Tips and tricks to finding the perfect apartment for you

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July 30, 2021

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Moving away to college and living on your own is always a hard experience. It can be especially difficult to find a new place to live that meets all your necessities and still fits within your budget. To help navigate the world of student housing, here are some tips on how to find the perfect […]

UVU student housing proposition divided by one vote

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November 7, 2018

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Tight race cannot be declared until mail-in and absentee ballots counted Proposition 5, the Orem referendum to re-zone the Palos Verdes neighborhood for student housing, is ahead for those in favor by one vote at the latest count. Currently, the votes for the measure are standing at 7,138 while the votes against are at 7,137; […]

Everything UVU students need to know about Prop 5

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November 6, 2018

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What is Prop 5? Proposition 5 is a ballot initiative for residents of Orem regarding the rezoning of land next to the GT building (1000 South 400 West, Orem) for student housing. The area would be re-zoned to allow for high density housing, in other words, student apartments. How does Prop 5 impact UVU students? […]

Voting for Prop 5 will help UVU campus culture

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October 30, 2018

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At 39,931 students enrolled for the 2018 fall semester, Utah Valley University is the largest school in the state. Earlier this month, the Utah System of Higher Education released figures that show UVU has grown by 2,649 students from just a year ago, nearly triple the growth of all other public institutions in Utah. Despite […]

5 things to know about Prop 5

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October 30, 2018

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What is Prop 5? Proposition 5 will allow the construction of a student housing village that will provide 1,600 beds to the growing community of UVU students by allowing a rezone. Orem city passed Ordinance No. O- 2018-0005 to rezone a residential area consisting of 9.58 acres to the PD-48 student housing zone earlier this […]

Woodbury, PEG addressed Prop 5 concerns ahead of vote

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October 25, 2018

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Proposition 5, the referendum containing the proposed PD-48 zone change to develop student housing in the Palos Verdes neighborhood, only affects this project, according to Taylor Woodbury and Kyle Jardine. Woodbury is the COO of Woodbury Corp, and Jardine is the development manager of PEG Development. The proposed zone change will allow the developers to […]

Let Orem Vote asks for investigation into UVU by lieutenant governor

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October 11, 2018

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David Irvine, an attorney for the political issues committee Let Orem Vote, filed a complaint on Oct. 10 of “electioneering” to Lt. Gov. Spencer Cox against UVU regarding its position on the Palos Verdes student housing development. Let Orem Vote opposes the student housing development and successfully petitioned Orem City to place the rezoning of […]

UNIVERSITY DOWNS, PREVIOUSLY SLOTTED FOR UVU STUDENT HOUSING, FOR SALE AFTER NELSON BROTHERS SPLIT

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October 9, 2018

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University Downs for sale after Nelson Brothers split Photo by Andrew Creer The empty property southwest of UVU campus known as University Downs has been listed for sale after the Nelson Brothers, Brian and Patrick, split their real estate company. An employee of Nelson Partners said the separation of the original Nelson Brothers company went […]

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