MOAB, Utah — In her 24 years living in Moab, Sara Melnicoff has fought to keep the city livable for everyone.
While many were devastated for the Walnut Lane Mobile Home Park residents who were given two months to abandon their trailers and move out, the Executive Director of Moab Solutions tries to see it as a good thing. The City of Moab bought the mobile home park in 2018, with the intent of turning it into an affordable housing development. Six years later, there’s no development and no plan in sight.
“This community is a very, very special place, and no matter the divides on certain lines, people come together to help people in need,” she said.“Green River and Monticello are where people some people relocate, and prices are going to start going up there, too,” said Melnicoff. “We have to rethink everything, and that's why I think it's really important that this land and this place get developed into apartments that people can afford.