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Live from Springdale: The challenges of gateway communities on Access Utah

Striking red rock mountains surround a valley.
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Pine Creek Canyon Overlook at Zion National Park.

This episode was broadcast from Zion Canyon Mesa in Springdale. We talked to Springdale Mayor Barbara Bruno about challenges and successes facing this gateway community, how changes at Zion National Park are affecting residents and visitors, and future hopes and plans.

We also talked with with Zion Canyon Mesa Executive Director Logan Hebner. His resume includes: co-founder of Greenbox, author of "Southern Paiute: A Portrait," founder of the Bit and Spur restaurant, and founder of International Legislative Exchange.

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Tom Williams worked as a part-time UPR announcer for a few years and joined Utah Public Radio full-time in 1996. He is a proud graduate of Uintah High School in Vernal and Utah State University (B. A. in Liberal Arts and Master of Business Administration.) He grew up in a family that regularly discussed everything from opera to religion to politics. He is interested in just about everything and loves to engage people in conversation, so you could say he has found the perfect job as host “Access Utah.” He and his wife Becky, live in Logan.