By Shanna Francis Sponsors of the Ogden Valley incorporation initiative are pleased to announce a series of lectures that will be held throughout the next several months that will address a variety of components that go into the creation and management of a new city. A former city manager for many years, Wayne Pyle will conduct the lectures, which are being hosted by the incorporation sponsor team. A native of...Read More
By Shanna Francis The Ogden Valley community is invited to attend the second of two public hearings hosted by the state of Utah’s Lt. Governor’s Office. This second public hearing on the viability of an incorporated Ogden Valley community will be held June 3, 2024 at Snowcrest Jr. High School in Eden at 6:30 p.m. On May 2, 2024, LRB Public Finance Advisors, an independent consulting group commissioned by the...Read More
The Utah Lt. Governor’s office has posted the final Ogden Valley Incorporation Feasibility Study on their web site and the link to this web site is the following: Utah Municipal Incorporations Once on the web site’s home page, scroll down to the Ogden Valley section. You will see all the documents relating to the Ogden Valley Incorporation initiative listed in this section, and the final Ogden Valley Feasibility Study is...Read More
By Shanna Francis During the last couple of months, Ogden Valley incorporation efforts had been in a “holding pattern,” waiting for behind-the-scenes statutory processes to unfold through the Lt. Governor’s (LG) Office in conjunction with independent feasibility consultants LRB and Weber County. As a result of LRB’s recent incorporation feasibility analysis, the state recommended that sponsors revise their map to remove certain state and federal lands. In addition, in the...Read More
Efforts toward incorporating Ogden Valley are moving forward; however, the next steps in the process and resulting timeline are largely in the hands of the state’s Lieutenant Governor’s (LG) office, consultants LRB, and Weber County. During February, landowners in the valley had the opportunity to opt out of the being included within the proposed boundaries of the new Ogden Valley city. By March 1, 2024, the Ogden Valley incorporation boundary...Read More
