Park City & Deer Valley

Surrounded by unobstructed mountain views, this sold Park City real estate gives its new owner approximately 1349 square feet floor plan with exceptional and remodeled two bedrooms, two-and-half bathrooms. Interior features include slate floors, natural gas heat, private hot tub on the deck and upstairs loft that has been closed in as second bedroom. This unit is furnished and well appointed. Located on 1500 Three Kings Drive, this property is close to skiing at world-class Park City Mountain Resort and the city bus route. The condo development offers a front desk for easy check-in, community clubhouse and year-round swimming pool and hot tub.

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Although Park City Utah is currently acknowledged for its world class skiing, arts and entertainment, the town used to be inhabited by a rough group of mineworkers, risk takers, saloon keepers, and ladies all in search of the earth treasure. When you walk along Old Town's streets lined with revived historic properties, you don't have to look very hard to see the remnants of Park City's silver mining years.

Conveniently located between the acclaimed Park City Mountain Resort and Deer Valley, Old Town is the a perfect location to see and be seen all year round, especially when it serves as a host to film stars, directors, artists, and other famous stars during the yearly Sundance Film Festival each January and the Park City Arts Festival each August.

Main Street, notable for its luxury shops, galleries, museums, restaurants, bars, and clubs, is within a stone's throw from any Old Town Park City real estate property. Enjoy the slopes with ski-in, ski-out access from Park City Mountain Resort and explore the rest of the area with Park City's free shuttle service. During the winter months, there is a service every 20 minutes from Old Town, which gives residents and guests easy access to Park City's other destination hotspots such as Deer Valley, The Canyons, and Park City Mountain Resort.

In Old Town homebuyers and real estate investors can find the best of Park City's historic years combined with all of today's exceptional amenities. Old Town Park City real estate properties range from the restored properties constructed during the silver boom in the late 1800's to modern-day structural design that blends attractively into the captivating setting of this historical area.

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Location, location, location! Located in the heart of the Deer Valley ski area of Park City, UT, Black Diamond Lodge offers one of the most desired ski- in/ski-out locations.  This is the only luxury condominium in Lower Deer Valley that provides a well-situated setting close to "Old Town" Park City. Among Deer Valley condos, Black Diamond Lodge offers the best ski-in/ski-out lodging accommodation.

Black Diamond Lodge features 27 three- to four-bedroom residential condos ranging from 2,094 up to 4,526 square feet. Each unit boats soaring ceilings, welcoming great rooms and open floor plan. With mountain contemporary style, all Deer valley real estate properties in this community commonly has knotty alder cabinets, doors and base and case, hardwood floors, granite and upgraded lighting and plumbing fixtures. Each unit has west-facing windows that serve as the beautiful eyes to enjoy the spectacular sunset view.

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Common amenities available for homeowners include an underground parking, ski lockers, onsite management, a fitness room and children's play room. Ski at Deer Valley in the winter and witness the electrifying concerts from your balcony or hot tub during summer. Black Diamond Lodge has everything to offer all year round.

Eleven minutes drive from Black Diamond Lodge via Royal Street is the Silver Lake Lodge that serves as a beautiful backdrop of Bald Mountain. Here, you can enjoy luscious cuisine and fine dining at Mariposa restaurant and Royal Street Café, which boasts outdoor mountain dining during summer and winter months.

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Park City Leaders want Pet Owners to Understand Leash Laws

are in Effect at the Site

Park City leaders on Thursday essentially endorsed the de facto dog park in the field outside the Park City Library and Education Center, but they also signaled they want signs posted at the site cautioning people of the illicit nature of letting dogs off their leashes in a public place.

The mayor and Park City Council discussed the library field, one of the largest tracts of undeveloped land in Old Town and a popular place for people to take their dogs to play fetch or frolic with the other canines.

The City Council requested City Hall staffers post signs with two messages at the site. The messages:

" Summit County Ordinance all dogs must be leashed, owners that allow their dogs to run unleashed may be subject to fines."

"Please be a responsible dog owner and pick up your dog's waste."

The signs also will guide people to the Quinn's Junction dog park, where dogs are allowed to be off leash. There are no signs at the site now, according to a report submitted to the elected officials in anticipation of the Thursday meeting.

Ken Fisher, who manages recreation programs, said he expects the signs to be posted at the library field by the spring. City Hall also plans to put up more dispensers with bags for people to pick up dog waste. There are two there now, Fisher's report indicated.

The decision was made after City Councilors weighed four options, with others including to put up a fence around a section of the field to create an official dog park and create a designated off-leash area at the site. The elected officials mentioned topics like ensuring schoolchildren at the Library and Education Center are safe. The discussion on Thursday also included members of the Recreation Advisory Board, a City Hall panel that helps craft policies for parks.

The library field has long drawn pet owners, with many of them saying they prefer the location to the dog park at Quinn's Junction. The field outside the library has more grass, is level and is more convenient for many people than the Quinn's Junction dog park. While there are frequently crowds of people with their dogs at the library field, there are rarely many people at the dog park at Quinn's Junction.

But leash laws are in effect in public places throughout Summit County, and the people who let their dogs off their leashes at the library field are doing so in violation of the law. The authorities typically do not enforce the law at the location, however, and there have only been sporadic complaints about the dogs being off leash.

The decision to post the signs came as winter approaches and at a time when the number of people and dogs at the field outside the library typically starts to dwindle. Dog owners who take their pets to the field have said there is camaraderie between themselves, and their dogs make friends as well. As many as 40 dogs might be at the field at some times, one of the dog owners has said.

by Jay Hamburger OF THE RECORD STAFF : The Park Record

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Park City High School Ranks #1 in Utah

KSL.com, April 20, 2009

SALT LAKE CITY -- Utah High Schools are ranked in football and basketball, but parents have no comparable way to view schools' performance in academics until now. KSL has launched a research project called KSL Schools that shows how schools stand up against each other.

To rank overall high schools, our analyst equally weighted proficiency, how schools prepare students to meet basic state requirements, advanced placement (considered college prep) and progress scores. The state says progress helps equalize the playing field by judging students at a school against their own progress rather than comparing them to students from different socio-economic categories.

Utah's Top 10 High Schools are:

1. Park City High School

2. Davis High School

3. Skyline High School

4. Viewmont High School

5. Lone Peak High School

6. Timpview High School

7. Alta High School

8. Woods Cross High School

9. Timpanogos High School

10. Mountain View High School

Those at the top come from a variety of districts. "What it says is that every school district is probably doing good job with some schools. And I think each one of them has some premiere schools," said Steve Harrison, and independent analyst with Bach Harrison.

We also ranked small high schools -- under 200 students -- using the same criteria.

Utah's Top 5 small high schools are:

1. Panguitch High School

2. Valley High School

3. Morgan High School

4. North Summit High School

5. Wayne High School

 
The rankings begged several questions. Sunday night we revealed our research identified small schools like Altamont High School and Piute High School at the top of the list for preparing all students to meet state requirements. So why didn't they make our Top Schools list?

These small school schools don't or can't offer Advanced Placement classes. So, for many students, there is a clear advantage to attending a big high school. "I think there is if you are college-bound, it certainly is; because they're able to then offer more of those advanced placement classes," Harrison said. We recognize not all success stories revolve around test scores or rankings, so we've asked every principal to send us their school stories.