HISTORIC PARK CITY ALLIANCE PRESENTS LOCALS’ THURSDAYS
Historic Park City businesses will once again show locals some love on Thursdays during the shoulder season. Take advantage of great deals at participating restaurants and shops, and enjoy free parking all day on Main Street on Thursdays from May 2 to June 21. Click here for more details.

4TH OF JULY PARADE AND CELEBRATION
The Park City 4th of July Parade and Celebration features a big parade on Historic Main Street, and a full day of activities including a 5k run, pancake breakfast, parade, lunch at City Park, live music, rugby games, and beer gardens, followed by fireworks at dusk. These annual festivities are brought to you by the Park City Ambassadors, a non-profit volunteer arm of the Park City Chamber Bureau. Volunteers are needed so if you would like to help out your community in this annual tradtiion, contact Kandi Kutkas at kandikutkas@yahoo.com or (801) 472-2675; or Joel Fine at joel@FineProperty.com or 435-901-2171.

BIKE FRAME BUILDER TO OPEN IN OLD TOWN
Branching from a humble beginning within a home studio and repair shop, Lucid Cycles is now officially establishing their stake in the Park City bicycle community by opening a studio and retail gallery located on the corner of Main Street and 7th.  Specialized in hand built custom bicycle frames, Lucid Cycles also features a full service bicycle repair shop and boutique in the heart of Park City.  Click here for more info.

RIVERHORSE AWARDED FOUR-STAR RATING
For the 15th straight year, Riverhorse On Main received a Four-Star Rating among Forbes Travel Guide's 2013 Star Award winners. This will add to a long list of honors as Riverhorse has been a recipient of the prestigious DiRōNA Award since 1995 and also a time-honored AAA Four Diamond award-winner.  "As a chef, this is an honor that I and my entire team aspire to, and a testament to the special work we do here each and every day," said Seth Adams, executive chef and co-owner of Riverhorse On Main.

WASATCH ACADEMY OF WINE CLASSES
Wasatch Academy of Wine is pleased to announce its first-ever wine classes scheduled to take place in the Park City area, beginning May 7th.  A ten-week course in French wines, endorsed by the French Wine Society and Wines of France, will be taught.  Rhea Cook, one of Utah’s two French Wine Scholar certified instructors, will be teaching this 10-week course at Park
City’s Elume Distinctive Lighting in Quarry Village. Each week a separate wine region of France will be presented and discussed, along with a premium wine tasting of 5-6 wines from the area.  Cheeses and breads will also be featured. The cost will be $49.00 per class or $950.00 for the entire course. For more information, or to register for classes, please call 801-243-1365 or visit frenchwinesociety.org.

GOLF INSTRUCTION ON BONANZA DRIVE
GolfTEC Utah opened its doors at a new location at 1890 Bonanza Drive in Park City.  GolfTEC has many locations nationwide and their mission is to provide a unique approach to golf improvement.  In fact, they teach over 25% of all the private golf lessons given in the U.S. annually.  For more than 15 years, GolfTEC has been helping golfers of all skill levels play better and enjoy the game more. For more info, click here.

SUMMER CONCERTS ANNOUNCED
The Park City Performing Arts Foundation announced several major summer concert events. The following acts will all perform outdoors at  Deer Valley Resort's Snow Park Amphitheater. Los Lobos, Los Lonely Boys, Alejandro Escovedo – July 4, Bruce Hornsby & the Noisemakers, Railroad Earth – July 15, Darlene Love & Muscle Shoals Live – August 4, Lyle Lovett & His Large Band – August 17, Jewel – August 24, One Republic, Sara Bareilles and Churchill – August 31.  Click here for more details.

SPIRO APPLICATIONS DUE APRIL 19TH
The Spiro Arts Artist in Residence (AiR) program features a diverse community of visual artists, composers, and writers from around the world. The program grants residents the opportunity to live and work as a part of a creative and supportive community, in a beautiful historic setting. The criteria of selection includes overall quality of work, originality, and potential for growth. New for 2013, Spiro Arts Artists in Residence will work in a semi-private studio building located within the Park City Mountain Resort plaza. Click here to download the 2013 Artist In Residence application.

PARK CITY FEATURED IN THE N.Y. DAILY NEWS
David Handschuh is a writer for the New York Daily News, who was recently hosted by the Park City Chamber/Bureau's Communications team. He recently had an article published in the New York Daily News that does a fantastic job of bringing to light Park City's unique culinary scene. Handschuh was blown away by the dining options in Park City, at one point even writing that "Park City made culinary obstacles disappear."  With well over 5 million unique visitors per month to their website, and a weekday readership of around 2.5 million, the New York Daily News is the largest newspaper in the New York metro market, and the sixth largest daily newspaper in the country. Click here to view article.

MAXWELL'S EXPANDS
The Park City location for Maxwell's East Coast Eatery is expanding their restaurant.  They recently acquired the space next door, previously occupied by ZBSports. Maxwell's is one of Park City's local favorites, specializing in home made authentic Italian cooking.  They are located on the ground floor of the Newpark Hotel, next to the plaza and and the Swaner Ecocenter at Kimball Junction.

