Pleasant View seeks ED‑TIF for Ryze Bakery expansion that would add 170 jobs and $61M investment

Representatives from Pleasant View briefed the Weber County Commission on a proposed expansion by Ryze Bakery: a roughly 116,000‑square‑foot building, about $61,000,000 in capital investment and an estimated 170 new jobs. The city and company requested an economic‑development tax‑increment financing (ED‑TIF) participation of 15 years at 50%, within the county’s policy framework. Committee materials projected the county’s share at approximately $333,000 over 15 years and listed a county participation cap of $1,700,000.

County staff noted the project includes sustainability components (water‑efficiency and air‑quality measures) and would help preserve manufacturing jobs in the industrial area. Committee members supported the concept contingent on contract language that ties benefit to added production lines (not storage) and to the job and sustainability commitments: the package would be contingent on a participation agreement spelling out those conditions. "If this is storage, I'm off; if it's the line, I'm with it," one commissioner said; staff replied the local agreement would reflect the production requirement.

What’s next: staff will draft a participation agreement with Pleasant View and Ryze Bakery, specifying job targets and sustainability commitments, and return the item to the commission for placement on a future agenda.