Welcoming Lone Peak Dialysis

I attended the grand opening earlier this month of DaVita Lone Peak Dialysis, located in the new Central Utah Clinic at 1175 East 50 South. On a personal level -- kidney disease touches my family -- I was pleased to see such a quality program open in American Fork. But it was pleasing on an official level as well. Two reasons:

1. Two patients told me about their relief at having dialysis available in American Fork. Residents of Eagle Mountain and Pleasant Grove, they had been making thrice-weekly trips to Provo for treatment, braving a commute which can easily cost an hour each way. Lone Peak Dialysis just gave them back six hours of their week. I'm pleased to watch the local economy step up to meet the demands of a rapidly growing population.

2. Darren Stutz, facility administrator, gave me some shocking news about American Fork. "We had a great experience with your City," he said. The planners, the licensers, the permitters, the Planning Commission, the water department (these folks process upwards of 120,000 gallons each month) -- just everybody, he said, was helpful, timely, reasonable and easy to work with. Having developed in Orem, Payson, and Provo, he said, he felt qualified to say American Fork was the best around.

All right, let's tell that to the homebuilders.