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"Ogden
has a fullness of great things. We have the snow, the hills,
and all the water with the lakes and the river. And being
in the Rockies, we've cut shipping costs for customers
on the East Coast, because we aren't in California. We ship
to California in just a day, and get to the East in just
a few days rather than five whole days." --
Steve McBride, owner, Kahuna Creations
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He's
more than twice
the man
he used to be
  
By Preston McConkie
Webmaster, Envision Ogden
Ogden, Utah. City of second chances.
First time I came here, it was to get a GED at the Weber
State College testing center, so I could qualify to join the
active United States Army.
I bumped into a classmate from high
school; she was getting an education. Like countless others,
I was just passing through.
One war plus a few years later, I was
back to cash in my G.I. Bill at Weber State University. The
guy I’d been was
a fading memory; I’d been gassed in Iraq, and the years
that followed had not been kind.
As a soldier I was accustomed to running 3-6
miles a day to keep the pounds off. But with the help of the
not-so-fresh air downwind of an exploded Iraqi munitions bunker,
I’d
lost my youthful joints, and with them the ability to run.
But I hadn’t
lost my appetite, and I’d swelled to 52
inches around the waist.
The years at WSU were a time of renewal. I
spent all my time improving my mind and my body. I slimmed
down to 38 inches, benched 300 lbs. for the first time and
even started jogging on the rubberized track at the Swenson
Gym.
To read entire article, click here
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Outdoors Is the Way Up in Ogden, Utah
By WENDY KNIGHT
Published: June 22, 2007
Brian Nicholson for The New York Times
David Goode moved his water
and snow ski company to Ogden from Michigan.
WEDGED between old stockyards and a boarded-up packing plant
on the western edge of town, the kayak park is not easy to
find. But it is just the kind of thing that draws outdoor enthusiasts
to Ogden, Utah.
Of the 15 paddlers gathered at the park, on
the Ogden River, one Saturday this spring, nearly half were
from Salt Lake City, 35 miles away, while one man drove 90
miles from Provo for the day.
“Ogden is rocking right now,” said Craig Haaser,
44, a potter born and raised in Ogden who was among the paddlers
at the park that day.
Set in the western foothills of the Wasatch
Mountains, Ogden, a city of approximately 83,000 people, is
fast gaining on places like Boulder, Colo., as a destination
for extreme sports. ...
... While the 2002 Olympics helped raise Ogden's
profile, it is the efforts of city officials, outdoor-company
executives and real estate developers that are transforming
the town, a former railroad hub.
To read
entire article, click
here
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TV
News spotlights fun at Junction
Click on the captures to see video reports
 
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The Junction--there's more
to come
Click
image to visit ogdencity.com for more info and 3D blowups
The old Ogden City Mall was
demolished in 2002 to make way for the new Junction mixed use
development. Construction of the mixed use development is underway
and brings housing, entertainment, office and retail back to
the tradition center of downtown. The outstanding children's
museum, the Tree House, opened in the summer of 2006. This
will be followed by the opening in spring of 2007 of the Recreation
Center which will house two restauraunts, Gold's Gym, an indoor
climbing wall, Flow Rider and Sky Ventures for the sproting
enthusiasts and Fat Catz bowling lanes and family amusement.
Also opening in the spring of 2007 will be the Miller Megaplex
Theaters which will house 13 screens. Two 4-story office buildings
and a 28-unit condo tower will also be completed in the fall
of 2007. Yet to come will be additional retail, restaurants
and housing.
See
3D video flythrough of Junction
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Majestic Ben Lomond
recognized
as model
for Paramount logo
The Paramount Pictures logo, known affectionately
as Majestic Mountain, is one of the most familiar images
in Hollywood. It is the oldest studio logo in continuous
use. It predates the second-oldest, MGM's roaring lion, by
close to a decade. Technically, it even predates the existence
of Paramount Pictures as a film production entity. Read more
about Ogden, Utah
Read entire article at Paramount's website
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Click photo to see full panoramic image
 Photo
by Steven Ford
 Ogden
and Weber County to get open-access wikis
Coming soon, this page will become the portal
to the new OgdennWiki and Weber Wiki (see the buttons at the
top?). These will be online "encyclopedias" where people can
post articles about everything regarding Ogden and Weber County,
written by the people who live, work and play here. Read
more about Ogden, Utah
Like other wikis, anyone
will be able to write a new article, add to an existing article,
and in general let everyone know everything you know
about the history, people, places, businesses, schools, buildings,
streets--anything that makes us and our home special and interesting.
No article will be too small or too big. There
won't be any restrictions on the kinds of articles, either
(well, we're not going to allow anything naughty or mean).
Want to put an article about your business, with a link to
your commercial web site? No problem. Want to write an article
about yourself? Go ahead!
Write about your house, your street, your neighborhood,
your school, your science project, your church, the place you
work, the places you play. Then let others add what they know.
OgdenWiki and WeberWiki will soon be the placses everyone
in Weber County comes to learn anything they want to know about
our great home. For creative people from anywhere, who
know something about this area and want to help others find
out, this will be a labor of love and fun.
Check back around June 25, when we expect to
have the wikis ready for everyone to start posting articles.
