Happy Monday, Eagle Mountain. Colten here.
It was so much fun to meet so many of you at ShopFest last Saturday. Thank you to everyone who came to my booth to say hi and share your thoughts on my newsletter. It truly brightened my entire weekend.
And to all the new folks here: Welcome! So happy to have you here. I look forward to keeping you informed and up to date on what’s going on around our city. If there are any events I don’t cover, or city items that aren’t clear, or businesses you want me to meet, then simply reply to this email and let me know. I want to be sure that the things that truly provide value to our neighbors and community are known.
Let’s jump into what’s going on this week.
UTILITY BOX
Weather this week:
🌞 Mon, Sep 14: 75°/50°
🌤️ Tue, Sep 15: 83°/56°
🌤️ Wed, Sep 16: 84°/58°
⛅ Thu, Sep 17: 81°/56°
🌤️ Fri, Sep 18: 81°/52°
🌞 Sat, Sep 19: 76°/50°
🌤️ Sun, Sep 20: 76°/51°
Active Construction Projects:
🚧 Seal coat — Wednesday, September 16, on Escalante Drive, Desert Lily Way, Honey Suckle Way, Bison Drive, Browning Way and Harrier Street. Move your car off the street the night before.
🚧 Trail Head Rd. and Pony Express Pkwy. — Lane closures 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. No end date given.
🚧 Red River Dr. at Woodhaven Blvd. — Closed. Use High Noon or Moon River. Work through October.
🚧 Cory B. Wride Memorial Park — New parking lot going in south of the baseball fields. Through November. Events go on as planned.
Resources:
🚐 UTA On Demand — On-demand rides in parts of Eagle Mountain. $2.50, or $1 reduced fare.
💧 The state's lawn watering guide.
🔗 Eagle Mountain City's Linktree.
📱 The Eagle Mountain City App: App Store or Google Play.
🏛️ Civic Roll Call — Tool for tracking what's happening at City Hall.
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AT CITY HALL
The City Council meets Tuesday, September 15 at City Hall, 1650 East Stagecoach Run. The afternoon work session starts at 4:00 PM and the evening session starts at 7:00 PM. Public comment opens during the evening session.
Here is what is on the agenda that I believe matters to you:
A ban on parking an RV that is not in your name. (Discussion only) The Council will review a proposed rule that would make it a violation to park an RV, boat or off-road vehicle on your property if it is not titled or registered in your name. The wording does not say where on the lot that applies. The same change would widen the existing front-yard parking ban to cover any motor vehicle.
A $12.4 million change to the city budget. (Open for public comment) The new spending inside it includes a Deputy Recorder position, vehicles for new positions in nine departments, and new equipment. The Council takes comment Tuesday night and then votes on it. It is the only public hearing on the agenda, so you can speak in person or submit a comment online before the meeting starts.
Zoning for a high-voltage power line. (Discussion only) A power company wants to run transmission lines from Mapleton to the Mercer substation here, and the city's code does not allow transmission lines through agricultural zones. Back in June the Council asked staff to start writing a change that would allow it. No draft is in Tuesday's packet, and the packet does not say which parts of town the change would cover.
Two retail buildings at Spring Run Plaza. (Consent agenda) A developer wants to put up two buildings for retail and fast food just east of the Walmart, each split into several spaces. The Council votes Tuesday on whether to approve the plans. No tenants are named anywhere in them.
Seven parks and trails projects. (Discussion only) The Community Services Board wants the Council to rank seven parks and trails projects and consider which ones should be paid for. They include benches at Smith Ranch Park, a redesign of Nolen Park, a disc golf course that could go in Firefly, and wildlife art on utility boxes. The board also wants ramps added where paved trails dead-end at a curb, so a wheelchair or stroller can get up.
