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August Map of the Month: Weber County Housing Suitability Map

Our August Map of the Month highlights a new interactive map that allows users to set their own criteria to create a custom housing suitability map for any single city or combination of cities in Weber County. We’re working to provide similar information in a region-wide map expected later this year.

Intermountain Healthcare Contributes $1 Million to Organizations in Utah to Enhance Community Health Through Social Determinants of Health

Intermountain Healthcare is making significant contributions to the Wasatch Front Regional Council (WFRC) and Utah League of Cities and Towns (ULCT), to help enhance community health by focusing on the social determinants of health throughout Utah. The social determinants of health are non-medical factors that influence the health of a family and community, such as housing instability, transportation issues, and
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Plan Spotlight: Engaging Communities in Active Transportation Planning

UTAH (The Western Planner) – A functional bicycle and pedestrian network is only as good as its weakest link. In order to make a significant bicycling mode shift, riders and potential riders need to know that they are going to experience consistent, safe, and reliable infrastructure regardless of crossing community boundaries. Implementation of consistent infrastructure is aided by consistent planning. The
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New organization aims to boost road access to upper Ogden Valley, Morgan County

OGDEN (Standard Examiner) – A new rural planning organization that will chart future transportation projects to better connect the lower and upper Ogden valleys and Morgan County was unanimously approved by the Weber County Commissioners Tuesday. Until now, Morgan County and the upper valley — home to three ski resorts, a park with dark-sky designation and a popular reservoir —