![]() ![]() Values that we have here in Lehi, so the high-tech growth, I think is a good thing. Progress that gets made while we’re still able to keep some of the old hometown Hard to just pick one particular answer to that, but I like to see some of the To share his favorite part about being mayor, I’ve just- that was one thing that was taught to me by my parents is that you have to work hard at everything you do in life and we literally had to because of my life circumstances as a child and so yeah, I just worked hard. “ Favorite Part of Being Mayor When I asked him how he was able to win by 11 points and keep persisting, Lehi Mayor Mark Johnson responded, “It was a lot of hard work and hard work does not worry me at all. Large swing, and as you know, in politics that seldom happens. Happen and I ended up winning by I believe it was 11 points, so it was a pretty Really do things halfheartedly, so I decided to work at it and see what would I was down- I was down 11 points in the primary, but I decided I don’t Which is exactly where I came in after the primary, so I had to finish it to I didn’t want to come in second through the primary, The city, but I was encouraged and I ran.Ĭould win that election. He and I had some very different philosophies on how things should be managed in Running for MayorĮlection in 2018, I was encouraged by some people in town that I should run for Spending some time with the family and just relaxing and so I decided to leaveĪnd voluntarily stepped out. Had decided I’d had enough of being on the city council and needed to start Situation and today with the rapid growth, we’re struggling with that. Of creating zoning laws that would help with the diversity in our living Three elections and won in those three elections. I was appointed to the city council and then I ran in the next Have done very, very well through the years and there became a vacancy on theĬity council. We’ve all gone through that, and so those ordinances that we applied Lots because people have different interests at different stages in their Apartments are important, so are some larger lots and some medium-sized The importance of holding to some of those zones and we created diversity in We created some new zones and we discussed Planning commission for three and half years and we made a lot of changes in Got somebody’s attention because they put me on the planning commission. But during that process, I made some points that I guess ![]() Transient community, and that’s just not a good thing. I realized that what was happening is that Lehi was becoming a Small enough they couldn’t expand their home and they couldn’t find any larger The story was very similar all the way down the street.Įverybody loved Lehi, they wanted to stay, but ![]() So, I actually parked my vehicle, got out, walkedĭown the street, and I started knocking doors asking people why they were Rezoning and generally they’d always got it.Īctually found the street in Lehi that had a for sale sign on just about every Developers would come in and they’d apply for Lehi was filling up with starter homes, just Started watching how Lehi was developing. It has been a wonderful community, Saw Need for Change in Development in Lehi We started looking, weįound a house, sold our other house, and moved here, and we have not looked back. Point between those two locations that we could find. When my wife was working in ProvoĪnd I was working in Bountiful, we decided that Lehi was about the best center Grove, but I always wanted to move to Lehi. Always Loved Lehi:īut I spent a lot of time growing up here in the summer with friends. They want to make a difference and part of the reason for this podcast is toĮncourage people to be more involved, so I asked Mark to tell us his story. To know that our leaders are average, everyday people who have just decided ![]()
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