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  • Citizens groups propose bridge-less Utah Lake

    (Daily Herald) Hunters, sailors, birders, recreation-lovers and environmentalists joined together on Wednesday to tell the state to leave Utah Lake bridge-free.

    Five citizens groups paid a required $300 state fee in order to be allowed to file a four-paragraph proposal that can be summed up in four words: Leave the lake alone. The paperwork asked the groups to submit the annual income the proposal would generate to the state, and the annual cost. The answer to both: $0.

  • Utah County mulls Elk Ridge Drive/I-15 link via Salem

    (Daily Herald) It didn't take a Gallup poll to gauge the inclination of Salem residents in regard to a future extension of Elk Ridge Drive to Interstate 15 at Wednesday's work session.

    Utah County officials outlined basic route options that would pass through Salem to link the road's northern terminal, at State Road 198, to State Road 164 to the north, which would feed into I-15. Nearly every resident in the room opted for a route as far west as possible, some more passionately than others.

  • Project Cannonball takes a step backward

    (Daily Herald) The future south Utah County development, dubbed Project Cannonball, is starting to sink like its namesake -- at least for the time being.

    Cannonball, thought to be the code name for the Utah County expansion of New York-based paper products company First Quality Enterprises, Inc., a diversified group of companies that make adult and children's diapers, feminine hygiene products, tissues, paper towels and more, was to be one of the crown jewels of the county's 60,000-acre development plan for the Elberta area.

  • Environmental group sues over lack of notice on Utah Lake plan

     (Salt Lake Tribune) The Friends of Great Salt Lake say they weren't given enough notice to object to the Utah Lake Master Plan.

  • HADCO to construction Mountain View Corridor

    (Utah Pulse) The Utah Department of Transportation has selected HADCO Construction of Lehi to build the Utah County segment of the Mountain View Corridor.

    The three-mile construction area on 2100 North from Redwood Road to I-15 in Lehi, Utah consists of constructing a frontage road system of two lanes in each direction with signalized intersections, building four new bridges spanning the Jordan River, and site preparation for a future FrontRunner rail line. The project is slated for completion in the Fall of 2011.

  • Hundreds attend open house for billion-dollar data center development

    (Enterprise) Big-D Construction hosted near to 600 representatives of Utah small businesses at their open house on Jan. 12 of this year. Big-D is part of a triumvirate of general contractors bidding on the billion dollar, one million square food National Security Agency data center that will be built in Utah County.

    The construction company has the responsibility of ensuring that its team meets federal regulations requiring that 70 percent of the subcontractors used on the project qualify as minority, disadvantaged or “small” enterprises.

  • Purpose for Appraisals in Utah County Shifted in 2009

    By Kelly Lux

    Real Estate News Utah Editor

    OREM -- The number of commercial properties appraised in Utah by Free and Associates during 2009 was slightly less than those appraised in 2008, according to Stan Craft, vice president of Free and Associates.

  • It takes a village to raise a house

    (Daily Herald) In certain areas of Utah County, it may be more affordable to build 10 houses than it is to rent just one, and it has nothing to do with bad math.


    Through the Mutual Self-Help Housing program, groups of families can work together to build -- as in saw, hammer, sand and paint -- new houses for each other, and the government will help foot the bill.

  • Ground broken for new convention center at Sundance Resort

    (The Enterprise) The Redford Conference Center, in Sundance, will be completed next summer with 3,500 square feet of meeting space, including reception areas, wrapping patios, a fireplace and a catering kitchen. Built with the environment in mind, the conference center will be smaller than originally planned and will incorporate the native pines in the area. R&O Construction is the general contractor on the project. The construction of the conference center is in addition to the renovation of the lodging room.

  • Peck Ormsby Construction to build charter high school

    (The Enterprise) Peck Ormsby Construction of Lehi will be the general contractor for the new Karl G. Maeser Academy Charter High School in northern Utah County. Ken Harris Architect will be the project architect, designing the building after Brigham Young University’s Maeser Building. Ground will be broken in December on the $9 million school. Classes will begin in the 2010-11 school year. Peck Ormsby has built almost a dozen charter schools.

