alan mathesonThe man who has spearheaded The Point, a major development involving 600 acres of state-owned land in Draper, is stepping down. 

Alan Matheson, who has served as executive director of The Point since mid-2019, will leave to serve in a position managing land and water resources at Rio Tinto Kennecott, where he will lead a team to create and implement a strategy for the use of the company’s 90,000 acres of land and water rights in the Salt Lake area.

Plans for The Point, site of the former home of the Utah State Prison, include a 100-acre first phase at the Please log in to see the rest of this story.