How a tiny Utah community fought off an LDS Church housing project and lost a temple

Erda residents balked at plans for a high-density development, and the faith ended up relocating and renaming a planned temple to neighboring Tooele.

(Image courtesy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) An artist's rendering of the exterior of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' to-be-constructed Deseret Peak Temple. It was originally going to be built in Erda. It has since been shifted to neighboring Tooele City.

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Tony SemeradReal estate reporter

Tony covers growth and development issues for The Tribune. He is a former editor and politics reporter and has been with The Tribune since 1991.