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 July 5th, 2008

• USA Number One in the World! (Latest obesity rankings)
• Excellent Crossroads Mall History
• Report Predicts a Mass Exodus off Highways
• 98 percent of drivers support mass transit...for others
• Turning Garbage into Energy-
• Free Electric Bicycles
• Farmington Mixed-Use Project--
• The Urbanizing World Should be Built for People, Not Cars
• Architectural Genius or Insane Manifestations?
• M.I.T. Engineers Offer Collapsible Car to Masses

Utah Stories: Hot Off The Press

• Verl Cook Holding His Ground Video
  Verl Cook's farm is located in a city hungry for big box corporate investment. Real estate developers are salivating over Cook's farm 40 acres of farmland just off I-15. See why Verl Cook says he and his family will never sell. August 18th, 2008
• Kimball Arts Park City Arts Festival Video
  Photo and video highlights from the 2008 Kimball Arts Park City Festival. Includes video with commentary on the best the festival has to offer. August 18th, 2008
• Holding His Ground
  Development encroaches on one of the last family farms in Orem. How the Cook Family Farm intends to stand their ground in the face of new city mandates and developer pressure. August 16th, 2008
• A Hole Lot Of Uncertainty
  Federal government courthouse funding uncertainty could leave Market Street Salt Lake City without Port O'Call and a giant hole in downtown Salt Lake City for years to come. August 13th, 2008
• Urban Trees to Wooden Bowls
  Kurt and Melody Bellock find joy in transforming dead old growth urban trees into living works of art.
  August 5th, 2008
• From Boardroom to Junkyard
  Brandon Beach ditched a $150,000 dollar per year job to rummage through trash heaps for materials to make art. Find out why he says the trade-off has been well worth the sacrifice.
  updated July 28th, 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

• Omar's Living Cuisine Take on Sugar House June 23th, 2008
• 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

• Samak Smokehouse Farmers Market ProfileJuly 26th, 2008
• Farmers Market Success Story: Mushroom Man July 18th, 2008
• Pioneer Park: A Strange Dichotomy June 25th, 2008
• 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 May 12th, 2008
• 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)

Media & Culture Commentary

• Tumbleweed Mini-Houses Popular among West Coast City Dwellers Utah Stories examines the growing popularity of the U.S. mini-houses compared to european dachas and cottages. July 22nd, 2008
• Where Video Gamers Meet Reality Investigating the growing national appeal of medieval live action role playing in the Utah and the United States. July 10th, 2008
• Debugging Democracy A call for bloggers and independent minded individuals to help debug democracy and failed government policy. May 23th, 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
• Paris to Amsterdam by Bike bicycle touring Europe January 6th, 2008
• A Bus Ride From Westnern to Eastern Europe A analysis of Bosnia and their struggle with democracy and capitalism. December 3rd, 2007