March 1, 2024 Para leer este comunicado de prensa en español, oprima aqui “A thriving state needs a thriving downtown in its capital city. With today’s passage of the Capital City Reinvestment Zone bill, we are poised to invest deeply in Salt Lake City’s downtown experience. “There’s a lot of work ahead of us, and […]
Salt Lake City to open Love Your Block grants to residents for 2024
February 29, 2024 Para leer este comunicado de prensa en español, oprima aqui Applications for the 2024 Love Your Block grant program open on March 1, 2024. Love Your Block brings residents and City leaders together to address challenges through community-led solutions, improving neighborhoods one block at a time. Ideas funded aim to improve deteriorating […]
Much needed Sugar House infrastructure improvements to begin in September
August 28, 2023 Construction will begin at two intersections on 2100 South in Sugar House at 1300 East and Highland Drive in September. Through October, the Highland Drive/2100 South intersection will be reduced to one lane in all directions with limited left turns while crews replace deep underground utilities and reconstruct the intersection as part […]
New 20 mph signs going up throughout Salt Lake City
July 27, 2022 Salt Lake City has begun installing 20 miles per hour speed limit signs throughout the city, marking the final step of implementing a recently-adopted ordinance lowering the speed limit from 25 miles per hour on local streets. “These signs will signal to drivers in our city that we want our kids to […]
City, State leaders discuss need for vigilance from drivers amid recent rise of deadly crashes, Mayor announces new task force to find solutions
May 5, 2022 Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall joined law enforcement representatives and state transportation leaders Thursday in calling attention to a troubling uptick in deadly traffic crashes in the City and surrounding communities. Salt Lake City has seen a rise particularly in deadly auto-pedestrian crashes, with 9 pedestrian deaths so far in 2022. […]
Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall Presents Fiscal Year 2023 Budget Proposal to City Council
May 3, 2022 Meeting the needs of a growing city and increased demands on City government are the central components of Mayor Erin Mendenhall’s 2023 proposed budget, which she presented to the City Council Tuesday. “Today we find ourselves in a unique economic position with a growing economy, rising population, and inflation. But, we also […]
Salt Lake City Honored with “KultureCity Human Highlight Awards for Sensory Inclusive City of the Year”
KultureCity will name Salt Lake City as the Sensory Inclusive City of the Year at its 2021 KultureBall, taking place in Birmingham, AL this weekend. The honor follows a first-of-its-kind partnership between KultureCity and Salt Lake City to train and certify over 90% of the City’s first responders in late 2020. In addition to the […]
Salt Lake City Announces Enhancements to Call 2 Haul Bulk Waste Collection Program
Aug. 3, 2021 SALT LAKE CITY — Salt Lake City today announced several key enhancements to its bulk waste program Call 2 Haul. Effective immediately, the new enhancements include: “We’re excited to provide greater convenience and enhanced service to our residents with these changes to Call 2 Haul,” Mayor Mendenhall said. “We heard from our residents […]
Mayor Erin Mendenhall to Require Masks on Employees, Members of the Public in SLC Facilities
July, 28, 2021 SALT LAKE CITY — Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall signed an Executive Order Tuesday aimed at preventing the continued spread of COVID-19 and protecting the health of City employees by requiring vaccinated and unvaccinated City employees and members of the public to wear a mask inside City facilities. The updated order […]
Mayor Mendenhall, Salt Lake City Council Declare Racism a Public Health Crisis
July 20, 2021 Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall and the Salt Lake City Council adopted a joint resolution declaring racism a public health crisis. The resolution, which was adopted at the Council’s formal meeting on Tuesday, outlines the impacts of structural and interpersonal racism, which are proven to have detrimental impacts on the mental […]