The Utah Legislature has appropriated $100 million to the University of Utah to facilitate relocation of the Stephen A. Douglas Armed Forces Reserve Center from the historic Fort Douglas.
The center, located along Mario Capecchi Drive on the southeast entrance of the campus, will be relocated to land held by the State Armory Board at Camp Williams, including the design and construction of new facilities at the camp in Bluffdale, according to legislative intent language.
Aundrea Peterson, the Utah Senate's deputy chief of staff, said a year ago that the Utah Legislature appropriated funding to purchase land around Camp Williams to begin to relocate Army functions from Fort Douglas.Jason Perry, the University of Utah's vice president for government relations, said the appropriation is "foundational for us to help make that move happen.
More recently, Fort Douglas and then-new student housing served the Athlete's Village for the 2002 Winter Olympic Games and later that year as the Paralympic Village. Some 50.9 acres remain, Perry said. Perry said the Fort Douglas property has not been master planned and a timeline of relocating the Armed Forces Reserve Center has yet to be established.
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