Brice Wallace

A new study indicates that 100 housing units for residents employed locally in the Wasatch Back would produce several positive impacts.

Those effects include $43.1 million in economic impact from 173 jobs, $4.2 million in local household spending, $73,000 in new local sales tax revenue, and $186,000 in new local property tax revenue.

Those figures are part of the Affordable Housing Economic Impact Analysis, unveiled by the Park City Chamber of Commerce & Visitors Bureau, in partnership with the Mountain Lands Community Housing Trust and prepared by Economic & Planning Systems Inc.

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