KAYSVILLE—There are 15 cities in the county and each one is unique. The mayors of those cities had the opportunity to talk about what’s happening in their city at the Davis Chamber of Commerce’s annual mayors luncheon held at the Davis Tech campus.

“We just finished remodeling the (Eaglewood) club house,” said North Salt Lake Mayor Brian Horrocks. “Plans are in the works for Hatch Park. That’s going to be a big project.”

A major setback for the city is the bridge over the 1100 North railroad, he said. “We’ll have to go back to the drawing board. We were trying to maintain Main Street by moving it a little to the left but there’s another set of tracks to the west there.”

The bridge would come down within 150 feet of it, said Horrocks. “We’d have to suspend both railroad tracks and that would double the length of it.That would add $60 million.”

Liberty Fest, the city’s 4th of July celebration, is going to be bigger and better than ever, Horrocks said. “We’ll have the car show and the fireworks are the best ever. We have a corporate sponsor so we were able to throw a little more money at it.”

The area where the old Rice and Strand building was before being torn down still hasn’t been developed. "We approved luxury apartments,” said Horrocks. “They were the nicest thing that came before us, we were excited about it. But with interest rates the cost was too expensive. It’s changed ownership a couple of times. It’s still penciled in.”

Fiber is a big thing in Bountiful, said Mayor Kendalyn Harris. “We’re going to approve a contract with UTOPIA for a city-owned network. UTOPIA would be the administrators and do the work but the city would own the infrastructure.”

The chalk art festival started May 31, she said. “We have the Coats for Kids car show and parade in June and Summer Fest three Monday nights in June. There’s Handcart Days in July.”

Harris said the city is continuing with the general plan process. "We’re looking to the future of what we want our city to be as it grows and what we want to preserve. We’re in the middle of that process.”

Kaysville has a grassroots campaign to get Trader Joe’s to come to the city, said Mayor Tami Tran. “Alchemy Development is going to restore and repurpose the historic rock library on Main Street.”

Tran said other businesses coming to Kaysville include a new Taco Bell that just opened. “We have the grand opening for Picklr an indoor Pickleball court on June 5.”

Kaysville also got two tunnel car washes, Charlie's and Mister Car Wash, she said. “There are several new restaurants planned as well.”

Other mayors also talked about what makes their city special and got ideas from each other on how to make things even better.

Hatch Park will be the culmination of the projects North Salt Lake is working on, said Horrocks. “I’m naive enough to think everything is going well.”