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Ogden Downtown Alliance reports surge in visitors, seeks funds for permanent public restrooms
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Reid Thompson, executive director of the Ogden Downtown Alliance, presented the nonprofit’s 2024 annual report, saying ODA-produced events drew about 264,000 attendees and generated an estimated $11.3 million in local economic impact.
Reid Thompson, executive director of the Ogden Downtown Alliance, presented the nonprofit’s 2024 annual report at a March 4 joint work session of the Ogden City Council and the Ogden Redevelopment Agency.
Thompson said the alliance’s mission is to “increase economic vitality and community vibrancy throughout Ogden’s central business district” and outlined the group’s six strategic pillars: business support, marketing, arts programming, placemaking, events programming and coordination with Ogden City’s Community and Economic Development Department.
The alliance reported producing 27 free community events last year with an aggregate attendance of about 264,000 and an estimated $11,300,000 in economic impact. Thompson said Farmers Market Ogden drew about 212,000 visits in 2024 (an 8% increase from…
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