Population growth and the development that accompanies it have long been big issues of debate and deliberation all along the Wasatch Front.
In 2020, the trend continued. Managing growth, creating pools of affordable housing and figuring out where to house all the newcomers to Weber County ranked as key issues this year. With Utah being the fastest-growing state in 2020, according to new U.S. Census Bureau data, the issues will likely be on the frontburner in 2021 and beyond.
The debate over whether to turn a large swath of unincorporated western Weber County into a new city ranked as perhaps the most public and contentious issue in 2020 related to growth and development here. A contingent from the area sought the change as a means of assuring local control over the direction and tone of growth in the zone.