Growth
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Stories (10)
Mark Johnson
Parents in Tears — Children Who Can't Afford to Stay in Lehi
Mayor Johnson describes a recurring, heartbreaking experience: parents sitting in his office crying because their children cannot afford to buy homes in the city where they grew up.
Doug Webb
The 5 A.M. Doorbell
As a 10-year-old paperboy in Lehi, Doug Webb was late delivering a Sunday paper. The homeowner — someone Doug admired deeply — let his father know. The next week, Doug overcorrected in a very 10-year-old way: he rang the doorbell at 5:00 a.m. to prove the paper had arrived on time. When confronted, he panicked and denied it — but his dad pointed out the obvious. Decades later, Doug taught that family's grandchildren at Lehi High. During difficult years of school growth and construction, that family supported him and told others: 'Doug's working on it. We're okay.' The circle closed across two generations.
Doug Webb
Four Years of Construction at Lehi High
For four consecutive years, Lehi High School was a construction zone. The design-build reconstruction — constrained by a tight campus footprint — required creative collaboration between teachers, administrators, architects from Naylor Wentworth, and the Alpine School District. Neighbors across the street endured years of dust and mud with patience. Doug describes the experience as unexpectedly joyful, despite its difficulty. 'I wouldn't change that for the world. Everyone was so good to work with.' The result was a compact but beautiful modern campus — built by a community that showed up.
People (2)
Doug Webb
Former Principal, Lehi High School · Agriculture & Science Teacher · Lifelong Lehi Resident
Doug Webb is a lifelong Lehi resident who spent 25 years connected to Lehi High School — four as a student, eight as an agriculture and science teacher, seven as assistant principal, and several as principal. After teaching at Copper Hills High School and completing his career at Oak Canyon Junior High, he returned to lead the school he grew up in. He also served in faith leadership, becoming the same kind of mentor figure to others that Russ Fell had been to him.
Mark Johnson
Mayor of Lehi, Former City Council Member, Engineer & Business Owner
Mayor Mark Johnson is an engineer-turned-civic-leader who grew up in Pleasant Grove and chose Lehi as his home. After losing two City Council elections, he was appointed to the Planning Commission, eventually joined the Council, served 12+ years, then reluctantly ran for mayor — winning the general election by an 18-point swing from the primary.
Quotes (34)
"You can't answer the what-ifs until you try."
Kaylee Kendall
Home Is Not Just Something You Borrow — Matthew & Kaylee Kendall
"Don't think you're not the growth."
Mark Johnson
Building Lehi — Mayor Mark Johnson on Growth, Civic Service, and the People Who Make a City Work
"I always know that there’s a little more that I need to learn."
Ammon Childs
Buy the Real Estate — Ammon Childs on 17 Years of Utah Real Estate
"Potential is a really bad word."
Andy Hadfield
The Steward and the Game — Andy Hadfield on Coaching, Fatherhood, and What Football Really Teaches
"Comparison is the thief of joy."
Andy Hadfield
The Steward and the Game — Andy Hadfield on Coaching, Fatherhood, and What Football Really Teaches
"The process is what makes you who you are."
Andy Hadfield
The Steward and the Game — Andy Hadfield on Coaching, Fatherhood, and What Football Really Teaches
"Teach for perfection, expect perfection, knowing we’ll never achieve it."
Andy Hadfield
The Steward and the Game — Andy Hadfield on Coaching, Fatherhood, and What Football Really Teaches
"People were willing to let me recover — and that made all the difference."
Doug Webb
Roots Run Deep in the Classroom — Doug Webb on Education, Leadership, and a Lifetime of Serving Lehi
"Change can be good and it can be hard at the same time."
Doug Webb
Roots Run Deep in the Classroom — Doug Webb on Education, Leadership, and a Lifetime of Serving Lehi
"The best thing I've learned about leadership is from all the mistakes I've made."
Doug Webb
Roots Run Deep in the Classroom — Doug Webb on Education, Leadership, and a Lifetime of Serving Lehi
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(4)"You can't answer the what-ifs until you try."
— Kaylee Kendall
"Don't think you're not the growth."
— Mark Johnson
"I always know that there’s a little more that I need to learn."
— Ammon Childs
"Potential is a really bad word."
— Andy Hadfield