OGDEN — What people in one Ogden neighborhood see as a public green space is now up for sale. Homeowners are making a plea to city leaders to step in and save it.

Sometimes it’s what we stand to lose that brings a community together.

“Once it’s gone, it’s gone forever. So, we really want to help develop it into something that’s going to help the neighborhood,” MJ Merkley, who lives close to the space, said.

About fifty neighbors met over the weekend at the site of the former Taylor Canyon Elementary school.

The former Taylor Canyon Elementary school site. (Mike Anderson, KSL TV)

“We’re not afraid of development,” Hannah Wagner, who also lives near the space, said. “But to tear down a park that is utilized by so many people in the community doesn’t feel like developing the community.”

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