Feb. 27, 2026 The Salt Lake City Department of Public Lands has broken ground on major improvements at Pioneer Park, marking the next phase of the City’s long-planned revitalization of the historic downtown space. The project will add a pavilion, a co-located restroom and ranger office building, an accessible playground, a promenade, a mist fountain […]
State of the City 2026 Speech Transcript
2026 State of the City Address Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall Good evening! It’s wonderful to be here with you tonight, in the heart of Salt Lake City’s civic center, in this beautiful building that formerly held the Leonardo Museum—and before that, the old Salt Lake City Library. While the Leonardo Museum closed its […]
Salt Lake City moves Green Loop concept forward, community invited to review first draft of 200 East design
Oct. 30, 2023 Less than 30% of the State Capitol’s downtown is within a 5-minute walk from green open space, and Salt Lake City wants to change that. This past spring, Salt Lake City invited people who live, work, own a business, or visit downtown to give input on a temporary, pop-up Green Loop installation […]
SLC commits to join Vision Zero Network, with goal to eliminate all traffic-related fatalities and severe injuries
January 11, 2023 Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall announced Wednesday that the City will join the Vision Zero Network, a national strategy to eliminate all traffic fatalities and severe injuries on City streets, while increasing safe, healthy, equitable mobility for all. “Our residents deserve to travel safely to and from our incredible neighborhoods, regardless of […]
Newly Created Community Renewable Energy Agency Achieves Milestones
July 22, 2021 SALT LAKE CITY — Two significant milestones were achieved this month as Utah seeks to transition its electricity mix to cleaner sources and move some cities toward net-100% renewable energy. Fourteen local governments have now joined the Community Renewable Energy Agency, a brand new cooperative agency formed under state law in 2019 […]
COUNCIL: July 2, 2020 Meeting
At today’s meeting, the Council approved an extension of the Mayor’s local emergency proclamation for the March 18th Magna earthquake series. The extension allows the Mayor to continue to respond as needed and preserves options for Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) funding.
Salt Lake City celebrates completion of 900 South reconstruction project
On Friday, December 20th, Mayor Jackie Biskupski will be joined by Council Member Ana Valdemoros, City staff, and community members to celebrate the completion of the first phase of the 900 South reconstruction projects. The $3 million project, between 950 East and 1300 East, began in May and consisted of a full reconstruction of the […]
Salt Lake City Celebrates 20 Utah Communities Joining the 100% Coalition
With the votes yesterday from Coalville and West Valley City, 19 communities in Utah have now joined Salt Lake City in passing resolutions opting into the process created under HB411, the Community Renewable Energy Act. This law was passed in the 2019 legislative session and establishes a legal framework for communities serviced by Rocky Mountain […]
SLC launches new service to help blind and low-vision individuals navigate civic campus
Wednesday, Dec. 18th Mayor Jackie Biskupski will join with members of the blind and low-vision community to celebrate the addition of the AIRA — Artificial Intelligence Remote Assistant — service across the City’s downtown civic campus, including the Salt Lake City & County Building, Public Safety Building, Main Library and both Library and Washington squares. […]
Salt Lake City Reaffirms Items Accepted in City’s Curbside Recycling Program
With recent news that some Wasatch Front cities and towns are changing what is accepted in recycling bins, Salt Lake City reiterates that these changes do not affect our residents. Draper, Midvale, Murray, Riverton, Sandy, South Jordan and West Jordan recently announced that they are no longer accepting paper in residential bins, including “paper bags, paper, newspaper, […]