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  • Springville residents take up the Villa Theater cause

    SPRINGVILLE (Daily Herald) -- It might be years -- if ever -- before Springville City has enough free cash to refurbish the rundown Villa Theater it purchased two years ago.

    But some residents don't have that kind of time, namely members and fans of the Springville Playhouse community theater group, which will be homeless when the old city library is torn down in a year and a half.

  • Springville paves way for library bonds

    SPRINGVILLE (Deseret News) — City leaders are looking forward to May 26 when $9.8 million in municipal bonds are finally funded.

    The city is raising property taxes by $59 annually on a $220,000 median-priced home, down from the $63-per-year estimate when voters approved the bond measure in November 2008. The increase will be reflected in the November annual property tax collection.

  • Springville sets sights on $9.8M in bonds for library

    SPRINGVILLE (Daily Herald) -- The Springville City Council cleared the way Tuesday night for nearly $10 million in bonds to be issued for the city's new library.

    The unanimously passed $9.8 million parameters resolution will hold the general obligation bonds to a maximum interest rate of 6 percent if untaxed (8 percent if taxed) and a maximum bond term of 21 years, Springville finance director Bruce Riddle said.

  • Springville eyes Forest Service land -- Again

    SPRINGVILLE (Deseret News) — City leaders for years have been eying acreage next to Hobble Creek Golf Course for possible expansion.

    But it would take a land swap with the U.S. Forest Service that may now be possible, city administrator Troy Fitzgerald said Tuesday during a Springville City Council work session.

  • Springville's 400 South to close early for pipeline project

    (Daily Herald) The intersection at 400 South and 400 East in Springville will be closing a week ahead of schedule to make way for the ongoing Central Utah Water Conservancy District's pipeline project.

    City and CUWCD officials made the decision Friday to separate the project into phases; rather than closing it for four weeks starting mid-March as planned, they will close it Tuesday through March 20 and finish the second phase at a still-to-be-determined later date.

  • Magleby's bids farewell to Provo

    (Daily Herald) Magleby's founder, Doc Parkinson, talks with customers on the last day of business at the Provo location on Saturday. After 30 years in Provo, Magleby's is moving the restaurant to a recently renovated historic building on the corner Main Street and 200 South in Springville where it will share a building with Trivani International.

    "We're moving because of the incredible opportunity," Parkinson said.

  • Centennial Bank takes over subdivision

    SPRINGVILLE (Daily Herald) -- Centennial Bank has taken the reins on Jessie's Brook Subdivision in Springville now that a series of developers have left it stagnant.

    The property has changed hands a few times since Fieldstone Homes' initial development, and the current guard has left realtors and Springville City itself in the dark on about 55 acres of property with unfinished infrastructure and unsold lots.

  • Mixed-use development possible on Springville's west side

    (Daily Herald) Provo-based developer is looking to bring homes, hotels and businesses west of Interstate-15 in Springville.

    GCD, Inc. president Michael Stewart presented a basic plan for a 52-acre mixed-use development to the Springville City Council during a work session Tuesday afternoon. The council previously requested more information after the project got a green light from the Springville Planning Commission.

  • Springville Payhouse waits for new year for new home

    (Daily Herald) Utah's longest-running theater troupe will have to wait for the new year to find out where, if at all, it will be hanging its shingle in the coming years.


    The Springville Playhouse, more than 60 years old, has roughly a year and a half left to find a new home before Springville City razes its old library, in the basement of which the group currently performs.

  • Nature's Way closing Springville HQ, relocating to Wisconsin

    SPRINGVILLE (Daily Herald) -- One of Springville's biggest employers, Nature's Way, is shuttering its Utah manufacturing, packaging and distribution plant over the next two years as it consolidates its operations to Green Bay, Wis.

    The move will result in a loss of 240 jobs in Springville, with a majority of those jobs to be transferred to the Midwest, said Rory Mahony, chief operating officer of Nature's Way. But the company intends to keep a small presence in Utah County, about 30 employees, in customer service, marketing and other support roles.

  • Springville's 400 South set to reopen today

    SPRINGVILLE (Daily Herald) -- After 11 months of closed construction, Springville's 400 South (S.R. 77) reopens today -- a day ahead of schedule.

    Springville residents have no doubt seen the electronic sign on Main Street announcing its 5 p.m. unveiling; there will also be an opening ceremony of sorts at 3 p.m. to celebrate the reinvention of 400 South, which is now five lanes wide, with new bridges over the Union Pacific Railroad at 1750 West and 400 West and a new single-point urban interchange at Interstate 15.

  • 400 South in Springville could open early

    SPRINGVILLE (Daily Herald) -- UDOT is in full stride to cap off its massive $93 million S.R. 77 (400 South) project by the Nov. 20 contractual target date, or possibly even a shade sooner, UDOT spokesperson Scott Thompson said Wednesday.

    After closing on Jan. 1, the two-lane 400 South road, which served as a regional Interstate 15 access point as well as Springville's east-to-west thoroughfare, will emerge from its cocoon with a second lane in each direction and a raised, landscaped median through the middle.

  • Springville City Council sees proposed plans of new library

    (Daily Herald) Pictures of the proposed 40,000-square-foot new library building were shown to the Springville City Council in a work session Tuesday afternoon in the new council chambers of the city's newly completed civic center.

    During the presentation, the architect said that while the new civic center represents the 20th century, the new library will represent a "more forward looking building into the 21st century" and will be "a modern landmark iconic building."

  • New Springville city building has more space for police, court

    SPRINGVILLE (Daily Herald) -- Springville turned 159 years old on Friday, and residents received a 70,000-square-foot birthday present.

    The new Springville city building, located on the west side of Main Street at approximately 100 South, officially opened on Friday with a ribbon-cutting ceremony.

  • Springville approves business condos

    The Springville Planning Commission granted preliminary approval for the construction of eight business condominiums at 655 and 665 E. 400 South. Livingston Construction will build the condos and sell them separately to individual businesses.

  • Developers propose mixed-use project

    A mixed-use project of retail, office space and townhomes, Providence Place, has been approved by Springville City. The project, developed by BMA Construction and Development, will sit on approximately 29 acres near 950 West and 400 South, according to The Enterprise. Nearly 150,000 square feet of retail, approximately 50,000 square feet of office space and a number of townhomes and stacked flats will be built on the alfalfa field with construction beginning as early as this summer, the article stated.
  • New civic center for Springville

    Springville City will build a new 73,000-square-foot civic center this summer.

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