Salt Lake City is making it easier to bike to your favorite restaurant, bar, coffee shop or even the aviary. The City has installed ten bike corrals at local businesses but another ten corrals are available for free at the request of a business owner. Squatters Pub at 147 West 300 South was the first […]
Salt Lake City welcomes Silicon Valley firm Postmates as the company expands across the U.S.
In a massive U.S. market expansion, Postmates, the on-demand delivery pioneer, named Salt Lake City as one of its new homes as the Silicon Valley tech platform announced the expansion of its coverage to nearly one in two U.S. households. Now, more than 50-million more customers can access the on-demand service with a broad selection […]
Mayor Biskupski marks completion of Wilmington Avenue and local business owners are happy
Salt Lake City has completed the Wilmington Avenue reconstruction project and BGR restaurant owner Meili Miles could not be happier. “A lot of people would not come because the road was so bad,” said Myles, who opened BGR with family members on Wilmington Avenue last December. “It really needed some work to be done and […]
Salt Lake City starts new health plan that will keep employees healthy—and save taxpayers money
Salt Lake City Education Program Manager Stephanie Yau questioned the need for a colonoscopy but went in for her annual preventive screening anyway. The colonoscopy revealed cancer but early detection resulted in a successful outcome. “We caught it early enough, we were able to deal with it and get rid of it, so that was […]
Salt Lake City to launch a series of restroom improvements and replacements at Silver Lake and other popular canyon recreation sites
Beginning next week, Salt Lake City Department of Public Utilities will launch a series of restroom enhancements and replacements at popular recreation sites in the Wasatch Canyons watershed. The most ambitious project will occur at Big Cottonwood Canyon’s Silver Lake Nature Center, near Brighton Ski Resort. Restrooms there will demolished and rebuilt over the summer, […]
Salt Lake City implements campfire ban in City Creek Canyon
Salt Lake City has implemented a campfire ban at all picnic sites in City Creek Canyon. Fireworks and open fires outside of developed sites are always prohibited in City Creek Canyon. Propane-fueled camp stoves are permitted. With the hot, dry conditions, as well as proximity to urban neighborhoods, Salt Lake City Public Utilities and Salt […]
Salt Lake City hair salon relocates to nationally designated downtown revitalization area
The new home for Cake Hair Salon is bigger, brighter and part of a national program that helps revitalize historic downtown areas. The salon is now located at 1010 S. State Street, an area designated for redevelopment through the Main Street America program, a national non-profit program with a proven track record of revitalizing business districts. After […]
Salt Lake City Receives $25,000 Grant to Support Healthy Local Food to Youth Programs
Salt Lake City, in partnership with the National Recreation and Park Association(NRPA), has received a $25,000.00 grant to support its out-of-school time healthy food access and nutritional literacy programs. The gift is part of a $1.5 million grant NRPA received from the Walmart Foundation to support out-of-school time programs in park and recreation agencies across […]
Salt Lake City, County make push to ensure everyone is counted in 2020 census
Salt Lake City and County employees and volunteers are making a push to ensure everyone will be counted in the upcoming census. The U.S. Constitution requires that every ten years, all people are counted. The population total is the basis for, among other things, the future distribution of federally-funded programs to states, counties and cities. Utah […]
Salt Lake City launches new web presence with SLC.gov
As part of a multi-year project to improve the service experience for Salt Lake City residents and businesses, Salt Lake City formally launched a new and improved city website today. The new SLC.gov replaces the City’s old website previously found at slcgov.com. The new site was soft launched three weeks ago. The City’s website is […]