Help Shape Garden City’s Future Synopsis of meeting

 

Help Shape Garden City’s Future Synopsis of meeting

Over the years Garden City, Rich County and Bear Lake County have worked on several master plans. Sometimes the plans were followed, sometimes not. It was still important to have a plan.

In 2023 & 2024 a group of students from the Business School at BYU-I had developed some plans for Garden City under the direction of John Ward. They surveyed people in Garden City. Their efforts paved the way for another group of students from USU in the Landscape Architect program were studying possible projects to enhance developmental changes to Garden City. Garden City is now considered to be a “Gateway City.”

In the fall of 2024 the USU Students surveyed residents and anyone interested on their opinion as to what changes they would like to see in Garden City.

The students were assigned areas to investigate and give best case scenarios. Their work was very well presented.

One of the most important questions from the audience was, “how do we get the changes to happen when most of the property is privately owned?”

The response was, “communication and planning.” Garden City has been planning for 40 years and is still trying to work towards a common goal.

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As your editor, I am hoping that we can communicate our hopes and plans with property owners for the future of Garden City. Many thanks to the students and their professors for their work.