Jordan River 2013

There has been some exciting things happen along the Jordan River this past year.  Partnerships and reinvestment to the corridor has brought some change and improvement to the river and I am proud to play a small role in this as West Valley City's representative and Chair of the Jordan River Commission.  Below is a link to Comcast Newsmaker segment that was filmed earlier in the fall:

http://www.comcastnewsmakers.com/video/jordan-river-commission/


Also the Jordan River Commission recently honored groups and individuals instrumental in advancing the Jordan River with its annual awards gala.  The Best Practices Toolkit is being unveiled to cities along the river to help them plan and prepare for the future of the river. And finally several cleanup projects and restoration work was completed in 2013.  A published newspaper account of one the restoration projects can be found below:

http://www.westjordanjournal.com/pages/full_story/16414/Restoration-project-begins-along-Jordan-River/

Citywide Development

Below is a portion of a letter that I recently sent out highlighting some notable additions to West Valley City.

Greetings! As we all prepare for the holidays I want to send you and yours some well wishes and a sincere thank you for allowing me to serve you and the community that I love. I also wanted to make you aware of a variety of new retail establishments recently opened, under construction, or planned to open in West Valley City in the near future. Below is a highlighted list of these:

  

  

Highbury Centre (Target):

 

Kneaders (open)

Dunkin Donuts (open)

Firehouse Subs (open)

Noodles & Company (open soon)

Freebirds World Burrito (open soon)

Marshalls (under construction)

Maurices (under construction)

Cinemark Movie Theatres (under construction)

Zaxbys (planned)

 

*various other stores  are in final lease discussions including a restaurant, hospitality, clothing store, etc. 

 

Shoppes at Lake Park:

 

Ross (under construction)

Rue 21 (under construction)

Zupas (open)

 

Valley Fair Mall

 

* 5 stores in final lease discussions including a restaurant, jewelry store, mid-box variety store, etc.  However, until leases are final they do not want the actual names to be released.

 

Also, CVS Pharmacy is ready to build on 3500 South and CHOW TIME BUFFET on 5600 West is to be open soon.

Public Works/Snow Removal Trucks

In an ongoing effort to streamline City services and to keep City spending down, we are always looking for ways to be innovative and to save money.  Once such example of this is the recent refurbishment of work truck vehicles, like the ones you see plowing and salting the streets.  This will save more than $500,000 in the next two years by refurbishing rather than replacing aging heavy fleet vehicles. The two trucks pictured are identical and were both purchased a decade ago; one has been refurbished.