Andrew Young - Alpine, Utah City Council Candidate

Andrew Young here—your Alpine, Utah neighbor of 40 years. I have been asked by fellow residents to run for our Alpine City Council to help preserve what we all love and cherish about our town: its peace, safety, low traffic, low taxes, low-density housing, deep religious conviction, and the beautiful North Mountain with its quiet walking paths and the crisp stream that soothes life’s worries.

These unique and precious qualities of Alpine are under threat, as I’m sure you’ve noticed. Like you, I treasure them, and I am willing to work tirelessly to protect Alpine’s pillars:

A town of religious conviction and historical legacy
A peaceful, quiet, low-traffic, low-tax, low-density place to raise a family and retire
A beautiful, non-commercial mountain town with unobstructed views

My experience standing up for residents—including helping stop Alpine's High Bench Road from becoming a high-traffic highway to American Fork, and moving the pickleball courts directly bordering resident's backyards and a chapel on Healy Blvd to Creekside Park—has strengthened my conviction that good decisions come from prioritizing the backyard and street of the Alpine Resident first and foremost.

In every decision, I believe the resident closest to the impact should have the first and final say. Those living on that street, or next to the issue at hand, know best what is right for their neighborhood. This bottom-up, resident-focused approach contrasts with the top-down decisions that too often leave residents underserved and a city becoming unrecognizable as so many near us have become. I will not let this happen to our Alpine.

I believe working with your City Council should feel like calling the front desk at a Marriott—where you are the most valued person we serve, because you are the one paying for it all. You deserve to be the priority. If entrusted with this opportunity by the residents of Alpine, I will work tirelessly to make our town the greatest place imaginable to live.

I would cherish the opportunity to come and visit with you at your home or have you at mine to listen to the issues and pains that you are experiencing and those are what I will prioritize and fight for. Those will be my priorities. Our priorities.

Please reach out and let me know what you want preserved and protected in our cherished Alpine and what pain points you are experiencing.

My Contact info is:

Andrew Young
801-573-6162
andrewredfordyoung@gmail.com
1371 E 490 S
Alpine, Utah 84004

Andrew Young's Background:

Andrew Young was born and raised in Alpine, Utah, where he has lived for nearly 35 years. He is a proud husband to Arica and father of five. A Lone Peak Sterling Scholar and BYU graduate with multiple scholarships, Andrew served a mission in Brazil and has built a career that includes Microsoft, DreamWorks, KSL-NBC, Sunrun, and currently the National Center on Sexual Exploitation (NCOSE).

At NCOSE, Andrew works to fight pornography and child trafficking in America, playing a key role in passing the Take It Down Act in May 2025 — a bipartisan law signed by President Donald Trump — which gives families the right to have exploitative content removed from the internet within 48 hours.

Andrew is a lifelong Republican who values faith, family, and freedom. He has served as a State and County Delegate for eight years, as Precinct Vice Chair, and as a leader in Alpine Elementary and Timberline Middle School PTA drug prevention programs, including Red Ribbon Week. He also served on the Alpine Elementary School Community Council overseeing land trust funds.

He believes in standing up for Alpine’s values, protecting families, and challenging the status quo when it harms the community.

Andrew has strong financial standing, and deep roots in Alpine — as the great-great-great-grandson of Brigham Young, who named the town.

ANDREW'S RESIDENT-LED ALPINE PRIORITIES:

NO HIGH-DENSITY HOUSING

REMOVE ALL STATE & FEDERAL PRESSURE OFF OF ALPINE FOR ANY HIGH-DENSITY HOUSING

FIX (SLOW DOWN) THE TRAFFIC

ON ALPINE BLVD, HIGH BENCH, GROVE DR, MAIN ST, CANYON CREST, WESTFIELD, 200 S...

FIX EXTREME CONSTRUCTION

HIGH ELEVATION, VIEW BLOCKING, OVERSIZED, OVERLY TALL, & BEYOND "WEIRD" FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD IT IS IN

DROP PROPERTY TAXES

CITY, COUNTY, SCHOOL, & STATE LEVEL

OTHER PRIORITES INCLUDE: FIX THE WATER, CREATE FIRE PREVENTION BREAKS, ADDRESS THE RACCOON PROBLEM, ADD SEVERAL STREET LIGHTS, TRIM TREES AROUND POWER LINES, PROTECT ALPINE TRAILS, MAKE ALPINE DAYS MORE AFFORDABLE, INSTALL PERMANENT ALPINE SIGNS IN PLACE OF FABRIC, ADOPT A HILLSIDE ORDINANCE TO PROTECT VIEWS...