Park City, Boyer partners in housing project

(Deseret News) Park City has agreed to be full partners with The Boyer Co. in a planned housing development on the city's eastern border.

By unanimous vote last week, the City Council decided to spend $5.5 million to buy land in the 200-acre project.

If built, the new neighborhood will be across the street from a shiny new Intermountain Healthcare hospital at the intersection of state Route 40 and S.R. 248.

Newly re-elected Mayor Dana Williams has thrown his full support behind the project, which could include up to 60 "affordable" homes controlled by the municipality.

"Basically, one of the things that the community has talked about for a long time is the government being more proactive about the development going on in the area," Williams said. "This is a little bit out of the norm in terms of things that we've done, but it gives us certain opportunities and certain control."

In addition to the affordable housing, the project could include up to 200 market-rate single-family homes. However, part of Park City's plan in becoming a full partner in the project is to reduce the overall density, said city affordable housing coordinator Phyllis McDonough Robinson.

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