DISHCRAWL COMES TO PARK CITY
The traditional college pub crawl takes an upscale twist with Dishcrawl, a California start-up dining experience that hosts its inaugural Park City “crawl” at four yet-to-be-revealed Main Street restaurants on April 17 at 7 pm.  Participating restaurants are kept a secret until two days before the event, at which time the first location is revealed. Tickets are $45 at dishcrawl.com/pcspring. Use promotional code pcmag to receive a 15% discount at check out.

HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OPENS RESTORE IN PARK CITY
The Habitat for Humanity ReStore is open in Park City! ReStore, a home improvement thrift store, provides materials re-use and up-cycling for a wide variety of home furnishings, accessories and building materials. Revenues from the sales of gently used donated items directly support Habitat for Humanity affordable housing programs in Summit and Wasatch Counties. ReStore is located at 6280 Silver Creek Road, at the Rocky Mountain Power Service Center, just east of Home Depot. The hours are Wednesday - Saturday 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Please call 435-487-9015 to coordinate donations. Please visit their website to sign up to volunteer, www.Habitat-Utah.org. Click on the big yellow Volunteer button to sign up to volunteer!

SNOWBASIN'S 2013/14 DISCOVERY PASS ON SALE
Snowbasin announced the Discovery Pass Program for the upcoming 2013/2014 Winter Season. The program gives several options for skiers and riders to enjoy all that Snowbasin has to offer. The Discovery Value Pass is available for a limited time for only $449. The Value Pass contains some restrictions including holiday blackout dates. For those people who want to enjoy Snowbasin every day of the season we offer the Discovery Premier Pass. The Premier Pass offers unlimited skiing and riding at Snowbasin, summer gondola use, a $159 rate on hotel rooms at Sun Valley Lodge or Inn during the 2013-14 ski season on a space available basis, a 15% discount on winter repairs in the Grizzly Center, two 50% off buddy vouchers, and tubing hill discounts. The Premier Pass is available for $649 with no blackout dates.  Finally, when you purchase the 2013/2014 Discover Pass you will be able to ski the rest of the 2012/2013 winter season!  Click here for more details.

NEW FARMERS MARKET ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS
The L'Oakley Grown Community Market is an open-air market showcasing and providing a forum for local farmers, ranchers, artists, artisans, crafters, on-site food vendors, service vendors and musicians to enhance cultural, agricultural and economic development in Eastern Summit County, Utah. The L'Oakley Grown Community Market runs 7 Saturdays: June 29, July 6, 13, 20, 27, August 3, 10.  Applications are being accepted for artists, crafters, musicians, farmers, gourmet foods, gourmet food and on-site food vendors. For more information, click here.

PARK CITY MAGAZINE NOMINATED FOR MAGGIE
The Western Publishers Association meets once a year to judge and award MAGGIE's to the regions best publications.  This year they nominated Park City Magazine as the "Best Visitor's Guide" and Salt Lake/Park City Bride & Groom as the "Best Semi-Annual Consumer Magazine".  Winners will be announced April 26th at a special ceremony during the WPA Publishing Conference at the Sheraton Gateway Hotel in Los Angeles.  Wish us luck!

WINE CLASSIC SEMINARS ON SALE
Seminar tickets are now on sale for the 9th Annual Park City Food & Wine Classic, taking place July 10-14th.  Through the rest of March, get 10% off Classic Seminars with the promo code WINEMADNESS. New this year are two seminars tailored to creative wine drinkers. SUP & Suds takes you to the water! Stand up paddle boarding is PCFWC’s first water-based seminar.  Corks & Canvas will be held at The Paint Mixer, Park City's Premier Paint & Wine Studio, where you will follow guided instruction to paint a beautiful vineyard landscape.  Click here to find out who the instructors are  and for full descriptions of all the other seminars and events.

PC MEDICAL CENTER RANKED IN TOP 1%
Park City Medical opened its doors in September 2009 and in that short time the hospital has earned a number of awards for quality, clinical excellence and patient satisfaction. The latest praise for the hospital comes from the federal government, in a recently published report citing Park City Medical Center as one of the top 50 hospitals in the country, out of approximately 5,000 accredited hospitals. Park City Medical Center ranked number 42 overall for hospitals with the highest percentage of patients who rated their hospital a nine or ten on a 0-to-10 scale.  Congratulations!

PARK CITY MTN. RESORT IS COLLECTING STORIES
Park City Mountain Resort will celebrate its 50th anniversary next winter, and will be sharing guests' stories as part of the celebration.  The resort is making an open call for guests to submit stories. Those selected will be developed into videos to be featured on its YouTube channel. The resort will showcase stories from each decade of its operation, beginning in the 1960's as Treasure Mountain up through the 2000's - so whether you were on the mountain for its first day in 1963 or more recently, Park City Mountain Resort wants to hear what you've discovered. Click here to submit stories. Pictures and video are encouraged but not required.

PARK SILLY VENDOR SIGN UPS
Park Silly Sunday Market is accepting vendor applications for the 2013 summer season and early bird discounts now apply. Park Silly is an ecofriendly open air market, street festival and community forum to be held on Main Street in Park City.  It takes place on most Sundays from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.  Click here to apply.