With recently passed HB 323 and HB 219 county general plans now requires every county to address natural resources on federal public lands. To accomplish this Utah County needs to have a Resource Management Plan (RMP). The county is looking for resident input to help them author the RMP. To help facilitate this, the County…
Read moreCory Wride Memorial Park
On the 20th of January 2015, the City council renamed the Mid-Valley Park to the Cory B. Wride Memorial Park. The park was renamed in honor of Cory B. Wride, a member of the Utah County Sheriffs office that was killed in the line of duty in Eagle Mountain. “I think it is important for…
Read moreHow to prepare for: Floods
It’s amazing how water, a core necessity of life can turn into a monster and reveal its destruction claws. Floods are a common occurrence all over the world and can be caused by a number of factors including heavy rains, storms to failed dams and levees. The effects can be severe and the lives of…
Read moreElementary Students Artwork on Display at the State Capital
The Utah State Capitol recently had its Centennial Celebration. The event was held at the State Capital from October 3-7, 2016. The event included musical numbers from a number of schools around Utah. The event had a special open house that included a lot of activities for kids and their families. The final portion of…
Read moreEagle Mountain Gets New Church
On January 22nd at 10:00 AM at Rockwell High School Elder/Pastor Steve Pierson, and Elder/Executive Pastor Chris Pengra (also Mayor of Eagle Mountain) and a group of fellow believers officially launched the Redemption Hill Church (RHC). The first meeting had about 55 adults and 15 children in attendance. Redemption Hill Church is the result of…
Read moreThe Importance of preparing for a Natural Disaster
It is important to prepare for a natural disaster. All of the time spent in clearly thinking and planning will mean the difference between survival or not. Consider the important things you cannot do without and the way in which you will live in case the worst thing happens to you. First, sit down and…
Read moreEagle Mountain City Center Commercial Growth
The City Center of Eagle Mountain is seeing more commercial growth than it has since the city was founded in 1996. City center has recently seen the opening of a Gas Station at the Flag Roundabout located at the intersection of Eagle Mountain Blvd and Pony Express. The new Holiday Gas station opened on Nov…
Read moreEagle Mountain Residents and City Council Members March for Life
On 1/28/2017 Pro Life Utah joined with the 2017 March 4 Life Utah to show support for Life and the importance of protecting the unborn. The march participants gathered at Washington Square in Salt Lake City and then proceeded to march North on state street up to the State Capital building. Pro-Life Utah is excited…
Read moreElected Officials Discuss Traffic and Roads
Mayor Pengra (Eagle Mountain), Representative Jefferson Moss, Senator Jacob Anderegg, and Shawn Seager (Director, Metropolitan Planning Organization – Mountainland Association of Governments) had an cottage type meeting on January 20th in the Ridley’s Thunder Lounge. The meeting was attended by a dozen or so residents, including Tom Westmoreland (EM City Council), Stephanie Gricius (EM City…
Read moreMayor Pro Tempore, and other appointments
Mayor Pro Tempore? The Eagle Mountain City Council last night voted Tom Westmoreland to the position of Mayor Pro Tempore for 2017. Here is a little background on what the Mayor Pro Tempore is. Pro Tempore is a Latin phrase that means “for the time being”. Eagle Mountain has a six-council member government. Basically the…
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