Nov. 20, 2025 Salt Lake City celebrated the grand opening of Backman Community Open Space, 601 N. 1500 West, marking the completion of the first project funded through the City’s Parks, Trails and Open Space General Obligation (GO) Bond on Nov. 20. The new two-acre open space, adjacent to Backman Elementary School and the Jordan River, […]
Love Your Block: More funds released for neighbors to revitalize spaces on Salt Lake City’s West Side, Ballpark neighborhoods
Nov. 10, 2025 Neighbors in Salt Lake City’s Westside and Ballpark neighborhoods have more opportunities to bring their ideas for community pride to life. The City’s Love Your Block program is fueling additional resident-driven, volunteer-led projects for early 2026; applications for mini-grants are open through November 30. “Salt Lake City is a better place because […]
Love Your Block: Salt Lake City invites community to revitalize spaces with the help of more small grants
May 1, 2025 Para leer este comunicado de prensa en español, oprima aqui Salt Lake City is enabling residents, businesses, and organizations to revitalize neighborhoods with volunteer-led projects, one block at a time, through mini-grants. Applications for the next round of Love Your Block mini-grants open on May 1. “No one knows what a neighborhood […]
Salt Lake City launches study to prioritize solutions for west-east divide
Feb. 26, 2025 Para leer este comunicado de prensa en español, oprima aqui Salt Lake City is launching a transportation study funded through the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (USDOT) Reconnecting Communities Pilot Program. The study will create a plan that analyzes needs and recommends and prioritizes potential solutions to improve transportation infrastructure and address the west-east divide. […]
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 […]
Salt Lake City completes construction of new Three Creeks Confluence Park
July 7, 2021 SALT LAKE CITY – Today Mayor Erin Mendenhall and project partners celebrated the completion of the new Three Creeks Confluence Park in the city’s west side Glendale neighborhood. The park is located at 950 West and 1300 South where Red Butte Creek, Emigration Creek, and Parleys Creek join the Jordan River. “This […]