Council approves Vernal Community Block concept plan after extensive public input
Mar 18, 2026
The Vernal City Council unanimously approved Terracon’s preferred concept for the downtown Community Block, which includes a terraced event lawn, splash creek, playground, visitor center and phased implementation through 2032 after broad public engagement.
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The Vernal City Council on March 18 approved a preferred concept plan for the Community Block redevelopment, moving the Lamplighter block project into the design and phasing stage. Hailey Wall, senior landscape architect with Terracon, summarized outreach that included a site tour of 40+ participants, 12 stakeholder interviews, two public surveys (about 750 and 210 responses) and an open house of roughly 50 attendees.
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