Grand County staff and elected officials spent many hours in research, meetings, and discussions in the months leading up to the passing of the High Density Housing Overlay in January 2019. The overlay…
Thousands of acres of land along the largely undeveloped Highway 191 corridor north of Moab are owned by the Utah School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration, a state entity tasked with generating revenue…
Local nonprofits Moab Solutions and the Moab Valley Multicultural Center are getting ready for an annual survey to determine how many people are experiencing homelessness in Grand County, part of a nationwide practice…
A fresh coat of snow sparkled under a sunny blue sky at the Dec. 13 celebration of the new Arroyo Crossing workforce housing development, established and managed by the Moab Area Community Land…
The purchase of the $1.8 million Walnut Lane property was the City of Moab’s first foray into directly creating and owning an affordable housing project, with a plan to create up to 80…
Ella Dene Stewart-Yahnel was born and raised in Moab, and has moved 69 times in her 66 years. “This is going to be my last move,” Stewart-Yahnel, formerly Gritts, joyfully affirmed. Stewart-Yahnel will…
Today Utah Governor Gary Herbert said evictions will be halted in the state for the month of April by executive order. At a April 1 press briefing, the Governor said that tenants impacted…
As local businesses began reducing hours or closing entirely in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Joe Kingsley realized that many of his tenants would be short on wages or out of work completely….
“One of the reasons you buy a home is for stability, but also it’s a way to invest in your future,” said Derek Whitworth, manager of Moonflower Community Co-op. Whitworth has lived in…
Community Rebuilds built its first house in Moab in 2010. Nine years and dozens of homes later, the local construction nonprofit organization has decided to push the envelope even further for its builds….
