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Layton city honored by risk management association

Jasen Asay, Standard-Examiner Davis Bureau

Last updated Monday, April 11, 2011 - 11:08pm

LAYTON -- Sometimes it is easier to prevent an accident than deal with the consequences. That has been the attitude of Layton city officials for several years.

And once again the city has been rewarded for its efforts.

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Concession stand use explored in Pleasant View

Terrie L. Stephenson Standard-Examiner correspondent

Last updated Tuesday, March 15, 2011 - 9:30pm

PLEASANT VIEW -- A new concession stand waits empty and unused at Pleasant View Park while the city council decides how to make best use of it.

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(MATTHEW ARDEN HATFIELD/Standard-Examiner) The Castle Heights Park playground in Fruit Heights has been closed for maintenance and repairs for two to three weeks.

Overuse temporarily closes park in Fruit Heights

Dana Rimington Standard-Examiner correspondent

Last updated Monday, February 28, 2011 - 11:50pm

FRUIT HEIGHTS -- Castle Heights Park is only six years old, but it's already suffering from disrepair and graffiti issues as the city grapples to get control of the situation.

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$8,000 donation to Pleasant View Police Department used for equipment

Standard-Examiner staff

Last updated Friday, February 18, 2011 - 11:59pm

PLEASANT VIEW -- The police department received an anonymous $8,000 donation that will be used to buy equipment, says City Recorder Laurie Hellstrom.

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Pleasant View eyes RAMP grants for trail, park

Terrie L. Stephenson Standard-Examiner correspondent

Last updated Tuesday, January 18, 2011 - 12:25am

PLEASANT VIEW -- City officials are hoping for help from RAMP funding for upcoming projects, and council members have agreed to apply for the funds in two separate applications.

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Idaho parks: Future is unclear

Eric Barker, The Lewiston Morning Tribune

Last updated Monday, January 17, 2011 - 5:18pm

Idaho State Parks will face another year of scrambling to make ends meet based on Gov. C.L. (Butch) Otter's proposed budget for fiscal year 2012 that continues an 80 percent drop in funding from previous years.

A parks spokeswoman said there are no plans to close any of the state's 30 parks but the future of the park system is uncertain. Otter has said he wants the agency to become self-sufficient and not rely on support from taxpayers.

No state park system in the country, however, has been able to survive without taxpayer support, and some friends of the agency say the system will eventually wither without more money.

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Plan to put trees in park approved by city council

Antone Clark, Standard-Examiner correspondent

Last updated Friday, November 5, 2010 - 11:23pm

FARMINGTON -- City officials have reached a compromise with a neighborhood group in the Farmington Ranches area about the placement of trees in a new park.

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Trails, park work top approved projects plan in Plain City

Standard-Examiner correspondent, Terrie L. Stephenson

Last updated Thursday, November 4, 2010 - 11:43pm

PLAIN CITY -- A trailhead for the Rail Trail is listed as a high priority for Plain City's capital improvement projects for the coming year.

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Private funds helping public parks

Los Angeles Times, Nicole Santa Cruz

Last updated Tuesday, November 2, 2010 - 8:58am

BOSTON -- Boston Common isn't aging gracefully.

The 376-year-old park's paths and curbs are cracked. In some areas, grass can't grow.

But cash could be coming in the form of corporate sponsorships. Boston Common, like many other urban park systems -- limited by strained budgets yet increasingly popular -- are finding new ways to keep their parks in good shape.

"Governments are more stressed than they have ever been because the economy has taken their tax base away," said Dan Biederman, the president of a private consulting firm that manages public spaces.

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