Mayor's Message

Often we get so caught up in our day-to-day doings that we lose sight of the big picture.

Here in St. George, things are always in motion. We are doing our best to manage and stay ahead of the growth. I’d like to provide an update about some key projects I mentioned during the State of the City address last February.

City Hall Building

One much-anticipated addition to the downtown area expected in the next couple of years is our new City Hall. Our current City Hall building served us well, but when it was built in 1980, our population was only about 11,000—and we had just 105 full-time employees. Now, every spare office, closet, or storage space is tied up as we now have approximately 800 full time employees and between 400 and 450 parttime employees to serve our growing population of approximately 100,000 residents. The new City Hall will be on Main Street, east of Historic Town Square.

New Fire Stations

Fire Station One will be moving from 1000 East to the heart of downtown on 400 East, former site of the old Flood Street chapel. This will increase square footage from 7,500 to 20,000, help with response times and the insurance rating, and give us a better headquarters from which to work. It is expected to be completed in 2024. Also on the horizon is Station Ten, which will service the airport, Desert Canyons, and Southern Parkway. It will also help cover Desert Color.

Graveyard Wash

Graveyard Wash Reservoir will allow us to store the reuse water that is collected and treated at the wastewater treatment plant during the winter months and use it for outdoor irrigation. The project is in the final stages of design. Construction of this reservoir is anticipated to begin in the fall, with an eighteenmonth construction period.

Parks

In April, we opened Broken Mesa Park in the Desert Canyons community. Later this summer, we are anticipating opening Fossil Falls Park, adjacent to the Virgin River near Dinosaur Crossing Drive. It will have a fantastic shaded playground and concrete plaza with raised planters, a sand volleyball pit, a large and a small pavilion, an open turf area, and a Spanish bosque plaza with a central raised planter. We cut the amount of turf in this park from about 4.5 acres in the original design down to 1.75 acres in the final design.