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EVENTS IN THE HISTORY OF SARATOGA SPRINGS
JANUARY 2004
Saratoga Springs’ first medical office, the Crossroads Office Complex, begins construction.
MAY 2004
The TalonsCove Golf Club opens in Saratoga Springs. The city’s first full-service restaurant was anticipated to open in the course’s clubhouse in August 2004.
JANUARY 2008
Saratoga Springs reaches its 10th anniversary. Ken Leetham, Saratoga Springs city manager at the time, estimates the city had about 30 retail businesses, five medical/dental offices and about 50,000 square feet of other professional office space.
JANUARY 2009
Construction on the Pioneer Crossing expressway begins. This east-west transportation route was highly anticipated as it would ease traffic congestion through Lehi by providing another route for residents of Saratoga Springs and other western Utah County communities to get in and out of their cities and access the I-15 freeway.
SEPTEMBER 2009
June 2012
A wildfire designated as the Dump Fire burns thousands of acres of land near Saratoga Springs, forcing the evacuation of many residents. Mayor Mia Love estimated one-third of her city was displaced.
AUGUST 2004
Saratoga Shores Elementary School
— the city’s first elementary school — opens with more than 600 students attending class in portable units. Their new school building, under construction across the street, would not open until August 2005.
The Saratoga Springs City Council votes to purchase $62 million worth of federal water for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. As part of the agreement, the city also agreed to annex nearly 3,000 acres of church farmland and would compel some smaller landowners to join the annexation. The water would allow the business arm of the church to develop its land plus as much as several thousand more acres in the area.
AUGUST 2010
The Pioneer Crossing expressway opens.
July 2013
The Daily Herald reports Saratoga Springs is experiencing a restaurant boom with a Wendy’s under construction, a Taco Bell and Panda Express planning to start construction in the fall, and four more restaurants on track to open in 2014.
January 2015
Mia Love, a former mayor of Saratoga Springs, is sworn in as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives representing Utah’s 4th District. She was the first Black female Republican to serve in the U.S. Congress.
JUNE 2006
Saratoga Springs City announces its first big box retail store — a Super Walmart — will be built in the city at the intersection of State Road 73 and Redwood Road.
FEBRUARY 2007
Saratoga Springs’ first McDonald’s restaurant opens.
MARCH 2011
The Saratoga Springs City Children’s Library opens after the community raised tens of thousands of dollars to support the project.
April 2017
The Saratoga Springs Utah Temple is announced by Thomas S. Monson, president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, during the church’s April 2017 General Conference.
DECEMBER 2017
Saratoga Springs reaches its 20th anniversary.
APRIL 2019
Patriot Park opens as the first baseball park in the city.
JUNE 2019
Saratoga Springs City announces that a Costco will be built in the city.
OCTOBER 2019
An extension of the Mountain View Corridor opens from 2100 North and Redwood Road in Lehi to S.R. 73 in Saratoga Springs.
December 2019
The new Saratoga Springs Public Safety Building opens at 367 S. Saratoga Road.
Saratoga Springs’ new Public Safety Building opened in 2019.
Sources:
“Large development revives Saratoga area,” by Bekki Janson, The Daily Herald, July 3, 1997
“Saratoga Springs officially a town,” by Donald W. Meyers, The Daily Herald, Dec. 31, 1997
“Utah’s Population Growth: State, County, and City Changes 2000-2010,” Utah Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel, January 2012 saratogaspringscity.com/455/Growth-Demographics
