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📈 19.63% property tax increase in SLCo?
October 22, 2025
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What's CITY Talking About
County Mayor Proposes 2026 Budget
Salt Lake County Mayor Jenny Wilson presented her 2026 budget proposal to the Salt Lake County Council on Tuesday, which includes a 19.63% property tax increase (about $7.28 more per month per household). [FOX 13]
Trader Joe’s Arrives in Northern Utah
Trader Joe’s is opening its first northern Utah store in Riverdale this Friday, Oct. 24. Doors will open at 9 a.m.; prepare for long lines. [ABC4]
Utah Homeless Czar to Retire
According to a press release, Utah’s first homeless coordinator Wayne Niederhauser will retire on Dec. 5. Gov. Spencer Cox has appointed assistant state homeless coordinator Nick Coleman as interim director while they search for a permanent replacement. [State of Utah]
Best Coffee in SLC
It’s the rainiest October in 115 years of data collection at the SLC Airport. So, we asked the Rose Park resident who visited every coffee shop in SLC for the best places to duck inside for a cuppa. [City Cast Salt Lake 🎧]
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What To Do
Wednesday, Oct. 22
- 🛍️ Built by Her: Fall Market at Murray Armory | Murray
- 🧟 Evil Dead in Concert at Kingsbury Hall | University
- 👽 Paranormal Movie Trivia at Thieves Guild | Central 9th
- 🪦 Journey to the After-Life Party at Quarters Arcade Bar | Sugar House
- 🍚 Temaki Club at Bar Nohm | Central 9th
- 🏀 LA Clippers at Utah Jazz | Downtown SLC
Thursday, Oct. 23
- 🍷 Ridge Vineyards Wine Dinner at Rouser | Downtown SLC
- 👻 BooLights Neurodiversity Night at Hogle Zoo | East Bench
- 🎷 Lakecia Benjamin at Kingsbury Hall | University
- 💗 Bold Bingo at Publik | Ballpark
- 🎶 Meredith Marks DJ Set at Metro Music Hall | Downtown SLC
- 🐦 Spooky Birdlesque at Nature Center at Pia Okwai | South Salt Lake
- 🛶 “What the River Knows” Documentary at Rose Wagner | Downtown SLC
- 🎥 Food Justice Film Festival (through Oct. 26) | Online
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