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  • Davis County looking at three new buildings

    FARMINGTON (Deseret News) — Davis County commissioners have announced plans to construct a new county administration building, a move expected to change the face of downtown Farmington.

    Construction of the new building will be tied to building a new Davis County Library headquarters and a new Children's Justice Center, where children who are crime victims can be interviewed by police in a safe environment.

    The three buildings are estimated to cost $13.2 million, though county officials don't expect to bid out the construction until next fall.

  • Ground to be broken soon for Hill AFB's Falcon Hill

    HILL AFB (Davis County Clipper) — Ground was symbolically broken just over one year ago for the mammoth Falcon Hill project at Hill Air Force Base.

    One year later, however, there’s still little to see at the public-private partnership, between the federal government via Hill Air Force Base, and Sunset Ridge Development Partners.

    There still is hope, however, that construction will begin before year’s end.

  • School districts say now is a great time to build

    (Deseret News) Despite the recession, school district officials point to low construction costs and dipping interest rates as excellent reasons to go forward with bond elections for school building needs.

    "We can get a bigger bang for our buck," said Granite School District Superintendent Stephen Ronnenkamp.

    Davis School District is opening an elementary school in fall 2010. A prototype of the new school is Foxboro Elementary School in west Kaysville, which opened this fall. The 2010 school is being built for $2 million less.

  • Davis County to build weatherization training center

    FARMINGTON (Deseret News) — To teach residents how to prepare their homes for cold weather, Davis County plans to build a training center inside a warehouse in Clearfield's Freeport Center.

    Tuesday, commissioners awarded a contract to West Jordan-based Onyx Construction to build 7,176 square feet of classroom, office and training space inside the warehouse.

    Onyx had the lowest of 10 bids for the project at $289,900, said Marshall Scott, Davis County's facilities manager.

  • Davis theater will cost $1.2M less than projected

    CENTERVILLE (Deseret News) — Centerville officials announced Thursday that the Davis Cultural Arts Center will be built for $1.2 million less than they had projected.
    The Centerville Redevelopment Agency has had various reasons to love the bidding climate, as earlier phases of construction bids have come in lower than expected.
    In a news release Thursday, Centerville's finance director, Blaine Lutz, said the total budget for the project is now $14.3 million, down from $15.5 million initially projected.

  • Housing picture finally up for Davis

    DAVIS COUNTY (Davis County Clipper) — Thanks to federal and state housing incentives, the county’s housing picture is looking up.

    That’s according to Brad Wilson, who not only is president of Destination Homes but also chair of the Davis Economic Advisory Council (DEAC).

    The state’s $10 million for new home purchases “really cleared a lot of the inventory,” he said. “If you’re in the market for a new home, you pretty much would be hard-pressed in Davis County to find something in the standing inventory.”

  • New apartment projects up in Davis County

    DAVIS COUNTY (Davis County Clipper) — New apartments in many cities in Davis County are starting to pop up, despite the lack of apartments being rented.

    According to Arthur C. Nelson, director of the University of Utah’s Metropolitan Research Center, the amount of renters in Utah is expected to increase by at least 32-35 percent by the year 2020.

    Also, the amount of apartment construction in Utah is up 97 percent just for the 2009 year.

  • Davis plans to purchase land for health department

    CLEARFIELD (Deseret News) — Davis County is another step closer to building a new health department building in Clearfield.

    Tuesday night, the Clearfield City Council voted to sell 4 acres of land located about 22 S. Depot Street — across from Clearfield City Hall — where the $9 million, 45,000 square-foot building is planned for construction.

    Tuesday's vote means it's now the Davis County Commission's turn to consider the purchase agreement for the five parcels of land, the sale price of which will be disclosed later.

  • Davis office to aid property owners

    FARMINGTON (Deseret News) — Davis County commissioners Tuesday announced the creation of a new department to help property owners through the property-value appeals process.

    The Tax Administration Department, modeled on a similar department in Salt Lake County, is designed as a more efficient way to handle the thousands of appeals submitted to the county's Board of Equalization every year.

    By September 2008, Davis County received nearly 6,000 appeals to property values after completing valuations of all 93,000 parcels.

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