Reader comments: Group sees Jordan River's potential as 'jewel'

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arc | 7:41 a.m. May 4, 2008
Envision Utah has don a lot of good. Kevin Fayles does a wonderful job.

I don't know who wrote the words to the survey, that should have been linked to in this article. blueprint dot slco dot org

The survey should be filled out by everyone. Just remember that it is full of bias and that they want you to change your thinking while you take it. They won't even let you start answering until page 11.
Mark in Peoria | 1:53 p.m. May 4, 2008
Hmmm. I didn't realize you could dump old TVs in canals either....
l | 6:56 p.m. May 4, 2008
I remember about 15 years ago canoeing down the Jordan River. I believe we counted 23 shopping carts in it, along with a few couches, a headless doll, and other garbage.

People will treat the river with respect if the city works to keep it clean and maintain the area around its bank and the bridges over it.

I can't wait until the river floods in a few years and the people who have developed too close to it get state and federal aid to rebuild.
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Adriaan Boogaard of the Blueprint Jordan River project grew up near the river. "I know my way around those bushes better than I do the subdivision on this side," he says. (Tim Hussin, Deseret News)
Tim Hussin, Deseret News
Adriaan Boogaard of the Blueprint Jordan River project grew up near the river. "I know my way around those bushes better than I do the subdivision on this side," he says.