To build the West’s largest sports park, Toquerville officials have partnered with Utah developers with a troubling history of conflict and bankruptcy.
to make it happen, according to a letter Ellsworth wrote to the BLM. Still the project would remain under the city’s control.
“You have partners, it doesn’t go well, it ends up badly, but it certainly doesn’t preclude people from continuing to try to bid another project,” Tusieseina said. “There’s nothing to worry about. We’re a solid group. We have the expertise.”Toquerville Athletic Recreation Complex “By working with non-profit organizations, Toquerville intends to create a world-class facility for its high school students‚” the city’s development plan states. Students and staff at the proposed Jim Thorpe Academy, named for the Native American athlete who won two gold medals in the 1912 Olympics, would work at the park under internships provided by Dixie State University, according to the plan.
Eastward would develop and operate the recreational amenities, while ACD would build the school’s “leadership campus” and raise funding for the entire project through bond financing, according to documents. Isabel Adler, public lands director for Conserve Southwest Utah, blasted the project as a “clear abuse” of the R&PP.