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  • Spanish Fork-Springville Airport expansion would require road changes

    SPANISH FORK (Deseret News) — A planned expansion of the Spanish Fork-Springville Airport would require road changes to the west of the facility, but officials say they will go along with residents' desires on those changes.

    The airstrip runs northwest and southwest, with the southwest portion near Main Street. It's so close that planes are allowed to take off from that end, but they can't land that close to the street. The airport is striped to guide pilots in farther down the runway.

  • Spanish Fork leaders say no to large sign for North Park

    SPANISH FORK (Deseret News) — Would a larger sign advertising developable commercial land help fill it with stores and shops?

    The Spanish Fork City Council doesn't think so.

    Council members Tuesday denied a request to change the sign ordinance, which allows temporary real estate signs up to 4-by-8 feet.

  • Spanish Fork's Sierra Bonita Elementary goes out for bidding

    SPANISH FORK (Daily Herald)  -- With hopes of moving dirt by May, last week the Nebo School District started trolling for bids for the construction of an upcoming elementary school on Spanish Fork's east bench.

    Set to open its doors in time for the 2011-12 school year, the newly christened Sierra Bonita Elementary will be the first of four schools on behalf of which the school district petitioned name suggestions from the public back in November.

  • Utah veterans look for land in Spanish Fork for nursing home

    (Daily Herald) As age and injuries catch up with generations of World War II and Korean War veterans, the sheer volume of infirm veterans is starting to catch up with Utah's veteran facilities.

    The Utah Department of Veteran's Affairs hopes to build two new 75,000-square-foot nursing homes with 100 beds apiece for the Utah soldiers that need them most. Spanish Fork City officials are scrambling for land to play host to one of them.

  • State plans for VA nursing home in Sp. Fork

    SPANISH FORK (Deseret News) — As a Veterans Affairs outreach worker, Thad Jensen travels to state Department of Workforce Services offices in five Utah communities twice a month to work with other veterans.

    The retired Army master sergeant answers their questions and signs them up for veterans benefits.

  • Spanish Fork rebuilding North Park

    SPANISH FORK (Deseret News) — Construction is in full swing for a new North Park to replace the old park that was torn up to become a business-recreation area.

    City leaders contracted construction of the recreation phase themselves, rather than wait on business development, which is now in a holding pattern. A dedication is scheduled for the city's 24th of July celebration. The park is just off the I-15-U.S. 6 interchange and is scheduled to be rebuilt with the state's I-15 Core project.

  • Spanish Fork puts the park back in North Park

    (Daily Herald) Spanish Fork City isn't waiting around any longer for the stagnant building market to perk up before making progress on at least a portion of the North Park development. By summer 2010, the city hopes to hand over to the public at least the park part of North Park, a business/recreation project that has essentially been in a holding pattern since its 2007 approval.

  • Spanish Fork plans for homes, schools

    SPANISH FORK (Deseret News)  — Following a lengthy slowing in construction, city officials are seeing an increase in development activity — including plans for new homes, at least two future schools and a park.

    Housing permits in Spanish Fork from January to November this year have increased from the same time period a year ago, according to the city's building department. During that time last year, the department issued 194 permits for twin homes, townhouses and single-family homes; this year, it issued 228.

    And more development is on the way.

  • Boundary decision put on hold until February

    SPANISH FORK (Deseret News) — New city councils will decide the fate of a controversial boundary shift between Spanish Fork and Mapleton.

    The Spanish Fork City Council opened a public hearing on the issue last week and then continued it to Feb. 16. New council members and mayors in both cities take office in January.

  • Homebuilder blames Spanish Fork flooding on clay soil

    SPANISH FORK (Deseret News) — Homeowners in the Lynbrook subdivision could be flooding themselves, a homebuilder says.

    Homeowners complained to the Spanish Fork City Council last month that the developer of the Black Horse townhouse community next to Lynbrook formed a berm out of the soil, preventing groundwater from running into three ponds in the area. The water accumulates during the spring and fall and runs under and into homes in the Lynbrook subdivision, they said.

