SALT LAKE CITY – As part of its Art for Hope SLC public art project, the Redevelopment Agency of Salt Lake City (RDA) announced today the addition of 43 outdoor, large-scale artworks from 33 local artists on three properties in the Downtown, North Temple, and Sugar House neighborhoods. Inspired by the need to bolster community […]
Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall Proposes Financial Support To Assist City Residents and Businesses Through Pandemic
SALT LAKE CITY – With COVID-19 continuing to create hardships for Salt Lake City residents and businesses, Mayor Mendenhall’s administration presented a series of budget amendment proposals to the City Council aimed at helping Salt Lakers through the pandemic. “This pandemic continues to present big challenges for our community and we are committed to helping […]
Salt Lake City Mayor Announces BioHive Partnership
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah — Today Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall formally announced Salt Lake City’s participation in the creation of BioHive, a new public-private collaboration that will expand business development in Utah’s growing healthcare innovation sector. BioHive will serve as the brand representing Utah’s healthcare innovation community, of which Salt Lake City is the […]
New Flag Now Waving Above Salt Lake City
SALT LAKE CITY – Salt Lake City’s newly adopted flag is waving above the City & County Building as of Friday morning, when Mayor Erin Mendenhall and City Council Chair Chris Wharton raised it for the first time. “It looks perfectly at home flying above the City, with historic City Hall to the west, and […]
Parking Enforcement Returning to Regular Operations Nov. 1
SALT LAKE CITY – Salt Lake City will resume enforcement of several parking ordinances that were suspended in March. The following parking ordinances and allowances will be reinstated on Nov. 1, 2020. Time Limited Parking on Certain Streets (Ord. 12.56.450) Using Streets for Storage Prohibited (Ord. 12.56.520) Using Streets for Storage of Motor Homes, Boats […]
Mayor Mendenhall’s statement on release of body-worn camera footage from SLCPD K9 Apprehension Program cases
Today’s release of body-worn camera footage of 19 cases from the last four years of the Salt Lake City Police Department’s K9 Apprehension Program is an important step in our commitment to the people of Salt Lake City for transparency and accountability. This footage is upsetting, but its release and the investigation of these cases […]
Mayor Erin Mendenhall Formally Requests City Shift Back to “Moderate Restriction” Phase
Following weeks of increasing new case numbers and the three highest recorded COVID-19 case counts in the City and Salt Lake County during the course of the pandemic, Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall formally requested the City be allowed to return to the “orange” or moderate restriction level under the Utah Leads Together guidelines. […]
Salt Lake City and Dominion Energy Plant 205 Trees as Replanting Effort Gets Underway
SALT LAKE CITY – Salt Lake City and Dominion Energy planted 205 trees Thursday as part of Mayor Erin Mendenhall’s initiative to plant 1,000 additional trees throughout the City’s westside neighborhoods. The Mayor’s 1,000 trees initiative is aimed at addressing the inequitable distribution of the City’s urban forest by planting an increased amount of trees […]