By Shanna Francis On May 2, 2024, LRB Public Finance Advisors, an independent consulting group commissioned by the state of Utah, released the results of its modified feasibility study after receiving public input from the original study released at the end of 2023. The modified feasibility study again found that “incorporation of the proposed Ogden...Read More
Petition Instructions The Ogden Valley Incorporation Sponsors are collecting the second “Petition For Incorporation of Ogden Valley” signature sheets. Please see the signature collection locations, days and times below. Eden Park, June 5-8, 3pm-7pm (W-F), 12pm-4pm (S) Peddlers/Mountain Luxury Building, Any Day, 9am-5pm (M-F) Huntsville Mercantile, June 12-15, 3pm-7pm (W-F) Valley Market Parking Lot, Weather...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....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...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...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...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...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...Read More
Compiled by Shanna Francis Community members working toward qualifying for a state-funded feasibility study on the incorporation of Ogden Valley are continuing their efforts, despite a recent miscalculation setback on the part of Weber County who was directed by the state to qualify and quantify and gathered submitted incorporation feasibility petition signatures. The gathering of...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...Read More