Ogden Civic Action Network

Ogden Civic Action Network (OgdenCAN) is a group of anchor institutions, community partners, and neighbors committed to improving the health and well-being of our community.

Our Placed-Based Commitment: The East Central Neighborhood

OgdenCAN is hyper-local and place-based with its deepest focus in the East Central Neighborhood, where we build local leadership and strengthen community health and opportunity. At the same time, our work connects to the broader Ogden community, recognizing that when East Central thrives, Ogden-Weber benefits, and when Ogden-Weber is thriving, it creates greater opportunity for East Central.

Together with our anchor institutions and local partners, OgdenCAN invests in applied research programs and develops local leaders within the East Central Neighborhood. In partnership with the United Partnership Council (UPC), OgdenCAN cultivates networks and committees to advance high impact solutions focused on five Community Pillars of Health: lifelong learning, vibrant economy, safe and strong neighborhoods, community connection, and healthy lifestyles.

The East Central Neighborhood of Ogden is a 10-block by 10-block area adjacent to downtown where neighbors are building on local strengths to create real change. OgdenCAN supports these grassroots efforts, helping connect people, resources, and opportunities across the community.

By centering our work in East Central, we:

Identify, connect, and mobilize community assets — the people, places, and partnerships that form the foundation of neighborhood strength.
Build trust and momentum through consistent presence and authentic relationship building with and between neighbors.
Address challenges at the neighborhood level, where solutions can be most meaningful.
Create models that can scale to other parts of the city and region.

The mission of Ogden Civic Action Network is to focus on the health and well-being of our residents in the East Central neighborhood. We will accomplish this by being a funder of applied research, and the developer of community leaders.

Our vision is a thriving Ogden-Weber Community in partnership with the United Partnership Council through five areas of focus: Health, Education, Built Environment, Economic Stability and Social Fabric.

DONATE to OgdenCAN

Donate to the OgdenCAN Impact Innovation Fund The Impact Innovation Fund provides support for applied research and community impact projects, including community leadership development and community-led solutions that directly benefit the East Central Neighborhood and broader Ogden community.

Collaborating NEW GROUND

OgdenCAN is part of the Anchor Learning Network, a group of over 50 universities who have committed to their anchor role in their respective communities. This network is convened by Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities and provides collaboration opportunties with other leading-edge communities. and provides benchmarking with other leading-edge communities. OgdenCAN’s structure is unique and efforts here are further along than almost anywhere in the country.