Maeser Neighborhood Meeting
This Thursday, January 26 at 6:30 pm at the firehouse on 300 South and 700 East.
Provo Parks and Recreation Sports Registration
Our Parks and Rec Department hosts a variety of spring youth and adult programs. Registration is open now for Coed Volleyball, Spring Soccer, Track and Field, Rookie League Baseball, Challenger Soccer Camp, Hershey’s Track and Field, Minor League Baseball and Softball, Girls Fast Pitch Softball, Jr. Baseball, Start Smart Baseball, Pitch Hit & Run, and Drop in Kick Ball. Details are available online; you can register by phone at 801-852-6600 or online at http://sports.provo.org. You can also become familiar with the new concussion policy here.
UDOT
Work on University Avenue for the Central Utah Pipeline will stop around March 1st and move to 9th East in Provo, where they will work through the summer. A temporary coat of blacktop will be put on University until to serve until they return to that section in the fall to finish the project up to the mouth of the canyon. They will attempt to do the piping in front of the charter school at 4200 N when the school is not in session.
Mobile Watch
There will be a Mobile Watch Meeting on Wednesday, January 25th at 7 pm in the Police Department Training Room. Also note that the Provo Police Spring 2012 Citizens Academy will start February 15th.
School District Leadership
Provo Superintendent Randy Merrill resigned/retired earlier this month. Bob Gentry has been named as an interim superintendent while the school board conducts a national search for a permanent replacement. At their first meeting in the selection process is this morning (January 24th) at 7:30 am in the PDC, Richard Stowell from the Utah School Boards Association is helping them develop a timeline and a process to involve the community. A survey will probably be forthcoming, but you can contact the board members at any time with your comments and suggestions. Their contact information is available on the Provo School District’s website here.
FrontRunner Update
Keep your fingers crossed. It looks like the FrontRunner express train system that will run up to Salt Lake (and is already in operation from Salt Lake to Ogden) will open THIS December. Provo Mayor John Curtis blogged about it here with links to a Salt Lake Tribune article and an overhead drawing of how the transit station and parking will be laid out.
BYU Housing Upgrade
BYU is tearing down Heritage Halls in stages to construct more new apartments in the same style as those built where Deseret Towers used to be. See the Deseret News article here, and the much more in depth BYU Magazine article here. With VERY limited parking, students are being encouraged to not bring their cars to campus if they want to live there. The area is designed to be pedestrian friendly, public transportation will be available, and Hertz will off car rentals for about $8 per hour for those who really need a car for short periods of time. Students who still feel they must have a car will be able to park over in the stadium lot.
City Emails
Instead of waiting for some neighborhood chair to get around to finally sending on information, the city is encouraging residents in provo to sign up for city emails. About once a month, the city will send you an email with updates, meeting cancellations, and other news that has developed since the newsletters (sent out as an insert with Provo water/electricity bills) are sent out. To sign up, go here and enter your address.
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