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Location in Salt Lake County and the state of Utah.
Sandy (officially known as Sandy City) is a town/city in Salt Lake County, Utah, United States.
The populace was 87,461 at the 2010 census, making it the sixth-largest town/city in Utah.
Sandy is home to the Shops at South Town shopping mall; the Jordan Commons entertainment, office and dining complex; and the South Towne Exposition Center.
The town/city is presently developing an urban, walkable and transit-oriented town/city center called The Cairns.
A formal master plan was adopted in January 2017 to accommodate county-wide expansion and outlines developments and related guidelines through the next 25 years, while dividing the town/city center into diverse villages.
The Shops at South Town mall in Sandy, before 2017 redevelopment Located at the base of the Wasatch Mountains thirteen miles (19 km) south of Salt Lake City, Sandy was a likely region for early settlement.
Permanent pioneer first moved into Sandy amid the 1860s and 1870s because of the availability of territory in the less crowded southern end of the Salt Lake Valley.
Perhaps most widely believed is that Brigham Young titled Sandy for its thirsty soil, but there is no historical evidence for this. Another theory is that the name came from a legendary and colorful Scotsman, Alexander "Sandy" Kinghorn, the engineer who ran the first train line to this end of the Salt Lake Valley.
Although this seems bolstered by the initial name (Sandy Station or Sandy's Station), historians consider it unlikely in view of the short reconstructionbetween the start of the train service and the first instances of the name. In 1863, there were only four homes between Union (7200 South) and Dunyon (Point of the Mountain): the Thayne homestead at 6600 South and 800 East, one in Crescent, one at Dunyon, and a fourth outside present-day Sandy boundaries altogether.
Within a several years, Thomas Allsop, a Yorkshire farmer who had immigrated to Utah in 1853, owned nearly half of present-day Sandy from County Road to Fourth East along Alta Road to Lindell Parkway.
Farmers willing to try their hand at the thirsty soil that inspired Sandy's name took up territory along State Street, which stretched from downtown Salt Lake City to Point of the Mountain.
When silver quarrying began in Little Cottonwood Canyon, company doers recognized Sandy's value as a supply station; soon its chief street was lined with hotels, saloons, and brothels serving miners ready to spend their newly earned wages.
These made Sandy the territory's most momentous smelting center for a number of years.
Built in 1873, the barns connected Sandy to Salt Lake City and facilitated the transit of ore and other products both in and out of the area.
A streetcar line in 1907 facilitated the transit of locals to jobs in Salt Lake City; and the automobile later continued to serve that function.
The fact that Sandy did not disappear, like so many other quarrying towns that dwindled with their mother lodes, was due to its location, resources, and the spirit of its inhabitants.
Sandy was incorporated in 1893, largely as part of an accomplishment to combat what Mormon inhabitants considered "unsavory" elements in the town.
Due to its mine-based beginnings, Sandy was somewhat of a boomtown, unlike the majority of other non-urban Utah towns.
By 1900, there was only a handful of saloons and hotels, and Sandy began to more closely resemble other non-urban Utah suburbs a place where everyone knew everyone else.
It had always been assumed by small-town leaders and people that Sandy would expanded outward from its logical and historic center the hub of Main and Center streets.
Annexation issues became prominent as Salt Lake County and Sandy vied for control over territory and resources.
Sandy became a compilation of small small-town communities identified by a youthful, family-oriented population.
Owner: City of Sandy In 2014, the Sandy City government revealed blueprints to redevelop 1,100 acres of Sandy's downtown region into a new resort-style town/city center over the next 25 years, adding high-rise multi-family residentiary buildings and office towers, while also renovating the Shops at South Town shopping mall.
The plans will also add new multi-use trails, the new Hale Center Theatre, and other amenities. The town/city center universal is titled The Cairns, with the universal stretching between 9000 South and 11400 South, and Interstate 15 to the TRAX Blue Line.
The universal divides the town/city center into diverse urban villages; the areas presently under evolution include: South Village The biggest village, home to City Hall, the Hale Center Theatre, the Shops at South Town, and retail and office space; and East Village A transit-oriented evolution focused around Sandy Civic Center TRAX light rail station, including retail, office, and multi-family residentiary.
As of February 2017, the Shops at South Town redevelopment is complete and the Central Village office towers (including a new In - Contact headquarters), the Hale Center Theatre, and the Park at City Center residentiary universal are near culmination. The East Village transit-oriented evolution is almost halfway complete, with residentiary projects near culmination and mixed-use projects prepared for a late 2017 or early 2018 groundbreaking.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 22.4 square miles (57.9 km ), of which, 22.3 square miles (57.8 km ) of it is territory and 0.04 square miles (0.1 km ) of it (0.09%) is water.
