Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Williams Home






Here are some updated pictures of the William's home. We have an estimated closing date of 11/25 and a walk through date of 11/19.

Sunday, October 4, 2009

Williams Home

Yeah! We are framing on this home. The first floor is complete and floors are going in on the upper level. They have been framing all weekend and the second floor should be completed tomorrow.

Zdunich Home

The foundation is now complete on the Zdunich's home. We will be pouring the garage and basement floors this week.

Olson Home


The Olson's home completed framing this week and is located on Culross Circle next to our previous Charles model home. It is our new Angelina floor plan. There is one home site left in this circle. If you have a friend or family member you would like in this location tell them to call Scott at 801-916-8541.

Todd Home




The new cabinets were installed in the kitchen and the counter tops are now completed. Appliances will be going in this week and touch up work will start.

Manson Home






The Manson's home is nearing completion. The appliances are almost all in and the carpet was installed last week. We need to get the glass door installed in the study and then final cleaning and touch up done and the home will be ready! Congrats Bernard and Rachelle.

Wednesday, September 23, 2009

New Rec Center

It was announced a few weeks ago that a new recreation center will be built directly down the street from our Picket Lane II subdivision. Here is a copy of the Article published in the Tooele Transcript Bulletin by Sarah Miley:


"Tooele Valley residents who have clamored for years for an indoor recreation center may soon get their wish. A Layton-based organization has announced plans to build a 70,000-square-foot rec center with 10 courts, an Olympic-size swimming pool and several other amenities on the northwest corner of SR-138 and SR-36 in Stansbury Park.

The Utah Sports Academy Community Center is being proposed by the nonprofit Utah Sports Academy, founded by Lewis Lofton, a former pro basketball player who once suited up at Weber State University.

Utah Sports Academy officials estimate construction and first-year operating costs for the project to be between $11 million and $12 million — a funding package they are still in the process of putting together.

Plans for the center include five full basketball courts, five full volleyball courts, the main pool as well as a specially designed wading pool for youth and special-needs athletes, weight and exercise rooms, a wellness instruction classroom, a refreshment and food court area, a resident pediatric physical therapist/sports therapist, men’s and women’s locker areas, a clothing and equipment retail store, and administrative offices.

David Hansen, director of organization and community development for Utah Sports Academy, said the community center would be a private-public partnership. Utah Sports Academy officials have given presentations on the project to county officials, including county commissioners, the county planning commission and the engineering department.

Hansen said his group is in the process of securing the land, a 6-acre area on the northwest corner of SR-138 and SR-36 in Stansbury Park.

Dean Gonzales, vice president of the Utah Sports Academy — and Tooele’s Junior Jazz league director — has been working on building a recreation center in the valley for five years.

“We’ve been trying to put a program out like this for years,” Gonzales said. “I think now with all the new people coming in they’re wanting a center, a focus, a structure in sports.”

Tooele County Commissioner Jerry Hurst said he thinks this type of facility would be a good addition to the county.

“I think that it’d be fantastic if we could get it located here,” he said. “I think there’s a huge need. They’re talking about organized athletics and it sounds like a great facility.”

Those with the project have informally invited various sports partners, including Tooele Junior Jazz program, Utah Special Olympics Program, Stand A Little Taller (SALT) Program (Inner-city/Anti-gang), Big Brothers, Big Sisters of Utah, the Tooele County School District, LDS Church sports, YMCA sports and YWCA sports, to be involved in the community center.

Officials hope the facility could potentially play host to meetings, tournaments, meets, invitationals, Utah Special Olympics Clinics, and multiple recreation leagues, as well as aerobics, wellness and fitness classes.

“It’ll be a private-public partnership that will not only be unique but will bring a lot of attention to the area,” Hansen said.

Gonzales said operating profits made at the center will go back into center programs and improvements.

He hopes to break ground this fall before winter sets in and open in 2010, and he said the goal is to make a true community recreation center.

“The idea is to incorporate the whole community,” he said."

Sarah Miley: swest@tooeletranscript.com