  • Provo, Utah County strike deal for convention center

    (The Enterprise) Utah County passed a bond resolution for up to $45 million in funding for a 120,000-square-foot convention center in downtown Provo. The bond will be funded by Utah County hotel room taxes. The three-story convention center will be built on approximately 2.5 acres between Center Street and 100 North and 200 and 300 West across the street from the Provo Marriott Hotel and Conference Center. Provo paid for two-thirds of the $6 million property. Utah County funded the rest. Mountainland Community Health Center and Atchfalaya will be relocated from the property.

  • Environmental group leery of Utah Lake bridge plan

    (Deseret News) Carol Walters is determined to do all she can to stop a bridge from being built across Utah Lake. The 60-year-old Provo resident said she couldn't live with herself if she just sat by and let it happen.

    "I don't want to spend the rest of my life looking at a bridge across Utah Lake and knowing I didn't do anything to stop it," Walters said.

  • Utah prices for homes sink while sales climb

    (Deseret News) If you're listing your house in Utah County, be ready to slash your price.

    According to data released Tuesday by the Utah Association of Realtors and the Salt Lake Board of Realtors, the Utah County housing market was brisker in the third quarter of 2009 — up 14.17 percent in number of units sold compared with the same time a year ago.

    But the average price dropped from $229,900 in the third quarter of 2008 to $215,000 in the third quarter of 2009.

  • New homebuilding firm formed by Development Associates

    (The Enterprise) A new home-building company has been formed by the principals of Development Associates Inc. The homebuilding firm already has two residential projects started — Stillwater at Saratoga in Saratoga Springs and Valentine Estates in Woods Cross. Stillwater will have 237 sites with home prices starting in the $190s and Valentine will have a combination of 93 homes and 182 townhomes starting in the $170s.

  • WinCo opening five new stores in Utah

    (Daily Herald) Move over Buy Low Market and Wal-Mart, frugal Utah County shoppers will soon have another option.

    WinCo Foods LLC, a Boise, Idaho-based discount grocery chain, is expanding into Utah with the launch of its first two stores in Midvale and West Valley on Oct. 19, and plans to open three additional stores including one in Orem by May 2010. The other two are in Roy and Ogden.

  • Paper company looks to expand in Utah County

    (Deseret News) A privately held paper products company from New York may be close to announcing plans to come to Utah County, bringing up to 250 jobs in its initial build-out.

    The Daily Herald has learned that First Quality Enterprises Inc., a diversified group of companies that make adult incontinence diapers, children's diapers, feminine hygiene products, baby wipes, adult washcloths, tissues and paper towels, has been in negotiations for the past year with multiple government and private organizations to locate a production plant in the southern Utah County.

  • Route 92 project will include commuter lanes

    (Deseret News) Here's the deal about living in northern Utah County: The towns are not exactly dotted along the freeway.

    If you're a resident of, say, Eagle Mountain or Alpine, you've got a good drive to get to Interstate 15 — anywhere from five or 10 to 15 or more miles.

  • First-time homebuyers' tax credit boosts local home sales

    (Daily Herald) Time is running out for first-time homebuyers who want to take advantage of the $8,000 federal tax credit that's scheduled to expire Nov. 30.

    For Craig and Melissa Lindsey of Provo, who are tired of paying rent and are enticed by the first-time homebuyer tax credit, they wished they had started the search for their home much earlier this year.

  • Federal funds will help 125 Utah County families

    PROVO (Deseret News) — The good news is in the mail.

    Some 125 Utah County families who thought they were losing the federal funding that helps pay their rent will find out today or Saturday that the financial assistance will continue.

    A month ago, those families were told the funding for their federal Section 8 housing vouchers would run out on Sept. 1. But thanks to an injection of $325,000 in federal funds from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, the voucher program will remain intact.

  • Utah County courts planning for growth

    PROVO (DESERET NEWS) — If you love standing in lines, feeling squished and waiting for hours, this story isn't for you.

    But for those who appreciate efficient, expanded court services, the Administrative Office of the Courts wants you to keep reading.

    Court officials know that Utah County's population is growing, especially in the northwest area, and that such growth is putting a strain on the judges, employees and buildings in 4th District Court.

  • Sundance considers building conference center

    Sundance Resort has plans to build a conference center at the Provo Canyon ski resort. The center would be between 12,000 and 13,000 square feet. The Utah County Planning Commission recommended approval to amend the Sundance site plan to make way for the conference center. Sundance will also be adding additional parking areas.

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