Interstate 15 and State Street (US-89) run through the portions of the city, while the Jordan River forms part of the border with West Jordan and South Jordan.
Climate data for Sandy, Utah The US Enumeration Bureau estimated that the town/city population was 91,148 on July 1, 2014, a 4.2% increase since the 2010 United States Enumeration with density of 4,087 citizens /sq mile, or 1,574/km . Sandy was one of the several big metros/cities in Utah that saw a populace decline between 2000 and 2010 with a drop more than 1 percent. The town/city population remains the sixth biggest in Utah as of 2010, there were 87,418 citizens , 28,296 homeholds, and 22,553 families living in the city. The race and ethnicity compositions of the town/city were 90.0% White, 3.0% Asian, 0.7% Black, 0.6% Pacific Islander, 0.5% Native American, 2.6% from other competitions, and 2.5% from two or more competitions.
Jordan School District was the major school precinct in Sandy until 2009.
In 2007, people voted to split Jordan School District to problematic 2 separate school districts - Jordan School District and the newly-created Canyons School District. The Canyons School District is now the major school precinct positioned in Sandy.
Sandy has 18 elementary schools (Alta View, Altara, Bell View, Brookwood, Crescent, East Sandy, Edgemont, Granite, Lone Peak, Oakdale, Park Lane, Peruvian Park, Quail Hollow, Sandy, Silver Mesa, Sprucewood, Sunrise, Willow Canyon), six middle schools (Albion, Crescent View, Eastmont, Indian Hills, Mount Jordan, Union), four high schools (Jordan, Hillcrest, Brighton, and Alta), one technical school (Canyons Technical Education Center CTEC), and one alternative high school (Southpointe).
Sandy is home to a closing education ground for non-traditional pupils at the University of Utah, opened in 2015. Sandy is home to Real Salt Lake, a Major League Soccer (MLS) team established in 2004 that plays at the Rio Tinto Stadium on the city's west side.
Historic Sandy TRAX station.
The city's roads are positioned on the same grid fitness as the rest of Salt Lake County.
I-15 runs down the side of Sandy, with three exits (at 9000 South, 10600 South and 11400 South) positioned in the city.
Route 89 runs alongside to I-15 through the town/city as State Street, and Utah State Route 209 runs east/west, terminating inside the Wasatch Range at Alta Ski Resort.
The Utah Transit Authority (UTA) operates a bus fitness that reaches into the town/city (including two normal routes, three FLEX routes, and one ski service route).
Bus routes serve close-by light rail stations, commercial districts (including the Shops at South Town and the State Street commercial district), office parks, and government offices.
The ski bus route operates from Historic Sandy TRAX station to Alta Ski Area and Snowbird and runs cyclicly.
Sandy and UTA are presently developing a circulator bus or street car route between Sandy Civic Center TRAX station and South Jordan Front - Runner station.
A feasibility study was conducted by UTA in 2015, outlining the need for a circulator route, which was established into Sandy's long-term town/city center plan in January 2017. The town/city is home to four light rail stations: Historic Sandy at 9000 South; Sandy Expo, an infill station at 9375 South, serving the South Towne Exposition Center and Rio Tinto Stadium; Sandy Civic Center at 10000 South, serving the town/city center and close-by transit-oriented developments; and Crescent View at 11400 South.
All of Sandy's light rail stations are on the Blue Line, terminating at Salt Lake Central Station to the north and Draper Town Center to the south.
The 1992 TV movie Deliver Them From Evil: The Taking of Alta View is based on the Alta View Hospital hostage incident that took place in Sandy in 1991.
Elizabeth Smart was identified strolling down the street with her captors in Sandy nine months after being abducted from her home, an event dramatized in the CBS movie The Elizabeth Smart Story.
Sandy City Journal, tabloid-style journal covering small-town government, schools, sports, and features.
Sandy has two official sister metros/cities as recognized by Sister Cities International. "Sandy Long-Range Planning".
"Sandy unveils plan for new town/city center".
"Hale Center Theatre to be 'crown jewel' in Sandy's billion dollar evolution plans".
City of Sandy (2017-01-17).
"Sandy's Shops at South Town unveils new look".
"Sandy's town/city center is developing a mid-rise cluster".
"Average Weather for Sandy, UT - Temperature and Precipitation".
"University of Utah jubilates grand opening of new Sandy Center".
"Sandy Now Newsletter, February 2017".
"Sandy City: Sister Cities".
Sandy City.
Media related to Sandy, Utah at Wikimedia Commons Sandy, Utah travel guide from Wikivoyage Municipalities and communities of Salt Lake County, Utah, United States
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