Accomplishments
Timeline of Envision Utah Accomplishments
(1996 to Present)
2009
- Released the 3% Strategy to guide future land development along significant transportation corridors
- Began the Wasatch Canyons Tomorrow process to update Salt Lake County’s 1989 canyon master plan
- Began the Envision Cache Valley visioning effort to explore growth issues that cross a state boundary
- Released the Envision Morgan report and Morgan County is amending its general plan to implement the recommendations
- Held the 7th Governors Quality Growth Awards, honoring 82 entities to date.
- Released Blueprint Jordan River report and began obtaining municipal resolutions in support of the principles
2008
- Facilitated Sandy City’s downtown vision
- Facilitated Blueprint Jordan River, the first publicly-supported vision for the 58 mile Jordan River Corridor
- Managed the Envision Morgan process for one of Utah’s fastest growing counties
- Conducted transit-oriented development educational forum
- Facilitated our first out-of-state process, Missoula, Montana’s long-range transportation plan
- Released Vision Dixie report, a “triumph of cooperation,” according to a Deseret News editorial
- Worked with GOPB to generate the 2008 Utah Baseline Report
2007
- Received the Nature Conservancy’s Conservation Partnership Award
- Held last of 22 public meetings to gather input for
- Washington County’s Vision Dixie
- Began meeting with 15 municipalities and 3 counties to set stage for Blueprint Jordan River visioning process
- Received the Utah Transit Authority’s Commuter Vision Award
- Developed disaster preparedness recommendations for Governor Huntsman
2006
- Played a key role in the Salt Lake Chamber’s ambitious
- Downtown Rising process on the city’s future
- Released the Wasatch Choices 2040 report which formed the basis for the long-range transportation plan
- Began the Vision Dixie process in Washington County, one of the nation’s fastest regions
Received Utah Botanical Garden’s Environmental Stewardship Award
- Conducted forum on disaster preparedness efforts at the request of Governor Jon Huntsman
- Utah’s two largest MPO’s adopted the Wasatch Choices 2040 principles
- Facilitated community workshops to update Sandy City’s Historic District Plan
- Weber County Commission adopted the Ogden Valley Recreational Plan
- Facilitated a community process to revitalize Bountiful City’s Historic Fort District
- Sponsored Workforce Housing Education Forum and compiled a housing resource
- Created the Brownfield Redevelopment Solutions toolbox and released it at an educational forum
- Held the 6th annual Governor’s Quality Growth Awards
2005
- Over 1,000 attended Wasatch Choices 2040 workshops to vision transportation and land-use in four counties
- Facilitated the Bountiful Main Street Study to help the city adapt to changing economic trends
- Created the Municipal Economic Development Toolbox and held an accompanying educational forum
- Provided analysis on 300 acres in Woodland Hills
- Held the 5th annual Governor’s Quality Growth Awards
- Conducted massive shared transportation solutions public awareness campaign
- Developed updated general plans for Brigham City and Perry City
- Completed Visioning Workshops for Kearns, Magna and Millcreek
- Developing iMPACS software to help local governments plan with growth costs and water use in mind
2004
- Received Alliance for Regional Stewardship’s Gold Award
- Conducted massive affordable housing public awareness campaign on myths and facts
- Sponsored Roundtable Discussion on the Local Sales Tax
- Held 4th annual Envision Utah Governor’s Quality Growth Awards, recognizing 50 entities to date
- Facilitated Perry City Community Workshop
- Facilitated Millcreek Community Workshops
- Provided on-going Transfer-of-Development Rights training in Davis County
- Began Ogden Valley Recreational General Plan Vision
- Began formal study of Transfer-of-Development Rights in Tooele County
- Facilitated the signing of the Mountain View Vision Voluntary Agreement by all mayors along the corridor
- Began to scope the Wasatch Transportation and Land-Use Vision for four counties
- Played a major role in organizing business community to encourage Build-Out of Public Transportation
2003
- Partnered with 16 communities/other stakeholders for the Mountain View Transportation Corridor
- Facilitated the Tooele Valley Regional Plan, which was adopted in its entirety
- Engaged West Valley City and Sandy to develop TOD sites
- Implemented the Davis County Shorelands Plan
- Sponsored Understanding Transfer-of-Development Rights and Understanding the 2002 U.S. Farm Bill
- Worked with 200 community leaders to renew and re-prioritize the Quality Growth Strategy
- Assisted Salt Lake County and Salt Lake City to create the Salt Lake County Shorelands Vision
- Facilitated the North Logan Community Vision
- Facilitated modifications to Wasatch Front Regional Council’s 2030 Long-Range Plan
- Committed funds and staff resources to add a recreational component to the Ogden Valley General Plan
- Provided tools, analysis and technical expertise to help Kearns and Magna update their general plans
- Partnered with the National Energy Foundation to create Envision Your Future, an educational tool for students
Partnered to begin creating IMPACS (Municipal Infrastructure Cost Modeling)
- Began Brigham City Community Vision
- Facilitated affordable housing stakeholder process to develop an alliance of affordable housing entities
2002
- Coordinated the creation of a Regional Transportation and Land-Use Opportunities Strategy
- Facilitated Layton, South Salt Lake, Murray and West Jordan TOD site plans
- Created the West Weber Community Vision. (It was approved in 2003 and implementation began in 2004.)
- Updated Toolbox of Urban Planning Tools for Quality Growth
- Created Wasatch Front Transit-Oriented Guidelines
- Sponsored “If Density is the Problem, Design is the Answer” educational forum
- Sponsored: “Building Destinations Along the Way” educational forum
- Received the APA’s Daniel Burnham Award and the ULI’s Award for Excellence
2001
- Began providing cities with resources to make specific changes to their codes, ordinances and general plans
- Established the Envision Utah Governor’s Quality Growth Awards
- Co-sponsored an all-day Public Safety and Street Design
- Symposium and a Water Conservation Conference
- Sponsored a Tax Law Revision Retreat to explore state sales tax policy and land use planning
2000
- Visited 89 city councils and county commissions to introduce the Quality Growth Strategy
- Created the Toolbox of urban planning tools for quality growth and presented it to over 2700 community leaders.
- Partnered with communities to create the Wall Avenue
- Corridor Master Plan and Nebo Vision
- Facilitated the creation of the Davis County Shorelands Vision Plan
1999
- Distributed the Envision Utah questionnaire to 600,000 residents (and had 17,000 respond)
- Held three regional mapping workshops regarding implementing the public vision
- Commissioned a consulting team to analyze housing market conditions throughout the region through 2020
- Held six community design workshops for site specific areas demonstrating quality growth principles.
- Released the Quality Growth Strategy
1998
- Hosted 17 map workshops as part of the development of alternative growth scenarios.
- Hosted 7 community workshops exploring various development types to accommodate future growth.
1997
- Creation of Envision Utah
- Coordinated the development of the Baseline Scenario through the input of 130 government agencies.
- Creation of the Scenarios Committee to develop scenarios representing alternatives to current growth patterns
1996
- Obtained an appropriation from the Utah Legislature to develop computer growth modeling tools for GOPB
