Compiled by Shanna Francis It is estimated that the first public hearing hosted by the Utah Lieutenant Governor’s office regarding the Ogden Valley incorporation feasibility study attracted close to eight-hundred people who packed Eden’s Snowcrest Jr. High School gymnasium on the evening of January 30. The crowd filled the bleachers to capacity, then chairs were set up as people continued to pour into the school, anxious to learn more about...Read More
Compiled by Shanna Francis “Your Valley, Your Voice,” that is the call from sponsors behind the incorporation of Ogden Valley, who say they are pleased to announce that a recent study by an independent consulting firm, LRB Public Finance Advisors, commissioned by the state of Utah’s Lieutenant Governor’s Office, has concluded that Ogden Valley, as an incorporated entity, will be financially able to sustain itself at the same level of...Read More
Compiled by Shanna Francis In 1976, lifetime Valley resident Laverna Burnett Newey published her landmark book Remember My Valley, which recounts the history of this bucolic Valley from 1825 to 1976. She references in the first paragraph the “shimmering man-made lake” that forms a mirror for the surrounding mountains with its three far-reaching arms the collect the run-off water from the North Fork, Middle Fork, and South Fork rivers. She...Read More
By Steve Clarke, Feasibility Steering Committee Chairman The long awaited preliminary Feasibility of Incorporation study by Weber County has been received by the groups steering committee. The study provided useful data on revenues that might be expected within the new city boundaries, and on potential costs. The data showed a significant deficit using the originally submitted boundaries, which included Heritage Knolls, Radford Hills, Ogden Canyon, and the area generally known...Read More
Compiled by Shanna Francis Since January 2022, a team of Valley residents has been working on an effort to petition the state for a feasibility study to determine the economic viability of Ogden Valley becoming its own self-governing entity—an independent, incorporated Ogden Valley community. The initial petition effort culminated May 11, 2023 with a certificate from the state’s lieutenant governor’s office, signed by Lt. Governor Deidre M. Henderson, stating that...Read More
