Ogden, UTAH – According to the city officials, the primary purposes of the Make Ogden Downtown Master Plan are to increase the City’s capacity to build sustainable vitality going forward, and to enhance the attractiveness of downtown by increasing the number of jobs, housing options, pedestrian activity, public transportation, one-of-a kind stores/restaurants/venues, and the overall downtown experience – all powerful economic factors that will improve the lives of residents and bolster the City’s financial health and prosperity.
City officials also said that key projects related to “Episode 1” of Make Ogden have already started, including:
- 26th Street Corridor Improvements between Washington and Wall;
- Enhanced Public Transportation System with the new Bus Rapid Transit route between UTA’s FrontRunner Station, through downtown and to Weber State University and McKay-Dee Hospital;
- Union Station Campus Master Plan (including mixed-use development and restoration of historic Union Station facility);
- Planning for Electric Alley improvements (including unique live/work residential spaces);
- Enhanced “last-mile” transportation options (scooters, Green-Bikes);
- New and improved pedestrian paths to public parking areas and spaces – such as increased connectivity between 25thStreet and The Junction; and the
- WonderBlock development plan, along 26th Street between Grant Avenue and Lincoln Avenue – which will provide hundreds of new residential units, new retail and office space, and feature a new hospitality facility.