The Church owns additional land in Grantsville, which is immediately adjacent to the planned spot for the temple in Erda. One week ago today, Grantsville approved a Church-sponsored request to annex 548.85 acres from Grantsville over to Erda.
With that request approved by Grantsville, barring any unexpected obstacles, that annexed land can then be used by the Church to spread out the residential development so it's not so compact. which means that, depending on how quickly the Church can submit revised plans for that development to the city of Erda, a groundbreaking could still occur within the next several months, if not more immediately than that. I'd like to accordingly note here that, with two Utah temples (Red Cliffs and Taylrsville) waiting in the wings for a groundbreaking announcement, depending on what happens with the Tooele Valley Utah Temple plans in the interim, there could be a scenario wherein any or all of those three temples could have their groundbreakings at any point between the already-scheduled groundbreakings for the Orem Utah and San Pedro Sula Honduras Temples (both of which are currently set to occur on Saturday September 5) and that of the Brasilia Brazil Temple (which is set to occur on Saturday September 26).
Of course, nothing is official until the Brethren make it so through official announcements, but given my first-hand knowledge of COVID-19 conditions here in Utah (since I monitor the daily reports that are given), the numbers here are trending downward to a degree that temple groundbreakings here in Utah won't need to be delayed in a similar manner to what we saw occur with the Alabang Philippines Temple earlier this year, and the announcement from earlier today relative to the delay for the Salta Argentina Temple's groundbreaking.And, as I have noted very recently as well, I have a feeling that the Lord will reward the efforts and good intentions of the Brethren in planning for 18 temple groundbreakings this year by opening a way for at least that many temples to have a groundbreaking, if not more. Time will tell in that respect.
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Wednesday, August 12, 2020
POSSIBLE BREAKING TEMPLE NEWS: Annexation of Church-Owned Land May Eliminate Possible Dealys for the Tooele Valley Utah Temple
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I realize different people have different experiences, but I found it mildly amusing that the people who signed the petition viewed the development as high density. I probably would have considered it low density even before having lived in NYC. Considering that there are probably more people who live on my block than who live in the town of Erda and that my block isn’t particularly high density by NYC standards, it makes me think that perhaps people should spend at least a year living in a big city, at least five years outside of Utah, stuff like that, just so they get more understanding of how other people live.
ReplyDeleteDaniel, thanks for weighing in here. You are likely correct in asserting that the average Utahn (which, by definition, includes me personally) doesn't have any first-hand knowledge of high-density housing to the degree you described. And I think that's exactly the problem here. There are precious few areas remaining here in Utah where massive development has not occurred, and the Tooele Valley area in general (and Erda and Grantsville in particular) have reportedly continued to have a small-town feel, from what I've been able to gather.
DeleteOf course, the downside to that is that, if the Church's real-estate investment arm doesn't do the development as planned now, at some point, some other real estate company will do something similar, and at some point, those communities will lose their current small-town feel.
That's the tragic side of this case. But the upside is that the Church is obviously being sensitive to the concerns of the community here at this time, and maybe changing the plans the way they have will prevent a delay of a year or longer on being able to start construction on the temple and the surrounding development.
It will be interesting to see what unfolds with this situation. Something to monitor for sure. In any case, Daniel, thanks for stopping by to weigh in here, and for sharing your experience with significantly high-density housing in the true sense of the word.
Even though I can't relate personally to what you described, I have known people who have lived in that part of the northeastern United States, so I'm familiar with the concept, just not the particulars. And I get that some people don't adjust well to change, but times change, so it helps when they can change with the times. Too bad that wasn't the case here. In the meantime, Daniel, thanks again for weighing in here. I always appreciate hearing from you.
Hello again, everyone! Within the last hour or so, the Church News has announced new members of the Relief Society and Young Women General Boards:
ReplyDeletehttps://www.thechurchnews.com/callings/2020-08-13/new-relief-society-general-board-members-2-190633
For the Relief Society General Board members, one has served extensivley at Church headquarters working with the Salt Lake Temple president, various general authorities, and has been an executive assistant to a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles; the other is a prominent Latter-day Saint author and psychologist.
And the biographhies of the new members of the Young Women General Board can be followed in the following article:
https://www.thechurchnews.com/callings/2020-08-13/new-young-women-general-board-members-190631
With the three new members of that board, one is a former broadcast journalist who has also previously worked for the Church; one has been a flute instructor; and the other works in residential and commercial design.
I am grateful to have been able to share this information with you all here. My thanks once again to you all.l
https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/church-announces-groundbreakings-for-two-utah-temples
ReplyDeleteAnnouncement for groundbreaking for Red Cliffs and Taylorville, as well as a render for Taylorville that I especially like.