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Paradise Paved : The Challenge of Growth in the New West
author
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Ringholz, Raye Carleson.
publisher
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University of Utah Press
isbn10 | asin
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0874805112
print isbn13
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9780874805116
ebook isbn13
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9780585112510
language
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English
subject
Cities and towns--West (U.S.)--Growth, Urban policy--West (U.S.)
publication date
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1996
lcc
:
HT384.U52W47 1996eb
ddc
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307.76/0979
subject
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Cities and towns--West (U.S.)--Growth, Urban policy--West (U.S.)
Page ii
1996 by the University of Utah Press All rights reserved
Printed on acid-free paper
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA
Ringholz, Raye Carleson. Paradise paved : the challenge of growth in the new West / Raye C. Ringholz ; photographs by K. C. Muscolino.
p. cm.
ISBN 0-87480-511-2 (alk. paper) 1. Cities and townsWest (U.S.)Growth. 2. Urban policyWest (U.S.)I. Title.
HT384.U52W47 1996 307.76'0979dc20 96-15764
Page iv
This book is dedicated to Jennifer, John Andrew, Nick, Max, Adam, Ashley Raye, and Lyndsey who hold the future in their hands.
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Contents
Preface
ix
Introduction: My Town
1
1. Grappling with Growth
21
2. Water, Water Everywhere?
41
3. Those Wide-Open Spaces
64
4. Home
93
5. Reinventing a Town
113
6. This Land Is My Land
158
Notes
197
Acknowledgments
203
Page ix
Preface
In writing this book as a journalistan observer and interpreter rather than an academician or professional plannerI make no pretense at producing a prescriptive text. Whereas I hope that my book will be of some aid in the classroom, my primary intent is to stimulate interest and problem-solving ideas in elected officials, members of community committees, and the general voting public who are disturbed about the rampant growth occurring in small western towns.
My own concern about the rapidly changing West evolved from personal experience. I lived in Park City, Utah, for twenty years and saw the modest little mining-town-turned ski-resort develop into a bustling city. The beautiful natural terrain and quaint Old Town that had attracted me were fast becoming urbanized. The growth syndrome of sprawling subdivisions, congested traffic, shrinking open space, and a polarized population was transforming the community at record speed.
As I traveled to places like Jackson, Wyoming; Sedona, Arizona; and Telluride, Colorado, I found we Parkites were not alone. Other western towns that had staggered under the failing extractive industries of mining, ranching, and timber-
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Employment Growth by State, October 1993 to October 1994 (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics)
ing had also opted for tourism to salvage their economies. In addition, people fleeing the crime, pollution, and hassle of the metropolis were discovering these places, selling the big house in the big city and moving to the Old West to do business electronically or just simplify their lives. Sooner than they believed it could happen, westerners were facing the impacts of growth. What was to become the clich of "Aspenization" reached even into emerging villages like Moab, Utah, and Ketchum, Idaho, where the pinch was just starting to be felt.
Sensitive to the phenomenon of this second westward rush, I wrote Little Town Blues: Voices of the Changing West. The book stated the common problems of small western communities that are being discovered: disappearance of open space and the vistas that make these places special; questionable stewardship of the environment; dissolution of economic, social, and ethnic diversity; deteriorating quality of life with creeping urbanization; and lack of affordable housing for employees forced into low-paying jobs.
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Although I could not envision a perfect solution that would be effective everywhere, I felt strongly that citizens should take control of their own destinies and work to develop a "customized growth" pattern that would preserve the individualized character and ambience of their town. With the relentless roller coaster of in-migration and development that wreak overnight changes, I proposed that we at least try to save what is left of the mountainsides, pastures, and wildlife corridors; the architectural and historical integrity of buildings; and the small-town feeling of warmth and easygoing life. In addition, I encouraged those places that have not yet been "discovered" to plan for what might well be inevitable.
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