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Article: A rocky time in Sandy over old gravel pit
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- Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
- Article date:
- September 18, 2005
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For a person who grew up in Sandy listening to the Beach Boys in
the '60s, it's hard to believe that the old gravel pit is stirring up
so much trouble.
Equally hard to believe is that anyone would be willing to pay the
$40 million developers are rumored to be ready to shell out for the
107-acre property if and/or when the old gravel pit is rezoned to
allow for a development that would include restaurants, shops, a park
and housing units bookended by a Wal-Mart and a Lowe's Home
Improvement Store.
If only I'd known. I'd have bought that eyesore when they were
giving it away.
The question, as anyone in Sandy not living in a gravel pit knows
by now, is whether the old gravel pit should have its ...