SALT LAKE CITY– Raise Up Salt Lake City, a community nonprofit-led fundraiser, began distributing $500 cash cards, known as the Salt Laker Card, to community members on December 7. The Salt Laker Cards will assist city residents and families who don’t qualify for or couldn’t access federal stimulus money due to their immigration status and personal […]
Salt Lake City, Volunteers of America to Host Winter Clothing Drive
SALT LAKE CITY — Salt Lake City and Volunteers of America (VOA) are joining forces this month to host a winter clothing drive, which will directly benefit clients of the VOA who have winter clothing needs. The drive will be on Saturday, Dec. 19 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. outside the Salt Lake City […]
Salt Lake City and Momentum Recycling Unveil New Public Art Piece in Liberty Park—a Glass Recycling Dumpster
SALT LAKE CITY — What started out as a small idea to beautify one of Salt Lake City’s glass collection sites has become a highly-visible statement piece in Liberty Park. To celebrate the importance of glass recycling in the community, Salt Lake City and Momentum Recycling unveiled on Nov. 18 a new dumpster at the […]
Salt Lake City’s 1,000 Trees Initiative a Success, Mayor Plants Final Tree on City’s Westside
Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall and her family planted a London Planetree in Riverside Park Saturday, marking the 1,000th tree planted in the City’s westside neighborhoods in 2020. The 1,000 Trees Initiative was one of the Mayor’s campaign promises to Salt Lakers to add 1,000 more trees, and the benefits they provide, to the […]
Local and Hopeful: “Art for Hope” Public Art Project Adorns City Properties
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 […]