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Former Brigham City mayor urges continued focus on economic development, cites past industrial investments
Summary
Lou Anne Christensen, a former mayor and council member, told the Brigham City Council during public comment that economic development should remain the city's top priority, citing past wins including Nucor Cain and Procter & Gamble, and pointing to local water resources and a citywide fiber project.
Lou Anne Christensen, a former Brigham City mayor and six-year city council member, told the Brigham City Council during public comment that economic development must remain the city’s “No. 1 priority.”
Christensen said the city’s strategy of recruiting industry has produced high-paying jobs and driven commercial development, which in turn increases sales-tax revenue that she said the city needs “to be able to provide those services.”
She cited specific projects she said demonstrated that approach: Nucor Cain, which she said “brought 250 jobs, 36,000,000 in infrastructure,” and Procter & Gamble, which she said invested “540,000,000 into the county” and “started with 200 jobs.” Christensen said the city’s ability to supply culinary water was a factor in landing Procter & Gamble.
Christensen also recounted earlier municipal efforts to support growth. She said Mayor Eskelson, in 1958, negotiated with property owners to acquire land and springs and to build a reservoir, actions she said made later water deliveries to industry possible. She told the council the city has likewise prioritized communications infrastructure, saying Brigham City was “part of establishing fiber optic to every home and business in Brigham City” through Utopia.
Her remarks were presented as personal recollection and historical context during the public-comment portion of the meeting; the transcript does not record any council motion or formal action in response to her comments.
