March 2017 | Business View Magazine

126 127 Dahle explains. (In late 2016, the largest home- builder in Utah, Ivory Homes, entered into an agreement with the owner of the site to pur- chase the land upon entitlement approval from the City. Initial rough plans indicate a greater residential presence than the original master plan for the site, but, also with a viable com- mercial component.) “The stalled development on the old Mall site hampers the city’s ability to grow its tax base, so while we’re currently unable to develop that site, we do have a 50-acre area of our tradition- al downtown that is now redeveloping,”Allred says. “And that is why development in the tra- ditional downtown area, or ‘Village Center,’ is so critical to our economic vitality.” Dahle says that the Village Center is envisioned as the core of the city, to be used as a small commercial business center, as well as a gathering place for the community. “There are two or three things that we’re doing, downtown, that are quite innovative,” Allred adds. “We have rerouted some streets, bur- ied power lines, and created a central plaza with some charming architecture to try and enhance a sense of place. In our main downtown inter- Holladay, Utah section,we’ve replaced much older, dilapidated buildings with several newer ones.And,we have recently approved two new buildings on the same site, across from the city plaza, that will host a ‘sig- nature,’Utah-based grocery store and a new, two story commercial mixed-use building. Immedi- ately to the east of these two buildings will be a three-story, thirty-nine dwelling development, adding a much needed residential component to the Village district, which envisions a healthy mix of both commercial and residential uses.” Not only are Holladay’s few commercial ar- eas - with the exception of the former Mall parcel - completely built-out, but its residential development is largely restricted to infill, or teardown and rebuild, construction. “We look Preferred vendor n iWorQ Systems Inc. www.iworq.com Established in 2001, iWorQ Systems em- powers local government - regardless of size - by providing the best tools in management solutions. iWorQ is the first company to offer Software as a Service (SaaS) management applications to cities, towns, counties, and other entities. The company provides hundreds of government agencies access to robust munici- pal management software at the most competi- tive rates on the market today.