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Matthew Godfrey's Ogden
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I applaud Mayor Godfrey and his team for making this a great city to live in.
Pablo Garza
This is not a joke!
Godfrey's "high adventure" zone may interest out-of-staters, but I have to drive 40 miles to Nordstrom at Fashion Place Mall. Where's the SHOPPING in Ogden?
Great story.
I am happy to see it on the way up. I'd be interested in seeing a comprehensive vision Mayor Godfrey�s Ogden published. Is it out there somewhere?
Ogden has many good people, diverse culture and great potential.
I hope to see continued positive development.
Things appear to be heading in the right direction. However, Ogden still has a long way to go.
It's good to see the downward spiral changing.
His crime statistics aren�t supported by what the FBI or State crime numbers say.
Half of his development in the downtown amounts to a �Chucky Cheese� type video arcade and bowling alley, not what most people would call a High Adventures Center. The Recreation Center has almost doubled the city debt and to date is only marginally succeeding. Most of his vision for the city lacks continuity, for thought or synergy with the rest of the downtown district.
If you want to better understand how he is viewed in Ogden, read the article in the Salt Lake Tribune by Rebecca Walsh (Nov 18, http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_7496045), she at least scratched deeper than the surface, where as this article simply quoted Godfrey�s propaganda. Godfrey out spent his competition 4 to 1 and barely won, that should say something.
Ogden�s a great place to live, not because of Godfrey or what he�s done, but in spite of him.
Unfortunately there is a segment in Ogden that is fired up by hate and disparaging rhetorhic without adding anything beneficial to active debate. I'm hopeful that with the election over Ogdenites band together and support a reelected mayor who has performed nothing short of a miracle for Ogden.
Ogden is a great place to live, and it's vastly improved with Mayor Godfrey at the helm!
Look at the mayoral race candidates this year in Salt Lake City. Mayor-elect Ralph Becker did not support creation of the Gateway. Dave Buhler did not support TRAX extension to the U. Fortunately, these projects in SLC were developed. Why do politicians continually fail to have vision? Ogden is fortunate to have Mayor Godfrey. Maybe he can move to Salt Lake City in the future.
I was raised in a small rural Utah town dominated by an older generation who would not invest nor spend any money. Today my town is falling apart and there are no opportunities for the next generation to stay.
Fortunately Ogden is now a progressive city with opportunities for growth. The downtown project is amazing. For the citizens who critisize the downtown residential areas, those areas suffer from poor planning from prior years and the area will be redeveloped as Ogden's downtown is revitalized.
Keep up the great work.
It is because of him that during Sundance we will be staying in Ogden and not S.L.C. or Park City. I can't wait to checkout the wind tunnel!
Great article and great work, Mayor Godfrey!
25th Street, Lindquist Field and the amphitheater, and events like the Ogden Marathon and Harvest Moon Festial, help make this a fun place to live in the middle of incredible natural surroundings.
However, I did not support the mayor in this last election, because I don't believe he'll drop the absolutely idiotic "urban gondola" idea and truly commit to protecting our open space.
It is one thing to build a gondola up the side of a mountain. I may not like a gondola built to Malan's Basin, but if the land is privately owned and the plans are approved, it's at least a concept that makes sense -- gondolas take people up mountains all over the world.
However, to pitch the idea of a gondola over downtown Ogden, selling it as both a tourist attraction and a mass transit option, is ridiculous.
If Godfrey would drop this idea and his "our way or the highway" supporters, some of us "naysayers" might come around ...
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To me, what Mayor Godfrey has done is the epitome of what can be accomplished if you believe change can happen.
The local citizens are lucky to have a leader like this pushing for a better way of life. Change for the better gives hope, hope creates opportunity, and opportunity turn to fullfillment.
Best wishes Ogden and Mayor Godfrey