Protecting Our Quality of Life

Weber County Forum Sunday Sermon

By Forbes is Right

Interesting that Forbes likes Ogden for a lot of reasons that won't exist within a short period of time as Ogden catches up with the rest of the state and nation.

Affordable housing and office space; cheap labor; low taxes and quality of life (which won't exist if Gagfrey is successful in his over the top gondola gimmick).

Ogden doesn't suffer from low self-esteem, but has suffered from an image mis-perception problem originating outside the community. That's all changing however, as a result of outsiders actually coming to Ogden as opposed to just passing on the perception. Ogdenites generally like their community for all of the reasons that Forbes has illuminated.

The question going forward is, will Ogden be able to maintain that quality of life -- or will the residents allow Gagfrey to recreate Ogden into just another expensive nondescript community, devoid of the things that make Ogden Ogden?

Ogden residents need to get involved -- and stay involved -- in order to ensure that any future development of our city protects these qualities rather than reinvents our city.