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Utah’s Tallest Building

Our Salt Lake City skyline is changing. The Astra Tower, a luxury residential development currently under construction in downtown SLC, is slated to be the tallest building in Utah. Once completed, it will be a 40-story structure, 449 feet tall. [Building Salt Lake]

Security Guards & Weapon Detectors in SLC High Schools

The Salt Lake City School Board voted to approve $1.1 million to hire a staff of security guards that will operate detectors at four SLC high schools. Which is on top of the $1.44 million board members approved in January to lease the weapon detectors. One board member who voted against the plan fears the added security measures will have a negative impact on students of color through profiling and racial bias. [Salt Lake Tribune]

Next Steps For the Cottonwood Gondola

The Utah Department of Transportation has officially greenlit an 8-mile gondola up Little Cottonwood Canyon. It’s wrapped up into a project that also includes buses and tolling. So when will we actually start to see the impacts of this decision? [City Cast Salt Lake 🎧]

Creative Lab: Photoshop AI  📷 Tuesday | 4-5 p.m.

Learn about Photoshop’s generative AI capabilities –– a cool feature that uses AI technology to easily edit your photos. [Free, Downtown SLC]

• Related: That one time we picked Salt Lake fights with the ChatGPT robot. [City Cast Salt Lake 🎧]

The Wonder of Shiitake Mushrooms  🍄 Tuesday | 6-7:30 p.m.

Learn all about the benefits of shiitake mushrooms at Wheeler Farm. Participants will receive their own grow kit. Register early as space is limited. [$45, Murray]

Ludacris  🎤 Thursday | 6 p.m.

Have you been to a concert at Granary Live yet? See Ludacris throwback his 2000s hits. [$30+, Granary District]

The Gondola has UDOT’s Stamp of Approval. Now What?

The Utah Department of Transportation has officially greenlit the controversial proposal to build a 22-tower, 8-mile gondola up Little Cottonwood Canyon. Host Ali Vallarta asks Salt Lake Tribune enterprise reporter Julie Jag what this means for the next ten years of recreating in the canyon –– and whether it’s still a pipe dream.