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Neighbors rally around saving Taylor Canyon site as a park
From the parking lot at 21st Street near Taylor Avenue, Mount Ogden looms to the east. Evening light illuminates Ben Lomond between the houses. The sunset colors the western sky. It’s a view that neighbors of the former Taylor Canyon Elementary School don’t want to lose. So when they heard that the Ogden School District had declared the site as surplus property, they crowded the Ogden City Council chambers on Sept. 2 to give their elected officials an earful. More than 50 people showed up wearing green shirts to speak during the public comment portion of the meeting, asking the ...