Oct. 22, 2024 Para leer este comunicado de prensa en español, oprima aqui In anticipation of upcoming winter weather, Salt Lake City’s landscaping equipment exchange program will directly help residents recycle gas-powered wintertime tools, further expanding the City’s efforts to reduce air pollution. As part of the City’s Clean Air SLC initiative, the program is […]
Salt Lake City updates Sustainable Infrastructure Policy as new projects kick off
Oct. 7, 2024 Para leer este comunicado de prensa en español, oprima aqui Salt Lake City is celebrating Utah’s first-ever SITES- and Envision-certified projects following its recently updated Comprehensive Sustainability Policy. Glendale Regional Park, where work began last month, is on track to become the first SITES-certified project in the state and one of the […]
Salt Lake City announces partnership to bolster environmental resiliency in historically excluded communities
Sept. 19, 2024 Para leer este comunicado de prensa en español, oprima aqui Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall announced an innovative partnership with Solar Stewards to fund solar, air quality, and community resilience projects in historically underserved areas of Salt Lake City. Salt Lake City is exchanging renewable energy certificates (known as RECs) produced on […]
Salt Lake City announces 2024 community food microgrant awardees
July 18, 2024 Para leer este comunicado de prensa en español, oprima aqui Mayor Mendenhall and the Salt Lake City Sustainability Department have announced the groups that have been awarded funding through the 2024 SLC Community Food Microgrant program. This year, the second the program has been offered, the grant program provided over $40,000 in […]
Salt Lake City launches Clean Air SLC program with landscaping equipment exchange
Residents can apply to the participant lottery from May 6-12 to receive vouchers for electric lawnmowers, string trimmers, and leaf blowers May 6, 2024 Para leer este comunicado de prensa en español, oprima aqui Applications for Salt Lake City’s first landscaping equipment exchange run out of the City’s Sustainability Department open today. Salt Lake City […]
Grant funding available to help under-resourced Salt Lake City business owners go solar
February 13, 2024 Para leer este comunicado de prensa en español, oprima aqui Salt Lake City’s Sustainability Department, in partnership with Utah Clean Energy, is seeking two to four locally-owned small or medium-sized businesses to apply for funding to put solar on their buildings. The solar program, Salt Lake Solar Powered Communities, is part of […]
Salt Lake City releases second year of microgrants to increase food equity in the community
February 2, 2024 Para leer este comunicado de prensa en español, oprima aqui Mayor Erin Mendenhall and the Salt Lake City Sustainability Department released a new round of food equity microgrants this week. The program, which began in 2023 aims to increase residents’ access to fresh, healthy, affordable, and culturally relevant food. Individuals may apply […]
Salt Lake City awarded a nearly $1M grant to educate, promote recycling to achieve zero waste by 2040
Dec. 21, 2023 Para leer este comunicado de prensa en español, oprima aqui Salt Lake City is receiving a $954,687 Recycling Education and Outreach grant to implement improvements to the City’s residential recycling outreach program, following a competitive process administered by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). “Rain or shine, Salt Lake City’s residential recycling and waste collection […]
Salt Lake City Announces Food Equity Microgrant Awardees
August 15, 2023 Today, Mayor Erin Mendenhall and the Salt Lake City Sustainability Department announced the list of groups that have been awarded funding through the SLC Food Equity Microgrant pilot program, which launched earlier this year. The new grant program provided $35,000 in total funding to increase residents’ access to fresh, healthy, affordable, and […]
Expanded homeless services, affordable housing and clean air initiatives highlight Salt Lake City’s fiscal year 2023-2024 budget
June 15, 2023 Para leer este comunicado de prensa en español, oprima aqui The Salt Lake City Council adopted Mayor Erin Mendenhall’s fiscal year 2023-2024 recommended general fund budget of $448.5 million this week, which includes expanded care for unsheltered residents, $20 million in affordable housing investment, and the creation of a citywide air quality […]