This year was an historic year for the city of Pleasant Grove. We just concluded our 100th year of celebrating the annual Strawberry Days — the longest-running city celebration in Utah. People came out in record numbers to our events, the carnival and the rodeo. One new event this year resembled how we anticipate the founders celebrated a century ago. We closed Main Street downtown and enjoyed a concert, dinner and dancing in the street. There wasn’t a better way to kick off a ceremonial year and to get to know new neighbors and reacquaint with ones we know.
Pleasant Grove is seeing phenomenal growth both residentially and commercially. We anticipate even more expansion in the next few years. New businesses have built on State Street, including Express Oil and Tire Engineers as well as a new home for The Crust Club. Historic Downtown has new tenants as well. We recently welcomed a new barbershop, Fresh Fade Away Barbershop, and 19 Main, a smoothie and juice bar.
Several stores and restaurants are quickly filling in the retail spaces located in the Valley Grove area, including Underwraps Sushi, Mountain America Credit Union and Omnia Salon. You’ll undoubtedly see even more growth on Pleasant Grove Boulevard, so keep an eye on that area. The medians will soon be updated there to accommodate the traffic.
As for leisure-time options in our city, we recently renovated some tennis courts at the Rediscovery Park and built an eight-court pickle ball court adjacent to the Recreation Center. They are under lights and have nearby bathrooms and new pavilions.
After all that, we aren’t done. In the upcoming year we plan to remodel Old City Hall, make improvements to Anderson Park, build a restroom at Battle Creek Park and begin Phase 3 of Valley Vista Trails.
Come Christmas, you may notice we will have some festive lighting adorning the Recreation Center. We are thrilled for that, as several of our residents miss the iconic lights that were once on the old recreation center downtown.
With the increased growth comes the task of enforcing ordinances. We are fortunate to have added another code enforcement officer to our team which has been beneficial in cleaning up areas of our city.
Lucky to have many of our employees call Pleasant Grove home, we are dually vested in keeping our city a safe and clean place to raise our families. According to SafeWise’s latest study, Pleasant Grove ranked as the sixth-safest city in the state. Having an incredible police force helps us claim that spot. Our community comprises some of the best people around. It doesn’t take long for anyone to see why so many people love living here.