SkyRidge Mountain Community, a slew of subdivisions being developed within the boundaries of Utah’s Military Installation Development Authority’s Wasatch County project, is well underway and with it recreational opportunities for members of the military, according to a presentation Tuesday to the MIDA board.
While the golf, horse riding and other activities will be available to the larger community, they will also be available for reduced rates to military members, who will be able to rent luxury hotel rooms at lower rates as well.
Nestled off U.S. 40 next to the shores of the Jordanelle, the large development is divided into smaller subdivisions with astrological names: Aries, Capricorn, Leo, Centaur, Orion, Ursa, Gemini and Constellation.
The development has also planned several additions that will help the Mayflower military recreational area provide a variety of recreational opportunities to the military.
Currently, a golf clubhouse, golf course and equestrian center are all under construction.
Early last month, Skyridge Managing Director Tyler Aldous acknowledged the community’s first attempt at constructing a 40-stall equestrian barn was “a total loss” after the structure caught fire and burned to a crisp. Fortunately, no horses or people were injured in the calamity.
The equestrian barn currently under construction will similarly have 40 stalls, indoor and outdoor arenas, a grazing pasture, horse boarding, a round pen and “meaningful discounts” for military members.
It is scheduled for completion late next year.
The development’s golf clubhouse will host three simulator launches, a golf pro shop, a cafe, a putting green, 15 private hitting bays, a 310 driving range with ball tracking technology, and a restaurant and bar.
The project is planned to be completed in the second quarter of 2025.
Looking further into the future, there’s also a 55-unit condominium and 65-room hotel scheduled to be finished in 2026, though the project still lacks an approved site plan and building permit.
Wasatch County invited MIDA to help develop the area, a task that had proved difficult for the county, given the substantial infrastructural needs.
While taxing entities like Wasatch County still receive the revenue they were paid from MIDA’s development areas before the project was established and sometimes a percent of the growing increase, any revenue above that base rate goes toward the development of the project.
Wasatch County entered a 40-year agreement under such terms with the understanding and hope that once it again receives its full allotment of taxes from the area, they will have grown far in excess of what they would have been without MIDA.
This article has been updated from a previous version for clarification and to correct a spelling error.