Utah Stories Top 10 Videos

1. Sugar House Pole Dancing Classes (not what you might expect)
2. Skybridge is Causing a Divide
3. Artspace: no longer?
4. Taco Cart Saga: Are Utah Mexican immigrants disenfranchised?
5. Sugar House: Big Improvement or Tragic Loss?
6. Munich: A Smart Growth and transit marvel (featured on Planetizen.com)
7. City Creek Center to short-change Salt Lake residents?
8. Culture Clash on Main Street-taco cart battle revisited featured on KJZZ
9. The Death of Main Street
10. A Step Outside of Utah, Is Sugar House becoming another Gateway?

other news of interest: updated June 5th, 2008

• Turning Garbage into Energy-Scientists devise a method of recycling that they promise will make landfills a thing of the past.
• Free Electric Bicycles -The length one city is going to promote bicycle commuting.
• Farmington Mixed-Use Project-- The dificulty of defining transit oriented mixed-use development
• The Urbanizing World Should be Built for People, Not Cars
• Architectural Genius or Insane Manifestations?
• M.I.T. Engineers Offer Collapsible Car to Masses
• Sugar House Community unlikely to budge for Wal-Mart

Utah Stories: Hot Off The Press

Pioneer Park: A Strange Dichotomy Are the city improvements making a difference in Pioneer Park? Utah Stories investigates by talking to homeless vagrants as well as police officers and farmer's market organizer Kim Angeli. June 25th, 2008

Omar's Living Cuisine Take on Sugar House Omar Abou-Ismail has built from scratch a successful restaurant in Sugar House. Hear his opinions and ideas for the future of the Granite Block. Also, Omar's take on what a genuine counter-culture needs to be about. June 23th, 2008

Westgate Timeshare Scam Part III in the ongoing story of attempting to fight back against Westgate Resorts rip-off timeshare scam. June 13th, 2008

Sugar House Powers Have a Conflict in Vision Craig Mecham wants to invest nearly $200 million dollars in Sugar House. However, progress has stalled and city leaders could mandate penalties that could derail his vision. May 29th, 2008

Mecham Releases Revised Sugar House Granite Block Plans See all of the revised plans for the Sugar House Granite Block only on Utah Stories May 29th, 2008

A Return to Common Sense Journalism How the Media has failed in providing useful information to citizens to help them be free and self governing. May 23th, 2008

• Debugging Government and SocietyMay 23, 2008
• Who is funding the voucher battle? Part II updated November 1st, 2007
• Who really wants vouchers? Part I posted October 29th, 2007
• Vouchers for Dummies updated October 11th
• Smart Growth in Utah & the West updated October 18th, 2007
• Smart Growth Observations: Europe by bike updated October 18th, 2007
• The Ute Indians at Fort Duchesne: "life on the res" posted September 14th, 2007
• How we we practice "smart growth" posted August 10th, 2007
• Concealed Weapons on Campus posted April 25th
• Pioneer Park: What kind of pioneer legacy is this? posted September 9th, 2007
• Farmer's Market & Pioneer Park: A success and a disasterposted September 8th, 2007
• Capitol Report posted February 2007

• Sugar House Powers Have a Conflict in Vision May 29th, 2008
• Mecham Releases Revised Granite Block Plans May 29th, 2008
• Sugar House Granite Block Scoop May 15th, 2008
• A New Spin on Pole Dancing March 14th, 2008
• 100 Years of History now a Pile of Rubble January 21st, 2008
• Sugar House developers Mecham and Redrock get grilled by Commissioners September 27th, 2007
• Sugar House developer, Craig Mecham, talks to Utah Stories September 21st, 2007
• Where are the Utah places? -Why local culture is traded for chain stores September 18th, 2007
• City Council Meeting: Granite block moratorium rejected September 6th, 2007
• Craig Mecham unveils plans for Sugarhouse Granite block September 6th, 2007
• Sugarhouse: merchant photographs & resident quotes August 21st, 2007
• Will Sugar House become another Gateway? July 20th, 2007

