Can a walkable downtown thrive in the heart of suburban sprawl? This city is putting that to the test

Francisco Kjolseth // The Salt Lake Tribune

Sarah Miller biked with her 5-year-old son on a hot August afternoon to a vibrant new park in Utah City, the walkable community that sits on 700 acres in the heart of Vineyard, Utah. The area is envisioned as Vineyard’s new downtown.

They rode along the Greenline, a wide promenade flanked by pickleball, tennis and basketball courts that runs from the Vineyard FrontRunner train station toward glittering Utah Lake. She moved to Vineyard with her kids to live by the shore, she said, and she’s enjoyed watching Utah City go up near her home.

Its first two swanky apartment complexes, called 120 and 220 Bend, were finished in February, though only a few balconies had patio furniture. She and her son had the park, with its array of slides and wooden play structures to explore, almost to themselves…

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