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Mayor Tom Dolan (above) cuts the ribbon to signify the official start of The Cairns project, Sandy City’s planned transit-oriented city center. Photo courtesy of Ravell Call and the Deseret News. The Cairns logo in front of an actual cairn (below). The stack of stones known as a cairn was chosen as the symbol of Sandy’s new city center because of its purpose of guidance and bringing elements of the mountains into the city. Photo courtesy of Sandy City
City Officials Hope The Cairns Will Guide Sandy To A Bright Future
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By Peter Worona
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ountain Meets Urban” is Sandy City’s new motto, and nothing makes this more clear than The Cairns, a 30-year project that has already been put into motion. Touted as the “biggest announcement” in Sandy history, The Cairns is a planned 20 million-square-foot, 1,100-acre office, retail and residential “mountain city,” touted as the first of its kind in the world. It will all begin with 2016 construction on an off-ramp on Monroe Street, an Interstate 15 off-ramp that will go under 10600 South and lead into the heart of the city center. The entire planned center will encompass from 9000 South to 11400 South and from I-15 to the TRAX lines. The Cairns will be considered the “ultimate mountain base camp,” Sandy City Communications Director Nicole Martin said. “The Cairns is a city center that, I think, will define what city centers should be,” Martin said. “It responds to where the trends are going in terms of where people want to live. It anticipates the growth that we’re going to have in our state, and it also makes use of the amenities that Sandy City naturally has.” One of Sandy’s benefits is its close proximity to I-15 and world-class ski resorts. While there are many mountain towns, a mountain city will build off of the ability to travel anywhere quickly to provide activities and experiences beyond what is immediately noticeable, Martin said. “You’ve got ski towns where you have great access to the ski
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“ The fact that the government was willing to allow us to have this type of a meeting for small businesses—I was just in awe.”
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