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Boys and Girls Club Highlight

The Boys & Girls Club of Northern Utah is an incredible part of our community. We love the organizations and people that make our community amazing!

USU Brigham City Lecture Series: The Year of the Woman - Celebrating a 150 Years

This Thursday from 7pm to 8pm come listen to a discussion with Sarah Yates and Jill Rasmussen on the historical events of the Utah women's suffrage movement and the important roles and contributions of today's local women. Click on the link below for more information!

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Standard Grant Applications - Due 2/29 at midnight

Standard Grant Application is due at the end of this month. The Box Elder County Tourism Tax Advisory Board (TTAB) will work with tourism-related entities on projects to improve existing tourism products and initiate new ones. The TTAB Tourism Development Fund is available to assist tourism projects, to include: events, activities, festivals, conferences, or programs that directly benefit tourism. Apply online today!

Brigham City Community Hospital

The Brigham City Community Hospital concludes their 4-year expansion project last week. Nearly $20 million into the hospital's facilities and equipment added over 40,000 square feet. It expanded the emergency room and built a whole new medical office building.

Box Elder High School Swim Team
Wins the Region Championship

Special shout out to the Box Elder High School swim team! This last week, they took home the Region Championship trophy We LOVE seeing our dedicated youth achieving their goals!!

Project Steel

Just yesterday, Box Elder County Commission approved Project Steel and Project Rocket, which, if accepted and acted upon by the developer, Enyo Renewable Energy, would put a 900-acre solar farm by Nucor Steel, and another by Northrup Grumman. The two projects would jointly produce approximately 200 megawatts of electricity. Read more about it at the benewsjournal.com

Box Elder Represented at the Utah Capitol

Some of our amazing representatives at the Capitol. Grateful to have our elected officials rallying for the needs of our county!

GOLDEN SPIKE NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK
News Release

Golden Spike National Historical Park will increase its entrance fees on May 01, 2020 as part of the National Park Service’s ongoing efforts to address infrastructure needs and improve visitor experiences. The fee schedule will change to the following:

Pass Rates for Golden Spike
	Per Vehicle	Per Person	Per Motorcycle	Golden Spike Annual Pass
Current	$ 10.00	$ 5.00	$ 10.00	$ 35.00
May 01, 2020	$ 20.00	$ 10.00	$ 15.00	$ 35.00

All money collected from entrance fees remains in the National Park Service, with 100 percent retained locally at Golden Spike National Historical Park. Current projects include
new amphitheater seating for the summertime locomotive demonstrations and a major launch of design development for new visitor center exhibits and interior remodel.

“These fee increases will allow us to invest in important infrastructure and maintenance projects that directly contribute to a safe and meaningful experience for our visitors, now and in the future,” Acting Superintendent Lee Buschkowsky said. “We also invite the public to take advantage of our Fee Free Days that are a long standing National Park Service tradition.” The Fee Free Schedule for the remainder of 2020 includes:

● Saturday, April 18 – First Day of National Park Week/National Junior Ranger Day
● Tuesday, August 25 – National Park Service Birthday
● Saturday, September 26 – National Public Lands Day
● Wednesday, November 11 – Veterans Day

For more information about visiting Golden Spike National Historical Park, call the visitor center at 435-471-2209 x429 or check out the park’s website and Facebook page at:
https://www.nps.gov/gosp/index.htm or https://www.facebook.com/goldenspikeNPS/

Modified NPS Fee Structure Addresses Feedback from Public on 2017 Fee Proposal

In April 2018, the National Park Service (NPS) announced changes to the entrance fees charged at national parks. The changes, which came in response to public comments on a fee proposal released in October 2017, have modestly increased entrance fees to raise additional revenue to address the $11.6 billion in deferred maintenance across the system of 418 parks, historic and cultural sites, and monuments. Learn more about the NPS strategy to address the deferred maintenance backlog here.

Federal Lands Passes Issued at Golden Spike
America the Beautiful Pass	Lifetime Senior Pass	Annual Senior Pass	U.S Active Duty Military Annual Pass	Access Pass	Every Kid Outdoors Annual 4th Grade Pass
$ 80.00	$ 80.00	$ 20.00	No Cost	No Cost	Free
Allows unlimited entrance to more than 2,000 federal recreation areas, including all national parks.	Allows unlimited lifetime entrance to more than 2,000 federal recreation areas, including all national parks.	Allows unlimited entrance to more than 2,000 federal recreation areas, including all national parks.	Allows unlimited entrance to more than 2,000 federal recreation areas, including all national parks.	For qualifying individuals, allows unlimited lifetime entrance to more than 2,000 federal recreation areas, including all national parks.	The pass is valid for the duration of the 4th grade school year through the following summer (September - August).
Learn more about the Federal Lands Pass Program at https://store.usgs.gov/pass

#CensusParticipation2020

The U.S. Census Bureau is hiring Census Takers to work in their own communities. You can make a difference, help your community and earn extra income for doing it. Apply using the link below.

Apply for a 2020 Census Job

Check out this article that KSL published this past weekend. Home prices in Box Elder County are affordable and our county is booming in the real estate business Record highs in home sales just this last year! Read more in the link below

KSL Article

Box Elder's own, Representative Lee Perry, has retired from the Utah Highway Patrol. Thank you Lee for your dedication to public service!!

Utah Highway Patrol Lt. Lee Perry recently retired after 31 years with the Utah Highway Patrol.

The Utah Governor’s Office of Economic Development (GOED), Box Elder County, and the Economic Development Corporation of Utah (EDCUtah) are pleased to announce that Procter & Gamble (P&G) will expand its operations in Box Elder County, creating up to 221 jobs in the next 20 years. Capex for the project is estimated at $310,000,000.

"This expansion will create hundreds of new high-paying manufacturing jobs in Box Elder County,” said Val Hale, GOED’s executive director. “This is a big win for Utah as we continue to help build our rural counties and create more jobs in these areas.”

Procter & Gamble is a multinational consumer goods corporation headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio. P&G has operations in approximately 70 countries worldwide and currently operates a manufacturing facility in Box Elder County that opened in 2011.

“We continue to greatly value our partnership with GOED and Box Elder County,” said Joe Tomon, plant manager of the P&G’s Box Elder facility. “Our expansion is a result of consumer and customer demand, and we couldn’t be more pleased to meet that demand with the excellent workforce of Box Elder County.”

The GOED Board has approved a post-performance tax credit not to exceed $4,191,954.

"Procter & Gamble continues to be a great employer here in Box Elder County. We are excited and grateful they have chosen to expand and bring more high-paying jobs to our residents. They are a great asset and partner in our community," said Box Elder County Commissioner Jeff Hadfield.

P&G currently sells products in 180 countries with brands like Always, Bounty, Charmin, Crest, Dawn, Downy, Gillette, Head & Shoulders, Olay, Oral-B, Pampers, Pantene, Tide, and Vicks.

“Procter & Gamble has been a steady growth agent in Utah. The company started production here in 2011 and invested again in spring 2018, and continues today to expand its state-of-the-art facility,” said Theresa A. Foxley, president and CEO of the Economic Development Corporation of Utah. “With wages above the county average, these are high-quality manufacturing jobs for Box Elder County.”

For more information on Procter & Gamble, visit https://us.pg.com/

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