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Rock and Yard says Kennecott lease was stopped after liaison told company ‘town does not want us to expand’
Summary
A Copperton business owner told the town council a proposed one‑acre lease on Kennecott (Rio Tinto) land was ended after the company was told the town opposed expansion. Town leaders said they had not taken any formal position and that the parcel is outside Copperton’s jurisdiction, and pledged better coordination with Rio Tinto going forward.
Jaden Dorenbosch, owner of Rock and Yard, told the Copperton Town Council that a proposed one‑acre lease on a roughly three‑acre parcel near the east side of town was terminated after a Kennecott liaison reported a council member had said the town opposed the expansion.
Dorenbosch said his company contacted Kennecott in mid‑December and followed what he described as the normal steps with Kennecott, UDOT and Salt Lake County. Dorenbosch said Kennecott told him in mid‑February a lease draft was imminent but that in early March he was told “it was dead in the water” because “the town does not want us to expand.”
Mayor Sean, responding at the council meeting, said the council had not taken…
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