    The council recently approved another subdivision in the area, despite protests from neighbors.

  • Decision on Spanish Fork-Mapleton boundary shifts to February

    SPANISH FORK (Deseret News) — New city councils will decide the fate of a controversial boundary shift between Spanish Fork and Mapleton.

    The Spanish Fork City Council opened a public hearing on the issue Tuesday and then continued it to Feb. 16. New council members and mayors in both cities take office in January.

  • Spanish Fork approves subdivision despite flooding protests

    SPANISH FORK (Deseret News) — The City Council approved a 99-home development near state Route 51 on Tuesday night despite protests from neighbors across the highway who say new construction is causing flooding in the area.

    In addition to approving Steve Maddox's residential development, Bella Vista, the council waived the minimum lot-size requirement. It also asked city engineer Richard Heap to look into neighbors' claims of flooding.

  • Spanish Fork hopes for interchange rebuild

    SPANISH FORK (Deseret News) — A scoring system that considers value to the public could make the difference whether the I-15 ramps to and from Main Street and U.S. 6 get rebuilt with the I-15 Corridor Expansion project.

    The three design-build teams vying for the $1.7 billion CORE contract have all taken a look at the maze of ramps that make up the system to see what improvements could be made, city engineer Richard Heap said. The most critical is the Main Street interchange, where traffic backs up under the narrow I-15 overpass during rush hour twice a day.

  • Spanish Fork, Mapleton to vote on boundary change intent this week

    MAPLETON (Deseret News) — Both Spanish Fork and Mapleton city councils are scheduled to vote on resolutions of intent this week to change a common boundary bringing controversial land into Mapleton where explosives manufacturing took place for more than 60 years.

    Cleanup of the Ensign-Bickford Corp., site for development near the mouth of Spanish Fork Canyon, south of Mapleton is ongoing, but the final report from the state Division of Hazardous Waste hasn't yet been issued, Mapleton Mayor Laurel Brady said.

  • Spanish 8 Theaters being remodeled

    SPANISH FORK (Deseret News) — Spanish 8 Theaters is undergoing remodeling as part of a new management effort, a spokesman said.

    The theater is now under the MyTown Cinemas family of theaters and has scheduled a "grand re-opening" in November. During the renovation, the management has planned "pardon our dust" promotions every week until the re-opening, which includes reduced prices, the spokesman said.

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  • Spanish Fork waives rule, allows tiny lots

    SPANISH FORK (Deseret News) — A city ordinance requires that residential lots be at least 6,000 square feet, but the Spanish Fork City Council waived that requirement Tuesday simply because it liked developer Steve Maddox's planned subdivision.

    The 50-foot required width was reduced to 40 feet, with just 10 feet between houses. Maddox still must go through several other steps before his 100-home Bella Vista subdivision near 900 North and state Route 51 receives final approval.

  • Four Red Carpet theaters close in Utah

    (Salt Lake Tribune) Four Utah movie theaters, all part of the locally owned Red Carpet Cinemas chain, have closed for business.

    The theaters -- the 5 Star Cinemas in Magna, the six-screen Showcase Cinemas in Taylorsville, the Gateway 8 in Bountiful, and the Spanish 8 in Spanish Fork -- had a combined 27 screens, playing first-run and discount movies.

    Red Carpet's company, JL Theatres Corp., recently defaulted on a bank loan. The bank sold JL's assets to M3B Partners LLC, a group of investors with Utah ties.

  • Spanish Fork to begin work on new North Park

    SPANISH FORK — A new North Park is expected to begin taking shape this year just north of its previous location on 1000 North and U.S. 6. The park is relocating to make way for a new multimillion-dollar commercial development that will be anchored by Home Depot and another, yet-to-be-named, big-box store. The relocated 9.85-acre park is tucked to the south and behind the future stores. Original Article

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