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Ogden RDA outlines redevelopment projects, tax‑increment use and urges clearer city–school coordination on surplus land
Summary
David Sawyer described several RDA projects — WonderBlock, Williams International (about 300 jobs expected), an airport CRA and Union Station HTRZ plans — and both bodies discussed improving earlier coordination on surplus school property after disputes over Taylor Canyon and Edison parcels.
David Sawyer, deputy director of community and economic development for Ogden City, presented the Redevelopment Agency’s mission “to improve the lives of Ogden residents by strengthening our city's tax base and reducing long term tax pressure on our citizens,” and reviewed tools and ongoing projects the RDA is using to spur private investment.
Sawyer described tax‑increment financing as the RDA’s principal tool for paying infrastructure or remediation costs that allow private development on otherwise dormant or contaminated parcels; he cited recent…
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