Downtown Salt Lake City has changed significantly over the past year. The opening of City Creek brought with it over 100 stores and restaurants, so what has it meant for the Gateway Mall this holiday season? KCPW’s Jessica Gail spoke with store owners to find out how business has been at the City’s “other mall.”
Segment 1: Making a place a more vibrant and more appealing place to live is a top concern for cities and towns of all sizes. Urban planning professor Nan Ellin says every community can build on its strengths instead of focusing on shortcomings and in a new book, she details how. On Wednesday, Ellin joins…
Today on the show, we spoke with Josh Light of PoliticIt.com, which tracks candidates’ digital influence online, followed by Democratic Utah Congressman Jim Matheson
The fate of Salt Lake City Mayor Ralph Becker’s initiative to allow bars in more walkable neighborhood areas remains up in the air as the city council continues to debate alternatives and hear from residents concerned about noise and safety, among other issues. KCPW’s Jeff Robinson spoke with Salt Lake City Councilman Carlton Christensen, who represents west-side neighborhoods like Rose Park, for an update on last night’s city council meeting.
Segment 1: Recent U.S. Census data show that about 150,000 men have traded in their breadwinning role to become the primary caregiver of their children. That’s more than double the number of a decade ago and it’s not just a byproduct of the recession. According to a study by Boston College, more men today are…
More pieces are coming together for Salt Lake City’s proposed Utah Performing Arts Center. Wednesday, city officials announced who will be designing and building the $110 million project. HKS Architects, a local firm, along with Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects beat out 14 other bidders to design the Broadway-style theater on Main Street. Michael Vela, managing principal with HKS, says it’s still too early to tell what the theater will look like.
The Salt Lake City Council will consider recommendations from the planning commission today in an effort to better regulate electronic signs and billboards in the city. Council Chair Soren Simonsen says there have a been a lot of changes in sign and billboard technology that need to be recognized.
A bill passed by Utah lawmakers earlier this year puts new requirements on smoke shops statewide, limiting where they can operate within cities. Now, Centerville’s City Council has passed an ordinance banning all smoke shops within the city. KCPW’s Charlotte Duren has more.
A performance audit of the Utah Telecommunication Open Infrastructure Agency, or UTOPIA was presented to state lawmakers Wednesday at the Capitol. KCPW’s Charlotte Duren has more on the problems auditors found with the municipal network, and why UTOPIA still plans to move forward.
There are many critical issues on the table this election year in Salt Lake County, like canyons development, SkiLink, human services and incorporation, to name a few. And today, we talked with two candidates running for the county council about those topics.
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