Elevate, Inspire, and Inform the Cedar Valley Community (Cedar Valley Sentinel)

Eagle Mountain Residents Rally to help Protect Eagle Mountain Wildlife

February 12, 2020

If you live in Eagle Mountain, or travel through Eagle Mountain, it will not take you long to see some of the diverse wildlife that call it and the Cedar Valley home. The current Mayor of Eagle Mountain, Tom Westmoreland, had started the process of trying to identify a wildlife corridor. A group of Eagle… Read more

Categories: Kestrel / Wildlife

Pertussis Confirmed at Cedar Valley High School

February 7, 2020February 7, 2020

An email was recently sent to the parents and staff of Cedar Valley High School. This email is regarding: [STUDENTS NAME]. ———————————————– Dear Parents and Staff, Please read this attached letter about confirmed pertussis (whooping cough) case at our school. This is is very important. Please contact your health care provider or the Utah County… Read more

February Newsletter Eagle Mountain Chamber of Commerce

February 6, 2020February 6, 2020

UPCOMING CHAMBER EVENTS February Business After Hours Join us for Networking and a City Update!! February 13th 5:30-7:00pm City Offices Business After Hours Networking! – 02/13/20 Connect 4 Lunch Networking Connect 4 Lunch is a great networking event! Held every third Thursday of the month at different… Read more

Categories: Eagle Mountain Chamber of Commerce

2019 Eagle Mountain Development Numbers

January 30, 2020January 30, 2020

Over the life span of Eagle Mountain there have been over 15,000 building permits issued. These permits include new residential, new commercial, basement construction, as well as other building types. Eagle Mountain has seen a steady growth over the past years. [visualizer id=”17777″] 2019 was another record year for Eagle Mountain. Eagle Mountain had more… Read more

Categories: Development / iNSIDER

EDITORIAL – Making Developers Follow the Code

January 24, 2020

Let me lay down a little ground work before I voice my opinion and discuss a topic that I think the city should address. Firstly, lets talk about the Dark Skies Ordinance. Eagle Mountain city has a Dark Skies Ordinance that was approved by the City Council in 2014. The city website states this about… Read more

Categories: City Government / Development / iNSIDER

Eagle Mountain Weather – 2019 Data

January 23, 2020

Cedar Valley Weather can at times be completely different than the areas around it. It is not uncommon for Lehi to get Snow and rain and the Cedar Valley to stay clear. A couple of years back the city of Eagle Mountain and Utah State University installed two weather stations in Eagle Mountain. One of… Read more

Categories: iNSIDER / Weather

Easy Ways to Reduce, Reuse, Recycle to Make Your Home More Eco-Friendly

January 21, 2020January 21, 2020

Eagle Mountain does give its residents several ways to be Eco-Friendly. They offer a recycle program, a trash clean-up day, Christmas Tree recycling, and leaf collection in the fall. Ace Disposal offers Eagle Mountain residents a curbside recycling program. The recycling can is full-sized and is billed at the rate of $5 monthly, compared to… Read more

Categories: Gardening / iNSIDER / Prepardness

2019 Eagle Mountain Road Studies

January 17, 2020January 17, 2020

The roads department of Eagle Mountain City preforms several road studies during the year to evaluate city needs as well as to find/verify problem traffic areas. In 2019 the Eagle Mountain roads department demoed a radar system that is used for road studies. The system could be setup in an area that will collect car… Read more

Categories: iNSIDER / Traffic

Survey Shows EM Residents Don’t Want Urbanization – No to Multi-Family and High Density

January 16, 2020January 16, 2020

There is a lot of discussion about what the difference is between Rural, Suburban, and Urban. There are several websites that discuss this, so I will just briefly identify the three types and what they include. Rural: of or relating to the country, country people or life, or agriculture. Suburban: an outlying part of a… Read more

Categories: Development / iNSIDER

2019 Fire and Medical Call Statistics

January 14, 2020

Each year I ask United Fire Authority (UFA) for statistics on the number of calls they go to each year. These calls include Medical and Fire calls. According to UFA, “Medical Calls include incidents that are dispatched as medical in nature.The total number includes traffic accidents, welfare checks, and those incidents that are “mutual aid”… Read more

Categories: Police and Fire