In our open letter, we are trying to create a sense of community and inclusivity.

Putting

an amphitheater, food trucks, and storefronts will promote gathering and be a great addition to

Cottonwood Heights. We have specifically placed the storefronts throughout the middle of

Hillside plaza, to encourage the flow of civilians walking through, to and from the park and food

trucks.

Rhetorically, we used a lot of pathos, because we felt it was most appropriate for the

cause. A city like Cottonwood Heights truly lacks a place of center and main gathering places.

Raising children is a very emotional thing for parents, and they want the best for their kids no

matter what. Seeing this new plaza be full of family friendly storefronts, restaurants, and parks is

a safe and welcoming place that parents and their children will enjoy. By citing sources such as

the ArcSito website that designed Holladay’s town center, we included ethos in our open letter.

Downtown Holladay is a somewhat small space with little open land. The designers, architects,

and engineers worked hard to squeeze in a new community center out of what they already

had. The construction was somewhat fast, which promotes even more urgency of putting this

new Hillside plaza in. As far as logos goes, we included logos only where it seemed necessary.

With the construction being fairly easy, and the community of Holladay loving their new main

street, it only makes sense that we try to accomplish the same thing.

Our group worked super well together. From the beginning, the conversation started off a

bit slow. I first suggested a dog park in Cottonwood Heights, since the nearest one that we have

is either Draper Dayland Dog park, 15 minutes south, or Tanner dog park, 20 minutes north. I

thought this would bring people together nicely. Katelyn brought up the idea of fixing the parking

problem at Brighton. There always seems to be more cars than spots available, and when

people are forced to park on the side of rows or streets in the parking lot, they are ticketed up to

fifty dollars, which non high school students can afford. Alyssa had the initial idea for our open
letter. We acknowledged that Hillsize Plaza seemed like a permanent construction site, where

nothihg was really happening. We agreed that it would be fun to add some new characters to it.

After we had the initial idea, we were cruising. Ideas were coming up like crazy. I talked about

maybe putting rentable spaces so that small businesses would have the opportunity to grow and

feel what it would be like owning a true story, and Katelyn came up with the amphitheater.

Alyssa also added that we could add food trucks, like Soho food park in Holladay.

Everything came together so beautifully and it ended up being a project that each of us

felt passionate about eventually. I hope to see something like this truly end up in Hillside Plaza.