City Cast Salt Lake
💰 The annual dog-friendly patio list
May 13, 2024 · — Ali Vallarta
Happy new week! I’m City Cast Salt Lake podcast host Ali Vallarta filling in for Terina Ria.
The city just posted a dream job: Director of the Gallivan Center (aka Salt Lake’s Living Room). Do you have a cool friend with great ideas, or is that you? Apply before May 15.
What's CITY Talking About?
School Lunch Debt
Utah families are saddled with $2.8 million in school lunch debt, an increase of $870,000 in unpaid bills from just last year. Nonprofit leaders attribute these soaring numbers to Utah’s larger food insecurity crisis, rising costs of living, and strict federal guidelines to qualify for free or reduced school lunch. [FOX 13]
- Related: The case for (and against) building Glendale High School. [City Cast Salt Lake 🎧]
Liberty Park Playground
Salt Lake City is building a new play area at Liberty Park and wants your feedback on three different design concepts. This is 2022’s $85 million Parks Bond money at work. Take the survey before Friday, May 31. [SLC Public Lands]
Dog-Friendly Patios
Salt Lake County’s annual list of dog-friendly patios is live — from Apex Brewing to Zest! It costs businesses $360 to get this stamp of approval from our Health Department. Browse it next time you want to bring your dog to lunch. [Salt Lake County]
- Related: Your guide to May in Salt Lake. [City Cast Salt Lake 🎧]
AMA: Downtown SLC
From raising our sales tax to reimagining the Rio Grande district and making downtown a sports hub, the Salt Lake City Council has a lot on its plate right now. And not all of it is popular with the people! Embracing the tension, Council Chair Victoria Petro joined me for an “Ask Me Anything.” [City Cast Salt Lake 🎧]
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Where Is It?
A few of you correctly guessed this mural at 500 W. and 300 N. in SLC. But, only one of you had a scoop:
“That mural is not only located in the parking lot of KRCL outside Odd Star Studios, it is also scheduled for demolition in the coming months.” — Gavin D.
Up next: What building is home to this sign art? (It’s been in the news lately!)
What To Do
Monday, May 13
- 🍔 Smashburger Mondays | 6-9 p.m. | Free entry | Central 9th
- 🎤 Open Mic Night | 7 p.m. | Free entry | South Salt Lake
- 🎶 Karaoke at Alibi | 9-Midnight | Free entry | 21+ only | Downtown SLC
Tuesday, May 14
- 🖼️ Plaza + ART | 7 - 8 p.m. | Free | Taylorsville
- 🧑🎤 Spring Battle of the Bands | 6:30 p.m. | $10 | Orem
- 🌷 Kabloom! Bulbs & Blooms | 9 a.m. - 9 p.m., through May | $16 | University
Today on City Cast
What if we leveraged that to maximum positive outcomes? I get it. There's so much risk. I've been saying, there is no naive optimism. But there's also no operating from a place of fear. We have got to find that middle road that is rooted in our reality, the best information and make some best choices.
Raising Sales Tax, Juicy Texts, and More Sanctioned Camping?
The Salt Lake City Council is weighing everything from raising sales tax to razing city blocks; Big, controversial decisions that could change the look and feel of our city for decades. Council Chair Victoria Petro tells host Ali Vallarta how she’s making choices on our behalf with “cautious skepticism” — from the mayor’s $475 million budget proposal to the future of downtown.
Have a great week.
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