Utahn's 'city of the future' vision stirs opposition in Vermont

SHARON, Vt. — A Utah multimillionaire's dream for what he calls "new age green communities" in Provo, in Vermont near the birthplace of LDS Church founder Joseph Smith and eventually all over the world has stirred bitter opposition from neighbors in two states.

And now a new statement from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints makes it clear that church leaders do not favor the projects.

David Hall — an inventor-businessman whose wealth came from the development of tools used in oil and gas drilling — said he believes his concept of building huge, densely packed, robotically operated communities to reduce consumption of the world's resources will eventually find acceptance.

"Only if it's the best solution," Hall said. "Then it can spread to the whole world."

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