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 April 10th, 2008

• 36 States Facing a Water Crisis
• The Urbanizing World Should be Built for People, Not Cars
• A better way to build "Living Streets"
• Architectural Genius or Insane Manifestations?
• M.I.T. Engineers Offer Collapsible Car to Masses
• Snow coverage in North America greatest since 1966
• Sugar House Community unlikely to budge for Wal-Mart
• New solar cell can split water and harvest hydrogen
• Wall Street Journal: New Era Dawns for Rail Building
• CBS Evening News: Train Travel on the Rise
• 3'-By-4' Plot Of Green Space Rejuvenates Neighborhood

Utah Stories: Hot Off The Press

Sugar House Granite Block Scoop Utah Stories has the scoop the Tribune and Deseret News couldn't get - the low-down from developer Craig Mecham on why he believes the stalled progress will amount to a better final result. posted May 16th, 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

A People's History of Salt Lake City The history of Salt Lake City from those who have spent their lives working in the heart of downtown.
posted April 28th, 2008

Interesting Spanish & German comments on Utah Stories Two of our stories posted on Youtube and received a lot of recent debate in their respective communities.
posted April 28th, 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

Chemical Imbalance Myth How drug companies and the media promote the myth that depression is caused by a chemical imbalance. Also, Better methods of staying mentaly healthy & treating depression. April 3rd, 2008

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

Sugarhouse Stories

Salt Lake City Stories

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)

• 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)
• Hollywood Dreams and Timeshare Nightmares How Westgate Resorts uses the lure of Las Vegas and Hollywood stars to sell rip-off time shares (posted December 12)
• 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)

Consumer Awareness and Protection

• 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)