Known for toxic algae, Utah Lake could become a housing development for half a million people

The first thing Todd Parker acknowledges is that his proposal is a bit unusual. The second is that, regardless, he’s certain it can be done. “Big ideas are worth approaching,” he says with a smile.His, though, might just be the biggest environmental project in the United States: building a city in the middle of Utah Lake. Parker, an IT consultant and Provo native, has drafted the plan over the past decade. Last month, he submitted a 239-page initial report to the Utah Departmen