back East to work hockey games. Most of the refs spend several years traveling around working games to get a shot at the pro level. I was happy and lucky enough to get to work here in Utah.”

McKenna typically draws the linesman

Professional hockey referee Jim McKenna, in stripes, clears out of the way after conducting a face-off. (Photo courtesy Jim McKenna)

assignment, meaning his primary responsi- including icing and offsides, after which bility is watching for violations involving the the linesman conduct face-offs. McKencenter line and the blue line, and infractions na is also expected to break up scuffles, fistfights and other altercations that occur during the game.

His day job of working with computers and, if you will, his weekend job (working as a leader in his LDS ward) are, without question, vastly different.

“Dealing with players, no matter what the level of play—college, pro, or youth— you always have to be the adult and be in control, you can’t let your emotions get to you. I have found my faith and perspective helps me do that.

“Yes, hockey is probably one of the most colorful sports, language-wise. I have found that the older I get, the less I care about what I am being called or what the fans, coaches or players yell. I have found if I can find the humor in all the craziness, it helps.”

McKenna calls working the Salt Lake City 2002 Olympics Games the highlight of his career. He called many pre-Olympic matches and assisted the international referees with all the games.

“I worked as a linesman during the 2002 Paralympic Games. I lined the bronze medal game between Sweden and Canada. That was a blast. I got to know a number of officials from other countries, and we had a great time during that week,” McKenna said. “I also got to watch every Olympic game, including the gold medal game between the USA and Canada, which was probably the best sports experience I have had.”

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I have found that if I really want to change a behavior, I need to turn the old habit into a new one. I try to make my new habits fun, challenge myself, compete with someone else and reward myself at the end.

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If you’re not familiar with the intellectual and thought-provoking series, executive producer Andy Cohen flies to town in his invisible helicopter, rounds up glamourous white women, tells them to act like idiots, then throws a diamond necklace into a swimming pool to watch them jump in wearing slinky evening gowns.

It started in 2006 with “The Real Housewives of Orange County” and then spread like the plague through New York, Atlanta, Beverly Hills and other unsuspecting cities. In any given episode, you can expect nanny drama, coiffed eyebrows, white woman problems, plastic surgery cleavage, mean gossip, pouty lips, cats, jewelry for cats, catty behavior and lots of big hair.

Buy why Utah? Well, the series tends to be overwhelmingly white, so I guess Utah makes sense. And I’ve heard that some women in Utah live glamourous lives in upper-class communities. That rules me out. My glamourous life consists of digging through laundry for a pair of matching socks.

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“If you’re watching ‘The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City’ you can expect hysteria at the highest levels. There will be screeching, low cut gowns, pygmy goats directing traffic, Aquanet toothpaste, a jewelry heist, several cans of Pillsbury pizza crust, a lusty affair with a diesel mechanic, Spam, cabana boys with cowboy hats, Golden Retrievers wearing red pumps and a gala at Salt Lake’s newest club, Spork.”

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