Letter: MTC's location

Published: Monday, Sept. 17 2012 12:00 a.m. MDT

Summary

In Salt Lake City, the LDS Church considers it important enough that its headquarters be in a healthy neighborhood that it spent millions of dollars to develop City Creek Center. In Provo it is advantageous for the Missionary Training Center to be in a healthy neighborhood.

The MTC does not have to build such a neighborhood; that neighborhood already exists. It was with this objective in mind that the MTC was located where it is. All the MTC must do to maintain these surroundings is to do nothing that will negatively impact that neighborhood by ensuring structures it erects and policies it adopts are in harmony with the neighborhood. Is the MTC wise enough to do this?

Joan Barnett

Provo

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Ernest T. Bass

Bountiful, UT

Eventually they could put the MTC in City Creek Mall. It's well known that most malls are dying, at some point half of City Creek will be empty so there will be plenty of room for the MTC there.

8:33 a.m. Sept. 17, 2012
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MTC Neighbor

Provo, UT

The Provo City Council asked the Church/MTC to be a good neighbor and engage with the neighbors in dialog about this building. It is the same height as the Kimball Tower on main campus (12 actual stories--called 9 because the bottom two floors are More..

10:31 a.m. Sept. 17, 2012
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Mom of 8

Hyrum, UT

Joan, I wished I knew the point of this letter. Are you upset about the expansion? Think it's fine? The purpose of describing the neighborhood as healthy?

I'm just lost . . .

8:27 a.m. Sept. 17, 2012
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