• A People's History of Salt Lake City: How Main Street Was Traded for Wall Street April 26th, 2008
• Skybridge Saves L.D.S Faithful From Perils of Modern Culture
• Bishop Burton Answers Question Regarding Skybridge February 24th, 2008
• Skybridge causing a divide February 14th, 2008
• A People's History of Salt Lake City: The Great Divide February 16th, 2008
• Artspace: no longer for artists? February 7th, 2008
• Culture Clash on Main Street January 24th, 2008
• Can Artspace on Pierpont be saved? January 11, 2008
• Another cog in the wheel for corporate American retail December 13, 2007
• How to make downtown attract 10 million people December 5, 2007
• City Creek Center debate: Private mall or public square? November 30, 2007
• City Creek Center to short-change Salt Lake residents? November 2, 2007
• The Skybridge Debate of 1978 October 23, 2007
  
• A People's History of Salt Lake City: Suburban Growth & Development October 18th, 2008
• Downtown Salt Lake City Merchant Transcripts September 18th, 2007
• Downtown Salt Lake City Farmer's Market September 1st, 2007
• Can taco carts and merchants coexist? September 5th, 2007
• Pioneer Park: What kind of pioneer legacy is this? September 9th, 2007
• Farmer's Market & Pioneer Park: A success and a disaster September 8th, 2007

Smart Growth and Urban Planning Stories

• Smart Growth in Utah & the West updated October 18th
• What are the best methods for implementing smart growth policy? updated November 18th, 2007
• What are the best methods for implementing smart growth policy? updated November 18th, 2007
• Why many in Washington are opposed to Smart Growth and Transit updated January 6th, 2008
• Munich Germany: A Transit & Smart Growth Marvel updated January 6th, 2008
• Smart Growth Observations: Europe by bike updated October 18th, 2007

• Travis Hess-Making a Difference Three-time cancer survivor Travis Hess helps families who are struggling financially trying to save their children. May 19th, 2008
• Media Outlets Continue to Inaccurately confuse LDS and FLDS Faiths Besides the international media, many in Utah confuse FLDS with the LDS faith. A history lesson on the two church's differneces. posted May 12th, 2008
• Skybridge Saves L.D.S Faithful From Perils of Modern Culture Skybridge passes City Council 6-1, saving Mormons from undue harm from outside economic interests. updated April 20th, 2008
• Perfection Causing Depression?   According to recent studies Utahns quest for perfection and material satisfaction could be direclty corolated with Utah being the most depressed state in the nation.
  March 28th, 2008
• LDS Church, Answers Question Regarding Skybridge Bishop H. David Burton, presiding Bishop for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, grants UtahStories.com a question regarding the controversial City Creek Center Skybridge March 24th, 2008
• Deseret News pays homage to most influential Mormon in media: Glenn Beck (opinion) Why Glenn Beck is conquering three forms of media while Bob Lonsberry is angering non-L.D.S Utahns
  (posted December 13th)
• Utah Hall of Fame: Learn about Utah and Mormon culture from some of the most famous Utahns. Including: Eliza R. Snow, Brigham Young, Rocky Anderson, Donny Osmond, Edward Abbey and many more.
  (updated August 21st)
• Utah Documentaries: (Flash Version) Includes short-films on a Canning Champion, Violin Maker, Bronze Sculptor, One-handed guitar player, computer scientists and more. (updated January 4th)
• Ute Indians:The Ute Indian Reservation on Fort Deuchene. How one documentary film maker was given access until the tribe found his film might expose more than they wanted to show. (updated January 4th)

Buyer Beware--Consumer Protection

• Westgate Timeshare Scam Part III in the ongoing story of attempting to fight back against Westgate Resorts rip-off timeshare scam. posted June 13th, 2008
• Vegas Timeshare Scams How Westgate resorts uses the lure of Las Vegas and Hollywood to lure buyers into timeshare rip-offs (updated May 15th, 2008)
• The Chemical Imbalance Myth How drug companies and the media promote the myth that depression is caused by a chemical imbalance. April 3rd, 2008
• Hollywood Dreams & Timeshare NightmaresHow Westgate Resort's new Planet Hollywood Towers, sells rip-off timeshares using high-pressure sales tactics and dishonesty (updated March 26th, 2008)