A lobbying contract. (Consent agenda) The city is considering paying Utah Public Solutions LLC $40,000, plus expenses, for a year of representing Eagle Mountain with state government, with a focus on going after state funding. Its president, Joel Ferry, ran Utah's Department of Natural Resources until August 28. The city points to his background in water, wildlife and energy, areas the city believes are relevant to Eagle Mountain right now.
Paying a developer back for a wider road. (Consent agenda) The Council votes Tuesday on paying a developer an estimated $754,882, because the city required Wagstaff Way to be built twice as wide as the project needs, with bigger pipes underneath. The money would come from fees the city charges new construction.
New street signs on Mid Valley Road. (Consent agenda) Eight signs would be replaced to read Lake Mountain Corridor. The Council votes Tuesday on $102,561.77 in added costs to the road project, most of it fencing and earthwork. City staff already signed off on the work.
You can read the full agenda and packet here, or contact the city if you would rather write in.
SHOPFEST, TEN YEARS IN — MY FIRST BOOTH
ShopFest 2026, just after 5:00 PM.
Colten at the Eagle Mountain Value booth at ShopFest 2026.
I hope you all had a chance to go to ShopFest on Saturday. These types of events demonstrate how vibrant our small business community really is. One of my goals for the Eagle Mountain Value is to support local businesses by connecting their value to you, my subscribers. In the end, we all benefit.
Thank you to Ryan's Design & Print and Kat Ashby from RootQuest Realty for sponsoring my booth at ShopFest. Be sure to check out their products and services by following their links above.
And thank you to Teton Toys for donating to the raffle. For those of you who visited my booth, subscribed to my newsletter, and started following Teton Toys' Instagram page, you are in the drawing for the toys provided by Teton Toys. As a side note: I had no idea how popular Needoh Fuzz Ball's were until I had a million kids trying to buy them. For the parents who got dragged into subscribing to my newsletter because of them: Welcome! 😄
I'll have an update on the drawing in Thursday's Valueletter.
Teton Toys’ donated items for the raffle: Doinkit Darts, Needoh Fuzz Ball, and Tenzi.
COMMUNITY NOTES
The Days of Service runs Tuesday, September 15 through Thursday, September 17. The city points to JustServe as the place to find a project. More from the city here.
Snapology registration closes Wednesday, September 16 at 11:45 p.m. It's an after-school club built around robotics, coding and LEGO builds, with engineering challenges mixed in. Thursdays from September 17 through October 29, 4:30 to 5:45 p.m. at the Eagle Mountain Senior Center. Grades 1 through 6, $98.
The fall clean-up dumpsters open Wednesday, September 16 at Cory B. Wride Memorial Park and stay through Wednesday, September 23. They start at 4:00 p.m. the first day, then run 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Free and reduced school meal benefits from last year expire at the end of September. Families have to reapply every school year, and Alpine School District says the benefits cannot be applied to meals a student has already eaten. Applying late does not get those meals covered. You can read the district's announcement or apply here.
The EM30 Challenge runs through November. Eagle Mountain turns 30 on December 3, and the city is asking residents to mark it with some kind of exercise built around the number 30. Walk, run, bike or hike 30 miles in Eagle Mountain. Hike 30 different trails. Get outside for 30 minutes a day. Share your progress and tag the city as you go, then submit the city's form with a photo and a short description when you finish. Finishers get an EM30 sticker while supplies last, plus an entry in a December drawing for anniversary prizes.
THIS WEEK'S EVENTS
Tuesday, September 15
Days of Service projects around the city, 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Projects continue through Thursday
Senior Social, 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., Eagle Mountain Senior Center, 1632 E. Heritage Dr.
FREE Business Advising, 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Valley Crossroads Chamber of Commerce, 3688 E Campus Dr #101. Thirty-minute sessions with an advisor from the UVU Small Business Development Center, in person or virtual. Sign-up required. First priority goes to Chamber tenants and Launch Pad businesses.
Senior Exercise, 11:00 to 11:30 a.m., Senior Center. Tuesdays and Thursdays through September 29.
