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NEWS ARTICLE

Council Member Choberka: Building and Renovating Ogden

Angela Choberka has been a member of the Ogden City Council for six years. In this episode, she explains how the council works, and how her career relates to her work on the council, and we discuss some of the big projects the council is working on right now including Wonderblock and the Union Station.

Jan
9
2023
NEWS ARTICLE

Fair Pay Advocacy: Backing Our Public Safety Teams

"I have always respected and admired first responders who work tirelessly to keep our community safe. When I joined the Ogden City Council, I participated in the Citizen Police Academy hosted by the Ogden Police Department and numerous other entities across the county, where I learned the complexities of maintaining our safety...They don’t do their jobs for the money but because they care about our community."

Jul
6
2024
NEWS ARTICLE

The Untapped Reservoirs of Local Leadership

"This exponential rise in residents eager to engage in the city’s most crucial conversations in sincere and meaningful ways should serve as a signal to our city’s leadership that our strongest solutions to our most pressing challenges as a community are readily available should the city ask and listen."

Feb
9
2023
NEWS ARTICLE

Renewable energy program will be responsible, affordable, impactful

After the costs have been identified and the program is approved, we believe joining will be the single most impactful and affordable step our communities can take to leave a better environment for future generations. All we ask is that community leaders allow the process to play out and the facts to be known before closing the door on this once-in-a-lifetime clean energy opportunity.

Sep
9
2023
NEWS ARTICLE

Now is the time to get involved in local government

"Healthy, productive debate around issues that are important to us all, such as growth, transportation, potholes, budgetary items, social issues like supporting the unhoused and youth recreation, to name a few, are important to how we decide together to build our community. And this type of dialogue can only bring about a better outcome."

Jun
2
2023
NEWS ARTICLE

Guest opinion: All are welcome to celebrate the legacy of MLK

Upon the occasion of Martin Luther King Jr. Day coming up on Monday, the MLK Jr. Human Rights Commission would like to invite community members to reflect on the meaning of the commemoration of Dr. King’s legacy as well as to invite you to participate in the many community events that will be taking place in his honor.

Jan
13
2024
NEWS ARTICLE

The right not to pack at school

I respectfully reserve the right not to bear arms. As a teacher of elementary-aged children I have been contemplating my role in their lives and my place in our society in light of the recent horrors that have caused some to begin training to carry arms into their classrooms.

Jan
9
2019