And until then, start thinking about what you know that the
rest of the city, the county--even the rest of the world--ought
to know that has to do with the Ogden area and you. Read
more about Ogden, Utah
Want to know how a wiki works? Check out the first and most
famous, wikipedia.org.
Got some ideas right now about what you want out of the WeberWiki?
Tell us right now by clicking on the comment link below.
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 Ascent
of Descente
Ski gear maker blazes the trail to Ogden
By Mike Gorrell
The Salt Lake Tribune
OGDEN - The Olympics brought Curt Geiger home.
An Ogden boy who had gotten into the sporting goods business
as a ski salesman at the old Perkins Ltd. store at 24th Street
and Lincoln Avenue, Geiger was running Descente Ltd.'s North
American operations out of a Denver suburb back in 2002. Read
more about Ogden, Utah
He was looking to move the high-end apparel business out of
largely industrial Englewood, which held little appeal for
most of his clients and was more than an hour away from the
nearest skiing. But all of the ski communities he investigated
- Telluride, Sun Valley, Jackson - were more expensive than
his employees could afford and too far off the beaten path. Read
more about Ogden, Utah
To read entire article, click
here
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Ogden Targets European Ski Companies
Ogden City, Utah, USA - Once again,
Ogden City, Utah, USA is extending an invitation to the world
much like it did during the Winter Olympic Games in 2002.
That invitation was given to athletes and spectators to take
advantage of what Utah boasts as “The Greatest Snow
on Earth.” Tens of thousands flocked to Ogden and surrounding
Utah cities to see the games and came away impressed by the
friendliness of the people, the beautiful scenery and the
excellent amenities Ogden and the State of Utah has to offer.
Today, the invitation is extended to companies in the ski
industry from Europe to come to Ogden, which is quickly becoming
a business center for ski companies from around the world. Read
more about Ogden, Utah
To read
entire article, click
here
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 Holographic
ice
tower
coming
to Ogden
By Jeff
Lowe
Director of Ogden
Climbing Parks
Dear Friends,
I’m an Ogden native and have been a mountain climber
ever since my dad guided me up the Grand
Teton at the age of seven, back in 1958. Over the years
I’ve worked as an instructor for Outward
Bound, guided climbers around the world and run my own
climbing school, among other things. I’ve witnessed the
metamorphosis of a 40-year old housewife into an avid tiger
of the heights. I’ve seen inner city dope fiends
kick drugs in favor of climbing rocks, and I’ve seen
the joy on the faces of kids of all stripes when they finally
make it to the top of a climbing wall. The climbing experience
offers something that’s very hard to get in today’s
society, infatuated as it is with video games and reality TV
and almost divorced from the natural world and real challenge. Read
more about Ogden, Utah
To read entire article and learn how
to become an Ogden Climbing Parks member, click
here
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National
Geographic Adventure is calling Ogden
"Utah's
new outdoor capital" --
and one of the
top 10 outdoor spots in the country
Ogden on the Rise
An old-time railroad hub turns outdoor nexus
By HILARY NANGLE
“There are a lot of towns in the West
with beautiful backyards,” says world-class alpinist
Jeff Lowe, 56, who in 2002 returned to his hometown of Ogden
(pop. 83,000) after a 30-year absence. “We just get outside
and use ours more.” Read more about
Ogden, Utah
Ogdenites are the only ones [enjoying this
backyard]. In the past two years the historic railroad community
38 miles north of Salt Lake city has seen the arrival of 11
outdoor-gear manufacturing companies, including Salomon and
Rossignol, whose employees are just as eager to cash in on
Ogden’s natural riches: he Wasatch-Cache National Forest,
Ogden Valley (home of Snowbasin, Powder Mountain, and Wolf
Mountain), and Malans Waterfall (an ice-climbing hot spot).
A state university town, Ogden has its share of culture pleasures
too: Stroll café-and-gallery-beaded 25th Street or sit
back for a movie at the recently renovated Peery’s Egyptian
Theater, where, when the lights go down, the sky-blue ceiling
dims to starry night. Read more about
Ogden, Utah
The article also points out that lifts at
the three ski resorts local to Ogden can deliver 22,000
skiers per hour to the top of its slopes. Read
more about Ogden, Utah
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New Yorkers informed about
Ogden's outdoor renaissance
Are you informed?
For an article that ran on March 3, 2007, Wall
Street Journal reporter Reed Albergotti took a tour
of Ogden and then told the world's savviest investors how
Ogden is attracting manufacturers of sports equipment --
and how Ogden is not just bringing in new business, it's
reversing the national trend by bringing companies that used
to build their stuff outside the United States.
In the article, Albergotti quotes Mayor Matt
Godfrey, who points out, "There is no Silicon Valley for
the ski industry. Why not us?" Read
more about Ogden, Utah
Why not, indeed? It looks like things may
already be shaping up that way.
To read the entire article, click
here
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 Novice
climbers coming
to Ogden for rare hands-
on opportunity
There are only ten places in the United
States that offer hand anchors for rock climbers. Why does
Ogden have the latest and greatest? Because of a private
property owner who wants to make rock-climbing friendly for
novices. Read
more about Ogden, Utah
To
read the entire New
York Times article
on via ferrata climbing, click
here
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