Business View Civil & Municipal | Volme 3, Issue 2

87 CIVIL AND MUNICIPAL VOLUME 3, ISSUE 2 NORTH OGDEN, UTAH the community. When this happens, it’s typically a high-end level of investment.” The city’s goal over the next decade is to maintain its existing businesses, as well as slowly build its tax base by carefully developing open and available acreage. Housing development is another major focus, with many younger professionals moving into the area. That doesn’t necessarily mean there is a lot of affordable housing available. Hess notes that even the newer townhomes are selling in the high $300,000s and low $400,000s. Further up the hillside, homes are being listed anywhere between $600,000 and $2 million. The existing that perfectly embodies the 1960s drive-in aesthetic. But it’s the community’s north end that locals consider “the main heart of the city” with its grocery stores, financial institutions, and restaurants. “Those commercial opportunities are there because we’re here to serve our residents,” shares Hess. “North Ogden isn’t a community that offers incentives for commercial development. I think the amenities we provide are right sized. We aren’t out to get the next best thing just for our sales tax revenue. Instead, we have major grocers like Lee’s Marketplace and Smith’s Food and Drug approaching us, wanting to be part of