MIDA is the Military Installation Development Authority, a state agency originally formed to serve veterans and military members. It’s governed by appointed, not elected, officials.
MIDA is involved in much of the development in northern Wasatch County, including Deer Valley East Village and new neighborhoods on the western shore of the Jordanelle Reservoir.
It has a public infrastructure district, or PID, responsible for things like roads and utilities on the land west of U.S. 40. PIDs are a way for developers to build infrastructure using bonds, and they’re governed by their own boards. The bonds are later repaid through special assessments or property taxes, so property owners in the district could be charged extra to cover the cost.
On Tuesday, May 13, the Mountain Village Public Infrastructure District approved a $274 million tentative budget for fiscal year 2026.
That’s down from last year’s $324 million budget.
The tentative budget includes $2.7 million for operations and over $230 million for project costs, including capital projects like a snow melting facility and a salt storage facility. It also includes $35 million in debt service.
Heather Kruse is the executive director of MIDA’s presence in Wasatch County. She said administrators are making a map of the infrastructure.
“We have been working on creating an interactive map for the public infrastructure district, so we will be able to pinpoint each and every piece of the asset inventory,” she said. “So, we can look at lights, we can look at different pieces of the stormwater network – things like that, which will help us with maintenance and operations.”
Kruse said as East Village developer Extell finishes construction projects, it is turning over infrastructure management to the PID.
Deer Valley had a grand opening for the first phase of its resort expansion in January 2025, with more terrain and amenities expected to open in the 2025-26 season.
