As Tuesday’s defeat of a high-density development in Holladay sank in, the election result was being viewed through many different lenses.
Some took it as a victory for residents over a Holladay City Council’s blind eye to public input. Others deemed the verdict a signal that many Utahns have yet to come to terms with the state’s housing crunch.
Holladay voters rejected a zoning master plan for a $500 million housing and commercial development at the old Cottonwood Mall site by a margin of 57 percent to 43 percent, ending nearly two years of public hearings and community conflict over the controversial project.