Smart Growth This week, Madison County Commissioners voted to approve an amended Sugar City impact area in the Salem area. With the new boundaries approved, Sugar City is able to add additional voting members from within the impact area to our Planning and Zoning Commission, giving them a representative voice on the commission. We're excited to bring them onboard. Sugar City and Salem have been a combined community for many years, and as growth continues in our region, we're glad to cooperate officially with Salem residents in planning for our unified future. Above is a current snapshot of the County's GIS map, showing Sugar City's boundaries in blue and Rexburg's in red. (The impact area boundary lines are not shown here but are basically extended out from our city borders into the surrounding county area.) Most of us are aware of the current, mainly residential, growth in various areas of Sugar City. The two next biggest areas of growth will most likely come in th...
The occasional report and commentary from council member Glenn Dayley regarding Sugar City City Council meetings and our great community.