City Cast Salt Lake
Your guide to Utah trail etiquette
June 12, 2023
Hey, Salt Lake! This indoorsy gal has a summer goal of hiking more. What are your favorite trails? Send me an email.
Plus, keep scrolling for trail etiquette tips to live by, including saying “hey” to passersby.
What's CITY Talking About?
Seeing Triple
Moose triplets were spotted around Summit Park. While it’s not unusual to see calves in the wild, a triplet sighting is quite rare. The adorable baby moose were having fun splashing in puddles and had a major case of the zoomies. [FOX 13]
The Disappearing Orange Flags
You know the ones, the neon orange flags that can be found near crosswalks in Salt Lake City. Liberty Wells resident Sarah Burgess, who sponsors a crosswalk in her neighborhood, noticed the flags she replaces keep going missing. Now, she’s hoping a petition will get the city to install a new traffic safety solution. [KSL]
New Utahraptor Discovery
Scientists have discovered the Utahraptor is 10 million years older than they previously thought. It’s all because of a Mesozoic hot spot (in layman’s terms, this place has a lotta dino bones) near Moab, where they found Utahraptor fossils that established our state dinosaur’s new age. This also closes a big gap in the fossil record, which will allow scientists an even better understanding of our evolutionary history. [KUER]
Permanent Supportive Housing
Everyone agrees the solution to homelessness is housing, but can we be more specific? Salt Lake City is in the process of opening 400 units of permanent supportive housing, and local provider Switchpoint just cut the ribbon on the first hundred or so in Fairpark. On today’s episode of City Cast Salt Lake, host Ali Vallarta talks with Switchpoint executive director Carol Hollowell about the new development. [City Cast Salt Lake 🎧]
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Where Is It?
Nobody guessed the location of this kooky statue. Look out for it the next time you’re on 600 E. and 50 S. (near South Temple). It’s at the Upper Colorado River Commission building, which I didn’t know was a thing until now.
Where in Utah is this beautiful building located? Hint: It’s not in Salt Lake.
What To Do
Strawberry Days 🍓 Wednesday-Saturday | Various Times
Attend Strawberry Days if you’re down in Utah County this week. There will be a carnival, concerts, rodeos, a pie-eating contest, and (of course) strawberries. [Prices vary, Pleasant Grove]
Westfest 🎉 Thursday-Sunday | Various Times
Westfest is a big celebration for the West Valley community. There will be a number of events including outdoor movies, a butterfly release, fireworks, live music, and more. [Free entry, West Valley]
Summer Film Series 🍿 Friday | 8 p.m.
It’s the start of the Summer Film Series! Catch a free film every Friday at Liberty Park, starting with “Little Richard: I Am Everything.” Pack a picnic and bring your blankets! [Free, Liberty Wells]
Today on City Cast
I really hope that this year we see a big turn in the mindset of a lot of our elected officials to say, ‘We need to look at something more permanent and not at something that's just the same repeat every year.'
Abandoning Shelters for Permanent Supportive Housing
Last fall, Salt Lake City invested $6 million to help develop 400 units of permanent supportive housing for people experiencing homelessness. So far, only 94 have opened with a project called The Point at Fairpark, a converted motel run by Switchpoint Community Resource Center. Switchpoint executive director Carol Hollowell joins host Ali Vallarta to make the case for charging ahead with this type of resource over emergency shelters.
See you outdoors (maybe).
— Terina Ria
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