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Adam Strachan Awarded 16th Annual “Community Leadership Award” by Leadership Park City
Adam Strachan Awarded the 16th Annual “Community Leadership Award” by Leadership Park City
FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT:
Myles Rademan
Director of Leadership Park City
myles@parkcity.org
435.901.8778
PARK CITY, UTAH (October 5, 2018) — Leadership Park City is pleased to honor Adam Strachan as the recipient of its sixteenth annual “Community Leadership Award.” This award recognizes an outstanding Park City citizen who through sustained involvement, tireless commitment and insightful leadership has made significant contributions to the greater Park City community.
Ben Franklin wrote that “Even the greatest vision without action is simply hallucination.”
The Community Leadership Award honors individuals who act and persevere; who makes good things happen with the help of and for the benefit of others.
Adam Strachan and his family moved from Salt Lake to Park City in the late 1980s. After attending college at USC in Los Angeles and law school at the University of Utah, Adam and his wife Helen moved back to Park City in 2006. They have two kids, Hannah and Ada, who attend McPolin Elementary. Adam is an attorney in town who specializes in representing ski resorts, and Helen is a Deputy County Attorney for Summit County. They live in Prospector and try to keep their kids and themselves as active as possible in the community and the outdoors.
Adam through his tireless efforts over 10 years as a Park City Planning Commissioner and finally as Chairman of that august body shepherded the Treasure Hill project through countless meetings sometimes lasting into the wee hours of the morning. Though threatening to retire several times as his various Planning Commission terms ended, he was persuaded to stay on to share his knowledge, passion and perspectives on one of the most complicated, difficult, thorny and contentious development and land use issues ever confronting Park City. As an almost native Parkite (whom I watched grow up) and a practicing lawyer in the law firm started by his illustrious parents his attention and commitment to the future well-being of our town is an inspiration to all future community leaders. Adam approaches his service with a sense of humility, a love for learning and listening, a shining authenticity, and a commitment to personal and community health. In everything he does one recognizes a deep sense of mission and a great sense of humor.
Our community is now poised on Tuesday, November 6 to vote on the eventual future of the Treasure Hill project perhaps concluding this long running chapter in Park City’s history.
Leadership Park City is proud to honor Adam Strachan with its sixteenth annual Community Leadership Award. He exemplifies the sustained leadership necessary to strengthen community institutions, the initiative to champion practical planning, and a spirit that helps define the public good.
His extraordinary efforts to better our community has earned him tremendous respect and admiration from his peers and the tenacity with which he approaches issues is an inspiration to us all.
Adam is one of Park City’s ‘leadership heroes’, and Leadership Park City is honored to bestow this year’s annual Community Leadership Award on him. He joins previous award recipients, Candy Erickson, Bob Richer, Sally Elliott, Jan Wilking, Meeche White, Mary & Charlie Wintzer, Rob Slettom, Tina Lewis, Bill Brown, Jess Reid, Insa Riepen, Dana Williams, Christina Miller, Jenni Smith, Jane Patten, and last year’s recipient Fr. Charles Robinson, as leadership role models for our community.
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The Community Leadership Award is presented annually in October at the Leadership Park City welcoming reception and final banquet.
Now entering its 25th Silver Anniversary year, Leadership Park City is an award-winning, community-based leadership program designed to provide emerging leaders with new and additional skills and networking opportunities helping them make positive and lasting contributions to the greater Park City and Summit County communities. The program is supported by a wide variety of public and private sponsors sharing a faith in building strong communities and community leaders. The program now has over 600 participants and alumni.
Sustainability For Homes
Sometimes reducing your environmental impact can be a little overwhelming. There is a lot of new information and sometimes it changes very quickly from new research or developments. Start off small and take it a day at a time and soon you'll be able to incorporate a lot of these ideas into your daily life. Here are 10 ways to get started reducing your impact at home.
1. Sign up for the SCPW Challenge- Park City worked with Summit Community Power Works to bring this online resource to life. Here you will find 70 actions you can do at home to conserve, with all available rebates and incentives, and step-by-step instructions on how to complete each action. It's even more fun when you get your neighbors to participate and form a team to win prizes and recognition!
2. Conserve Energy - Start off by being conscious of the energy you use at home, noticing what lights are on, when the TV is on, etc. Then make a concerted effort to turn off lights and electronics when they are not needed. Conservation is not about doing without, but about using energy wisely.
Many Park City residents use snow melt products, such as heat tape, to prevent ice dams on their roofs. These snow melt systems are needed for certain roofs, but they also use a huge amount of electricity and often times we forget to turn them off when it gets warmer. In fact, some systems use as much electricity as the entire home. Make sure your snow melt system is turned off during warmer months - some systems have been found to be operating during spring/summer, costing lots of money and inflating the community's carbon footprint. If you find yourself forgetting to turn off your heat tape, you can purchase a timer that will do it for you.
4. Replace Inefficient Bulbs - Your energy audit will likely reveal that you have some inefficient bulbs in your home. Make sure to replace those with more efficient lighting options like LED bulbs which use a fraction of the energy and last much longer than older lighting technologies. You'll begin saving money immediately with this low cost and easy upgrade.
5. Unplug - Avoid phantom loads that come from gadgets and electronics that draw power even when they're off. Unplug chargers, printers, gadgets, coffee makers, toasters and other similar electronics to avoid wasting unnecessary energy. You can also plug these devices into a power strip and shut off the power strip when not being used.
6. Improve Indoor Air Quality - Sometimes your home's indoor air quality is worse than the air outdoors due to inadequate ventilation and the release of toxins indoors from furniture, chemicals, equipment and more. Learn more about the sources of indoor toxins and how to reduce them to make your home safer.
7. Upgrade Inefficient Appliances - Reduce both water and energy use by upgrading to more efficient appliances. Look for ENERGY STAR labeled appliances that are guaranteed to be more efficient. While the initial cost of the appliance may be slightly more than a regular one, the money you save on energy will more than cover the cost of the upgrade.
8. Clean Greener - Cleaning solutions in your home may actually be toxic and causing you harm. Start cleaning your home with more natural cleaning supplies that are safer for your family, pets and the environment. Look for all natural, biodegradable and non-petroleum based products.
9. Buy Green Power - One of the cheapest and easiest ways to reduce your carbon emissions is to support renewable energy from your electric utility. Our very own Rocky Mountain Power has a program for exactly that called Blue Sky. Sign up today!
10. Install a Programmable Thermostat - Making sure you don't heat or cool your home when you're not there (or when you're asleep and cozy under covers) is one of the easiest ways to save money and reduce your carbon footprint. Programmable thermosats allow you to control temperature settings for when you are at home, away, and asleep.