March 2017 | Business View Magazine

122 123 Holladay, Utah pleted and we’re studying the possibility of yet another.We’re part of a regional network that is eligible for Salt Lake County funding to conduct bike feasibility studies and construct new bike routes. It’s a cooperative effort among all the local governments.We’re working on intercon- nectivity issues with our neighbor to the west and to our neighbors to the north.” “We also have a really good parks and trails system,” he adds. “We have just been awarded $2.7 million dollars for the construction of a new park, Knudsen Park, in the south end of our city that will act as a hub for biking, walk- ing, and jogging and will connect to other trail systems. And we have long range plans to work with the owner of our largest irrigation canals to allow walking paths along them to loop to our greenspace hubs and commercial districts.” Holladay has also been busy transforming the former school grounds of Holladay Elementary School –now home to City Hall and the com- munity’s civic center – into a multi-use park. City Hall Park features a new, ex- tremely popular playground, redesigned sports playing fields, arts and cultural performance space, and rebuilt, historic stone bleachers. Other activity centers are planned throughout the Park. Regarding the Holladay’s revenue stream, one major challenge for its lead- ers is trying to grow its commercial tax base in a city that is landlocked, almost fully built-out, and has long-established rights-of-way. “Our borders are finite;