Salt Lake City leaders want to know where you get your food. As part of the city’s Community Food Assessment, it’s launching an online survey aimed at bolstering access to local food by identifying the barriers that prevent residents from getting it.
A historic black church near downtown Salt Lake City is hoping the community will help it survive by fixing its drainage and structural problems. Pastor Nurjhan Govan of Trinity African Methodist Episcopal Church on 600 South explains that when water began seeping into the church’s basement several years ago, it had a big financial impact by closing off the kitchen.
Salt Lake City leaders are used to having to defend themselves before the Utah Legislature every year. And this year is no exception, with lawmakers proposing to kill the city’s plans to clamp down on electronic billboards, and do away with its anti-idling ordinance as well. So how is the city pushing back? KCPW’s Jeff Robinson spoke with Salt Lake City Council Vice-Chair Charlie Luke.
National civil rights leaders gathered at The Leonardo, Utah’s science, technology and art museum, on Friday evening for a roundtable discussion in conjunction with the museum’s exhibit This Light of Ours, Activist Photographers of the Civil Rights Movement.
Major changes are coming to travelers across the west. Last night, Salt Lake City Mayor Ralph Becker announced Salt Lake City will begin building a new airport beginning next year. KCPW’s Jessica Gail reports on the cost of the project and how long it is expected to take.
The city of South Jordan ushered in a new Mayor Tuesday night. The council voted unanimously to select area businessman Scott Osborne to replace former Mayor Kent Money, who stepped down to accept an assignment from the LDS Church in New Zealand. Osborne, who was one of 19 applicants, says he was chosen in part because he brings a strong business background.
Today is a new day for Salt Lake City government. At noon on the steps of the city-county building, newly elected city council members Charlie Luke and Kyle LaMalfa will take their first oath of office. Joining them will be Salt Lake City Mayor Ralph Becker and City Councilman Luke Garrott, who will be sworn in for a second four-year term to represent the downtown area.
Nearly 18 months have passed since a pipeline break spilled 33,000 gallons of crude oil into Salt Lake City’s Red Butte Creek. A significant cleanup effort has taken place since then, and now the Division of Wildlife Resources is stepping in to do its part.
Salt Lake City is gaining national recognition for its achievements in the tech industry. Forbes has rated Utah’s capital city fifth in the country for high tech growth based on long and short-term job numbers. Troy D’Ambrosio, Director of the University of Utah’s Lassonde Entrepreneur Center, says the ranking is not a surprise.
The Salt Lake County Council today will likely approve changes to the front yard parking and landscaping ordinance affecting unincorporated parts of the county.
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