Cedar Valley home varsity: girls tennis vs. Copper Hills, 3:00 p.m.
Cedar Valley home varsity: girls volleyball vs. Bingham, 3:30 p.m., ticketed
City Council, City Hall, 1650 E Stagecoach Run. Afternoon meeting 4:00 p.m., evening meeting 7:00 p.m. There's a public hearing on the budget change at the evening meeting.
Craft Night, 5:00 to 7:00 p.m., Eagle Mountain Public Library. Making bookmarks out of paperclips, charms and felt. Ages 16 and up. Space is limited.
Wednesday, September 16
Arts, Crafts & Lunch, 10:00 a.m. to noon, Senior Center. Meal at noon.
Senior Crocheting, 10:00 a.m. to noon, Senior Center
Senior Lunch, noon to 1:00 p.m., Senior Center
Eagle Mountain Academy starts, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
Evening Yoga, 7:00 to 7:40 p.m., Eagle Mountain Public Library. Built for ages 12 and up, but everyone is welcome. Bring a mat or a towel. Space is limited.
Thursday, September 17
Arts, Crafts & Lunch, 10:00 a.m. to noon, Senior Center. Meal at noon.
Storytime at Walden Park, 10:15 a.m., 4337 Frontier St. Built for preschoolers, all ages welcome, and a grown-up stays with the child.
Senior Exercise, 11:00 to 11:30 a.m., Senior Center
Senior Lunch, noon to 1:00 p.m., Senior Center
Cedar Valley home varsity: girls soccer vs. Salt Lake Academy, 3:30 p.m.
Snapology starts, 4:30 to 5:45 p.m., Eagle Mountain Senior Center. Robotics, coding and LEGO builds for grades 1 through 6. Thursdays through October 29, $98.
Friday, September 18
Utah Rotor Pathway Fly-In, Cedar Valley High School, 1389 Aviator Ave. Helicopters land at 4:00 p.m., and the city's page describes the event running 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Utah's helicopter and aviation vendors will be there, and there are free hot dogs for the first 500 people.
Cedar Valley homecoming: varsity football vs. Copper Hills, 7:00 p.m., Cedar Valley High School, ticketed
Saturday, September 19
Eagle Mountain Farmers Market, 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., Cory B. Wride Memorial Park. Every Saturday through October 10.
The shred truck is at Cory B. Wride Memorial Park from 10:00 a.m. to noon, with the fall clean-up dumpsters
WORTH THE DRIVE
Monday, September 14
Saratoga Springs Farmers Market and Food Trucks, 5:00 to 9:00 p.m., Neptune Park, 452 W 400 N. Mondays through September 28.
Tuesday, September 15
$5 Tuesdays at Thanksgiving Point in Lehi. $5 a person per venue: Butterfly Biosphere, Curiosity Farms, Museum of Ancient Life, Museum of Natural Curiosity, Ashton Gardens, Canopy Tours and Jurassic Jungle. You need a free Thanksgiving Point account. Jurassic Jungle and the ropes course can sell out.
Wednesday, September 16
Summer Concert Series: Code Blue Revival, 7:00 p.m., Orem City Center Park. Free and outdoor. Orem's Sunset Farmers Market runs 5:00 to 9:00 p.m. at the same park.
Friday, September 18
Noises Off opens, 7:30 p.m., SCERA Center for the Arts in Orem. It runs through October 10 on Mondays, Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays. $16 for adults, $12 for children and seniors.
Garden of Quilts, Friday and Saturday, Ashton Gardens at Thanksgiving Point, 3900 N Garden Dr, Lehi. 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Friday and 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Saturday. More than 500 quilts out in the gardens, plus lectures and demonstrations. A one-day pass is $35 and a two-day pass is $60. Members pay $10 and $18. The vendor marketplace is free without an exhibition ticket, at the Show Barn, 2476 W Sycamore Ln.
