Ogden Trolley District Community Council

04/24/2024

Free trees for park strips! 🌳🌳🌳

FREE TREES FOR PARKING STRIP AREAS! 🌳✨
Each year, the City provides a tree nursery so residents can get a free tree to plant in their parking strip that matches the yard's needs and the street's plan. Trees are available on a first-come, first-served basis!

Here's what you need to know to get your free tree...
* Call the Parks Office at 801-629-8284 to schedule an appointment
* Pickups are scheduled every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday at Ogden's Green Waste Facility, 1845 Monroe Blvd.
* From 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
* Limit one per household
* Residents must provide information about overhead power lines, the length and width of their parking strip, and the lot location
* Residents must provide current Ogden Water bill and picture ID

For more information, call 801-629-8284 or visit https://bit.ly/3WiVDDQ

04/08/2024

For 150 years a place where newcomers arrived, worked, and lived along the rail corridor that connected the city to the rest of the world.

10/28/2020

PSA: Ogden City is just beginning the process to update the East Central (AKA Trolley District) Community Plan. This document will serve as the basis of major planning and zoning decisions for the next decade! If you would like to weigh-in, you can do so here!

Ogden City Hub Site

06/09/2019

What a great photo, and reminder about the extensive streetcars systems that SLC’s and Ogden’s urban neighborhoods were build around!

Laying the street car tracks at South Temple and Main Streets, June 1909.

05/25/2019

This has been my experience living in the Trolley District!

Many people leave the city and head for the suburbs once they have children. I did the opposite.

08/12/2018

Have you heard about the Nine Rails Creative District? Do you want to learn more? Check it out! (the master plan starts on page 13)

03/27/2018

This is inspiring! Look at the real, positive, and lasting change this small group of committed volunteers has had in their own community!

How I stopped being frustrated by my city and started working to improve it, with the help of my neighbors.

09/22/2017

PSA: many of us in the Trolley District live in unreinforced masonry structures, which are vulnerable in the event of an earthquake. We also happen to live in a major seismic zone. Here is some useful information about possible retrofits you can make to your home or commercial building!

07/15/2017

Quality public infrastructure is an investment in better, safer, and more prosperous communities!

A new body of evidence suggests that adding greenery in vacant or gray settings reduces criminal activity nearby.

07/04/2017

"ReUrbanism positions preservation in the larger context of human needs. We know preservation is an element in livable, vibrant, equitable, and creative communities. Preservation provides character and identity, contributes to sustainability and walkability, fosters a sound economy, spurs creativity, and gives people the psychological and sociological sense of stability they need in an ever-changing world. Yet, while the preservation of our older and historic places is critically important to a community, it is only one part of the various elements that make a community livable and vibrant. Through ReUrbanism, preservation seeks to work in tandem with and support the many other fields that contribute to livable and vibrant communities, including planning, natural conservation, economic development, health and welfare, social justice, and sustainability."

Using new research, data, tools, and strategies, The National Trust's commitment to the reuse, reinvestment, and revitalization of cities—which we describe as ReUrbanism—seeks nothing less than to transform both the perception and practice of preservation, responding to the issues cities face today.