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Three New Tenants Sign Leases at Valley Grove in Utah
Pleasant Grove, Utah — Three new restaurant tenants have signed leases at Valley Grove, a $1.2 billion mixed-use development in Pleasant Grove. Upon full build-out, the project will comprise more than 1.5 million square feet of retail, office and hospitality space. The Great Greek Mediterranean Grill, Rancherito’s and Wildside Bowls are now open at the property, occupying a total of 5,498 square feet. Cameron Simonsen of Colliers International represented Wildside Bowls in the lease negotiations. Jace Bankhead of Legend Partners represented The Great Greek Mediterranean Grill, and Christopher Wilson of CRC Nationwide represented Rancherito’s. St. John Properties is the landlord. Other tenants at Valley Grove include Club Pilates, MilkShake Factory, Shamrock Coffee, Sip-N Drinks & Coffee, The Smoked Taco and Wayback Burger.
Utahns react to proposed property tax increases
SALT LAKE CITY — Dozens of cities, towns, and school districts across Utah want to raise taxes. In some cases, the proposed property tax hikes mean just a few extra dollars on a typical home. But in other cases, it’s a lot more than that. Brent Gray lives...
Happy Mermaid From Utah Wins First in Speed Challenge
The Olympics haven’t begun but already Utah is showing up in what is a big deal in the world of mythical underwater creatures. This woman from Provo proved to be the fastest in a competition featuring mermaids. The Merlympics takes place in Geneva, Switzerland each year and features athletes...
Creator’s Collective market has sweet treats and custom items
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (Good Things Utah) — Delilah Collings, the owner of Creator’s Collective Market, asks the community to shop and support local at her latest market on July 20th from 11-4 pm at the Lindon Community Center. We see a sampling of the items available to...
American Fork’s Steel Days honors city’s history while providing host of activities
Summer in Utah Valley comes with its yearly traditions of city celebrations and gatherings. In American Fork, that event is the annual Steel Days. The weeklong festival brings together residents both past and present along with surrounding community members and businesses to honor the city’s history and achievements. Steel...
Provo taps Lehi’s Scott Bunker to serve as head of Provo Power
Lehi’s Scott Bunker was appointed by Provo Mayor Michelle Kaufusi and confirmed by the Provo City Council on Tuesday, July 16, to serve as the next Director of Provo Power, Utah’s largest publicly owned power organization. “Having personally worked with Scott, I’m confident in his ability to keep...
Lehi Heritage Day 2024 honorees announced
The Lehi Historical Society is pleased to announce its Lehi Heritage Day 2024 honorees. These individuals have been chosen for a lifetime of great service to Lehi. “This is an outstanding group of people,” said Lara Bangerter, director of the Lehi Historical Society. “They’ve done so much to make life better in Lehi. We are pleased to have this opportunity to recognize them and share with the world the things they’ve done. We hope their stories will inspire everyone to do better and be better.”
American Fork residents to face tax increases from county, school district and water district
American Fork residents will receive their annual property tax and valuation notices this week and will notice several proposed tax increases. Alpine School District (ASD) is proposing an increase on an average residential home value ($489,000) from $1,205 to $1,394. Commercial property owners’ taxes will increase from $2,192 to $2,534. The public hearing meeting regarding the tax increase is scheduled for August 13 at 6 p.m. at the ASD offices(575 N 100 E American Fork).
City Council members disagree over Hadco annexation
On July 9, a City Council agenda item brought strong opinions and tense exchanges between Lehi’s lawmakers. The agenda item that became the hot topic of the evening was Hadco-Pacific’s (Hadco) annexation application and accompanying zoning designation of Light Industrial zoning located at approximately 2100 N. 1450 W. Applications for annexation from Utah County property into Lehi City, including initial zoning requests, are standard, and typically don’t involve controversy if the proposed zoning complies with the city’s General Plan. Typically, annexation applications are submitted in order for a property owner to be able to connect to water and power and initial zoning designation is guided by the existing General Plan. The existing General Plan shows that the property in this agenda item falls within a Light Industrial zoning district.
The birth of Utah’s tremendous art movement: Springville Museum of Art’s exhibition Salon 100: A Retrospective of 100 Spring Salons and the Students that Built Art City
When it comes to the founding of Utah’s tremendous art movement, its own “this is the place” moment occurred not in Salt Lake City nor Provo. Spanish Fork or Payson but instead in Springville, just about the same time as the town was being established in the 1850s.
Multiple cities consider joining together to create new school district
DRAPER, Utah (KUTV) — Draper City and Highland held public hearings during their Tuesday evening city council meetings debating whether or not to split away from the Alpine School District into a new school district. “There’s a lot of challenges with starting something from the ground up,” said Sean...
Wasatch Back affordable housing has positive return on investment, study says
Mountainlands Community Housing Trust advocates for and helps create affordable housing in Summit and Wasatch counties. And a study the nonprofit commissioned shows affordable housing has net positive economic impacts for the Wasatch Back. But local leaders fear the study leaves out costs and downsides. Consultants at Economic & Planning...
Opinion: Constitutional principles should guide — or stop — election challenges
Despite the final primary election canvass having concluded, ongoing election disputes remain. One of them, the 2nd Congressional District, was a very close race. Rep. Celeste Maloy was declared the winner over Colby Jenkins by a 214-vote margin out of more than 107,000 ballots cast. The other was not close at all, with incumbent Gov. Spencer Cox prevailing over state Rep. Phil Lyman by more than 37,000 votes. To borrow a line from “Sesame Street,” one of these things is not like the other. When viewed through a constitutional lens, verifying a close election outcome in the 2nd Congressional District...
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