Cottonwood Heights neighbors ask LDS Church to preserve small park instead of selling it for development

Residents say they donated their time and money to help create the community open space on Doverhill Drive, but church leaders have so far signaled no interest in saving it.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Hope and Ruth Spataro play in a park behind a chapel in Cottonwood Heights on Wednesday, April 21, 2021. The chapel caught fire a few years ago, and the LDS Church wants to sell off the entire property, including the park that neighbors helped build in the 1970s. At rear are Joe and Lyn Spataro.

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Leia LarsenWater and land use reporter

Leia Larsen is a sixth generation Utahn and a water and land use reporter reporter for The Salt Lake Tribune. She has covered environment, energy and political issues throughout the West. When she’s not chasing the news, Leia can be found exploring the Wasatch Mountains, sleeping in the desert or rooting around her garden.

Cottonwood Heights neighbors ask LDS Church to preserve small park instead of selling it for development

Residents say they donated their time and money to help create the community open space on Doverhill Drive, but church leaders have so far signaled no interest in saving it.

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