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Tom Christopulos

Ogden has made economic strides

Last updated Wednesday, September 5, 2012 - 12:14pm

Each year, Ogden city evaluates its economic development efforts. Recently, Ogden and its metropolitan area have received much positive attention from the national media due to its economic success. For example, the Brookings Institute currently ranks the Ogden-Clearfield Metropolitan Area 19th in the nation in its economic recovery performance ranks. These acknowledgements are appreciated, but what do they really mean? Certainly, the turnaround that Ogden has made in the past years has been nothing short of remarkable. It may be even more noteworthy that a city so impacted by decades of job loss was able to recover so quickly.

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Ten years of economic development in Ogden

Tom Christopulos

Last updated Friday, March 25, 2011 - 3:30pm

I was recently extended the opportunity to address a group of Ogden/Weber Chamber members about economic development in Ogden City. At the end of the presentation, a question arose that shocked me a bit. The question was, "Why doesn't the city focus on filling our old buildings instead of building new ones?" It took me a second to respond as I tried to recall the list of old buildings that we had helped renovate and reoccupy in the city. I thought of the Egyptian Theater, the Scowcroft and Boyles Warehouse building (now the IRS Complex), a good portion of 25th Street, the Hampton Inn and Suites, the American Can Complex, and the recently renovated buildings on the east side of 23rd Street and Washington Boulevard. There were others, which I am sure I forgot while trying to answer the question off the top of my head.

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