The 120‑acre Lundin farm, nestled just beyond Midway, stands poised for a $15 million tide: a $5 million Midway open‑space bond, a $10 million Wasatch County bond, and a yet‑to‑be‑sworn lease. The Wasatch County Council, meeting in the austere Wasatch County Administrative Building, weighs a draft easement that would preserve the land yet withdraw it from the developer’s horizon. In the meantime, the county’s finances ripple across the Wasatch Mountain State Park corridor, while Utah Open Lands, led by Wendy Fischer, scripts an aesthetic future of oxidized copper boundary markers bordering a tract of native sandstone. The ROI? A nominal return on public investment, premiumed by tax‑exempt status and the intangible value of an ecological buffer. Yet every cornerstone is fraught with family litigation and bureaucratic tango. With the council’s vote teetering on the threshold of a fiscal commitment, the asset’s price tag inflates to a realm of neither luxury nor loss. I recommend: Sell.
Cable #5250December 3, 2025
Conservation Currency
The Lundin farm’s potential easement packs the same allure as a winter resort—only the margin lies in legacy, not lodging.
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