“We want to make sure,” Cox said, “that this is a place where our kids and grandkids can live the same types of amazing lives we have.” Learn more about the Guiding Our Growth survey here.
, research suggests most of the gains in coming years will be in existing population centers in Salt Lake, Davis, Utah, Weber, Washington and Cache counties., drawn in part by an economy that opened relatively early compared with other states as COVID-19 eased. And that population uptick due to in-migration, Bateman said, is now expected to be the norm through 2040.
In addition to informing public policy, officials sought to make a business case for forethought and vision in planning the state’s future, noting that hiking trails, affordable homes and smooth ways of getting around are key to recruiting talented workers. “The problem with those types of solutions,” Cox said in an interview, “is that they just make things more expensive and more impossible for anybody to live. However, we also have to be very smart about our growth, and there are certain limitations in some areas, water being one of the largest.”
The second half lets participants select from lists of strategies dubbed “big ideas” that they might like to see explored in their own communities. There are three versions of the survey, too, adapted by ZIP code for those living in rapidly growing urban areas as well as for rural residents who either are or are not experiencing growth.
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