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RDAs, tax increments serve to boost economic development

Last updated Monday, April 23, 2012 - 8:24pm

Redevelopment agencies have received a substantial amount of attention over the last decade. Notable projects, such as the Cottonwood Mall renovation and the Geneva Steel redevelopment, have brought to light how communities use RDAs.

Examples of how several Northern Utah Cities have used RDAs and tax increment to facilitate projects include: Layton’s old downtown and the East Gate Business Park, The Junction in Ogden and Station Park in Farmington.

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Recruiting business to a community a difficult process

Steve Curtis Standard-Examiner

Last updated Thursday, April 19, 2012 - 9:11pm

There have been a variety of businesses that have established their corporate footprint in the state in recent years.

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Cooperating governments vital to success of communities

Steve Curtis Standard-Examiner

Last updated Thursday, April 5, 2012 - 11:15pm

The relationship between overlapping public entities is vitally important for the success of our communities.

Common thought holds that government is simply a controlling body with diverse differences between tiered objective levels and conflicting legislative agencies. It is also easy to think that all levels and branches of government should naturally coalesce because they all govern.

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Recycling program used by WIWMD reduces landfill waste

Steve Curtis Standard-Examiner

Last updated Thursday, March 29, 2012 - 11:51pm

~ Quoted in Time Magazine "Don't blow it -- good planets are hard to find."

The question is often asked as to why a traditional curbside recycling program as part of governmental operations is not available to residents of some cities.

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Communities benefit from healthy youth recreation programs

Mayor Steve Curtis, Steve Curtis Standard-Examiner

Last updated Thursday, March 15, 2012 - 4:52pm

In my world, life’s greatest lessons have been learned through a competitive nature and the belief that if failure exists, it came from people who didn’t realize how close they were to success when they gave up.

To me, it is all about focus. If you plan to win, your dedication to the game plan and your desire to be the best you can be must be channeled so that they are not affected by distractions.

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New regional shopping centers strong indicator of economic recovery

Mayor Steve Curtis, Steve Curtis Standard-Examiner

Last updated Monday, March 5, 2012 - 10:46pm

“Being in this business for as long as I’ve been in it, it’s sort of like living in a town or a city before the war and then after the war and then during the reconstruction and then during the time that it sprawls out to the malls.”

— CARLY SIMON

Over the past 20 years, there has been a dynamic shift in the look and feel of the regional shopping center. This truth is emphasized with the completion of the “open-air” City Creek Center in Salt Lake City.

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Economic and moral issues should get equal voice in alcohol legislation

Steve Curtis Standard-Examiner

Last updated Monday, February 20, 2012 - 8:09pm

Alcohol-related discussion has become pervasive in our state, particularly as it relates to moral and economic public policies.

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Government can support commercial enterprise

Mayor Steve Curtis, Steve Curtis Standard-Examiner

Last updated Monday, February 6, 2012 - 11:46pm

"We who live in free market societies believe that growth, prosperity and, ultimately, human fulfillment are created from the bottom up, not the government down. Only when the human spirit is allowed to invent and create, only when individuals are given a personal stake in deciding economic policies and benefiting from their success -- only then can societies remain economically alive, dynamic, progressive and free. Trust the people. This is the one irrefutable lesson of the entire postwar period contradicting the notion that rigid government controls are essential to economic development."

-- RONALD REAGAN

As mayor of a city, I often find myself in random conversations with those I serve as an elected official.