Davis Life
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December 31, 2009
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West Bountiful’s Lane Beattie, Salt Lake Chamber of Commerce President, talks candidly about economic challenges but remains solidly bullish about the future of this area and its emergence from the recent national recession. See p. A4.
Legacy Gateway to showcase ‘a community with a future’ WOODS CROSS — Big changes are in the works for the area where 500 South and Redwood Road converge. Called the Legacy Gateway due to its access to the Legacy Parkway, it is expected to become a destination site offering highend commercial retailers, class A office space and upscale residential neighborhoods. Woods Cross officials have recently released landscaping plans for the area, calling it “a great opportunity for us to put our best foot
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BY MELINDA WILLIAMS Clipper Staff Writer
LANDSCAPING PLANS in the Legacy Gateway development in Woods Cross are meant to reaffirm the area as special.
forward.” But completion of the project is expected to take time. “It will be a number of years before we see too much happening,” said Gary Uresk, Woods Cross city administrator. They had hoped the project would move along faster, but Uresk said the economy has put it on hold. “We want the development to say we’re a community with a great future, that we have something to offer,” said Uresk. The more upscale development should fit in well with residential developments recently built along
Redwood Road which feature homes on the pricier side. With only two off-ramps on Legacy, at 500 South and Parrish Lane, Uresk said the site “provides a great opportunity for the city to develop around the interchange.” The gateway project is planned to run south and north from an extended Redwood Road (which currently ends at 500 South), and west on 500 South. Most of the land belongs to one landowner. Uresk said eventually that landowner will find a buyer, and the city wants to be in a position to say, “this is our vision. This is what we’d like
to see.” The city has created a Legacy Gateway zone, to help in planning the area, but the city will not be designated a redevelopment area. Uresk said the city would like the development to serve as the western gateway to the city. He hopes it complements the Parkway and reflects well on Woods Cross, projecting a positive image and perhaps muting the city’s current image as an industrial city. “UDOT (the Utah Department of Transportation) spent a lot of money on Legacy, and we want it n See “LEGACY,” p. A4