Making A Utah Suburb Walkable

Developers and local officials are optimistic about plans to integrate walkability into a proposed mixed use development in suburban Salt Lake City, Utah.

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February 4, 2007, 5:00 AM PST

By Nate Berg

"Remember when folks used to walk to the grocery, hairdresser, coffee shop, even the office? Ambling of that sort has all but disappeared, but urban planners hope to bring it back."

"This 'neo-traditional' trend to resurrect the more-pedestrian lifestyle evokes more than a hint of nostalgia, Brodsky acknowledged. But it also makes good sense, he added."

"'High-density, mixed-use construction translates into effective use of resources,' developer Michael Brodsky said. 'You're not consuming large tracts of ground.'"

"With the central Salt Lake Valley approaching build-out, available land has grown scarce. Brodsky's company will be the first to break ground - this spring - in Fireclay."

"The $130 million 'Birkhill Station at Fireclay,' to be built in several phases over 30 of the 97 acres, will feature 400 residential units and 200,000 square feet of commercial space, parks and other amenities."

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Thursday, February 1, 2007 in The Salt Lake Tribune

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