2016-04-09: Mormoni utopian rakentaminen huolestuttaa paikallisia USA:ssa

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Mormon utopia in Vermont stirs worry
Businessman's plan inspired by papers of Joseph Smith

"An obelisk soars into the sky on a hill in central Vermont, marking the birthplace of the founder of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints — and perhaps heralding an immense, futuristic, utopia like community based on his papers. If a Mormon Utah businessman has his way, a development would sprout nearby, albeit many years in the future, that includes housing for 20,000 people, offices, gardens, 48 basketball courts and 48 Olympic-size swimming pools."

The communities are modeled after Joseph Smith's 1833 plans for the city of Zion.

His plan, the scope of which has never been seen in this largely rural and mountainous area, is creating concern.

"I feel like this is a bomb that's going to land on us and destroy what we have built up over the last 200 years here," said Randy Leavitt, of South Royalton, during a community meeting with Hall by phone Thursday evening.

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"I already know that the local people don't want this," he told the crowd at the Tunbridge library. "What I'm counting on is that over time people will come to like it as they understand it."

http://www.columbian.com/news/2016/apr/09/mormon-utopia-in-vermont-stirs-worry/
http://www.valleymorningstar.com/article_7c99c6a9-e056-54ca-8588-de9ba6bd9295.html

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