Movie in the Park: The Boys in the Boat, Hunter Park, American Fork. Free. It starts around dusk, about 8:00 p.m.
Saturday, September 19
Hee Haw Farms Fall Festival opens, 10:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m., Pleasant Grove. A day pass is $20 pre-season, regularly $24. It runs through November 7.
Native Nations Festival, 3:00 to 6:00 p.m., The Orchard at University Place in Orem. Fifth year. Outdoor, free parking, fry bread for sale. Put on with the Morning Star Native American Ensemble.
Taste of Orem, City Center Park, 56 N State St, Orem. Free to get in. Stage entertainment 10:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. and an art market 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Food sampling runs noon to 8:00 p.m. and is ticketed: 20 tickets for $31 or 40 for $56 in advance, more day-of.
NEXT WEEK
Senior Center programs run all week. Senior Social and Senior Exercise Tuesday and Thursday, Arts, Crafts & Lunch and Senior Crocheting Wednesday and Thursday, Senior Lunch Wednesday and Thursday, and BINGO Monday at 5:00 p.m. for September birthdays. More at the Senior Center.
Drop-in library programs. Play n' Learn Monday at 10:30 a.m. for ages 0 to 5, Mindful Movers Wednesday at 4:15 p.m., and Laptime Friday at 10:15 and 11:00 a.m. for ages 0 to 24 months.
Monday, September 21
Cornbelly's Corn Maze and Pumpkin Fest opens at Thanksgiving Point in Lehi. From $19.99. Through October 31.
Thomas and Friends: Explore the Rails opens to the public at the Museum of Natural Curiosity, Thanksgiving Point, Lehi.
Saratoga Springs Farmers Market, 5:00 to 9:00 p.m., Neptune Park. The last one is September 28.
Tuesday, September 22
Storytime at Haven Ranch Sanctuary, 10:15 a.m., 5194 N Lake Mountain Rd
Cedar Valley home varsity: girls tennis vs. Westlake, 3:00 p.m.
LEGO Club, 4:00 to 5:00 p.m., Eagle Mountain Public Library. Ages 5 to 12.
Planning Commission, 5:30 p.m., City Hall. The agenda isn't posted yet.
Wednesday, September 23
Eagle Mountain Career and Resource Fair, 4:00 to 7:00 p.m., Cedar Valley High School, 1389 Aviator Ave. Registration available.
Eagle Mountain Academy session 2, "Keeping the City Safe," 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
Autumn Bloom Showcase opens, 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. daily through September 26, Ashton Gardens at Thanksgiving Point, Lehi. Free for members, otherwise included with regular Ashton Gardens admission. The ticket includes a return pass to the cut-flower sale September 28 and 29.
Summer Concert Series: Slim Chance and his Psychobilly Playboys, 7:00 p.m., Orem City Center Park. Free and outdoor.
Thursday, September 24
Storytime, 10:15 and 11:00 a.m., Eagle Mountain Public Library. Two sessions.
Craft Day Open House, 3:00 to 5:00 p.m., Eagle Mountain Public Library. Leaf sun catchers. Drop in, supplies are limited, first come first served.
Friday, September 25
Utah Latin Festival, Friday and Saturday, 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. both days, Orem City Center Stage, 56 N State St.
Saturday, September 26
Eagle Mountain Farmers Market, 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., Cory B. Wride Memorial Park
Family Game Day, 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., Eagle Mountain Public Library. All ages, in the programming room.
Fairfield Historic Driving Tour, 9:00 a.m., about three hours, Camp Floyd State Park in Fairfield. $10 a person and reservations are required. It's outdoors, and you need a high-clearance vehicle for the dirt roads.
European Cultural Festival, 5:00 to 9:00 p.m., The Orchard at University Place in Orem. Eighth year. Outdoor, free parking, food vendors and armored knights. Put on with the 13th Legion.
That’s it for today. Hope you all are having a great start to your week.
See you around,
— Colten
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