How to Get Involved!

There are many ways to get involved and help improve your neighborhood and community! Some of the ways you can become involved include the following:

  • Stay informed by signing up for the Orem newsletter.
  • Serve on a city board or commission. This is a great way to give back to the community and be intimately involved with what happens in Orem. Click here to apply.
  • Participate in the neighborhood planning process. To find out more about neighborhood planning, contact City of Orem Long-Range Planner, Grant Allen, at grallen@orem.org.
  • Read and understand your neighborhood plan. Neighborhood plans can be found here.
  • Provide feedback about your neighborhood by completing neighborhood surveys.
  • Nominate your neighbor for a beautification award by messaging the Orem City Beautification Commission on Facebook.
  • Attend neighborhood leader meetings, workshops, events, and activities. For a calendar of these events, click here.
  • Maintain your home and property to a community standard. To better understand the community standard definition, click here for English and here for Spanish.
  • Show your appreciation to your neighbor for cleaning up their property by nominating them for a Property All-Star Award HERE.
  • Make a difference in the City! City volunteer opportunities can be found HERE.
  • Volunteer to make your community better! Check out justserve.org and/or https://volunteer.unitedwayuc.org/ for a list of volunteer opportunities throughout Orem and Utah County. 
  • Be a good neighbor!

Do you want to view City Council or Planning Commission agendas & Meetings? View them HERE

Neighborhood Preservation Unit/Code Enforcement

Has the appearance of your home and yard improved recently? Are you proud of the word you’ve done to turn it around? If so, you should apply for the PROPERTY ALL-STAR program! 

The Property All-Star award program was developed to show appreciation and to recognize those homeowners and landlords that have to improve their once-blighted properties and have brought them up to a community standard or beyond. 

  • Homeowners and landlords can nominate themselves but will need to provide before and after photos of their properties.
  • Front yards will only be considered with some exceptions. 
  • Nominees will need to agree to the nomination and give permission to release their name, address, and photos. A photo release will need to be signed.    
  • The winner will receive a home improvement related prize and a certificate signed by the Mayor. The winner will also have a sign they can keep in their yard congratulating them for their efforts and will be highlighted on the City’s website and Facebook Page.
  • All the monthly winners will be placed in the drawing for the yearly award provided by Lowes.
  • Award term lasts from the first day to the last day of the calendar month.
  • The program will be available citywide.

CLICK HERE to Apply! 

About the NPU Team

The Neighborhood Preservation Unit (NPU) enforces city code and nuisance ordinance violations, concentrating on drug/party houses, illegal accessory apartments, cluttered and junky yards, abandoned vehicles, health issues, illegal businesses, alcohol compliance, and graffiti. To report problems or code violations in your neighborhood, contact the Orem Help Center. 

For common neighborhood-related codes, click here for English and here for Spanish.

For information on the Administrative Law Process, click here.

All Orem City Code can be found here.

A code enforcement plan has been developed for low- to moderate-income neighborhoods outlining above-and-beyond activities to help improve these neighborhoods and prioritize Community Development Block Grant spending. These neighborhoods include Sharon Park, Geneva Heights, Suncrest, Stonewood, Lakeridge, and Hillcrest. View the plan here.