Just learned that this Saturday, 6 May, beginning at 9 AM, Smart Growth Ogden guides will lead a walk over much of the public land in the foothills that Mr. Peterson wants to develop and that Mayor Godfrey wants to sell him. At eleven stops along the way, the guides will point out what is planned for the land at that point [new golf course fairways or greens, housing, streets, etc], and how it will affect the trails now in place as well as other matters, like the geologic questions raised by construction on steep slopes near established faults. The walk will include at least part of the University land Mr. Peterson wants to buy and develop. Be a good way, I think, to get a firmer grip on what is actually being proposed and its impact public land in the foothills. The SGO people tell me everyone is welcome. As they like to say down on the bayou where I worked for some decades, "y'all come!"In this connection, and being "curious types," we instinctively went to the smartgrowthogden.org website, and found this helpful announcement.
Note: the first part of the walk involves a gain of about 350' from the 29th Street trailhead to the mouth of Waterfall Canyon. But it's all down hill from there.
Your not-so-humble blogmeister has a calendar conflict tomorrow morning, but is pleased to learn that this event will be an ongoing one, thru the entire Merry Month of May.
Rudi will be booked for the next two Saturdays, in fact, but will bring along his trusty Garmin GPS device, plotting his route and waypoints, on his next free Saturday -- May 20, 2006 -- assuming this event proceeds as planned.
What better way, we ask, to compare the grandiose promises of our local Big Government Grand Schemers - and their Greedhead Developer Puppet-Masters -- with the actual lay of the land -- more or less as God created it?
We mention this apologetically, having belatedly found several inquiries this evening re this event in Rudi's WCForum inbox.
Those of you who do attend tomorrow... please don't hesitate to chime in with your impressions.
The "first" ones are often the best.
Please don't let the cat get your tongues.
