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☕️ New coffee shop alert
March 4, 2026
Hey, Salt Lake! Add Perch Coffee to your list of new coffee shops to try. They offer pastries from Forty Three Bakery and The Dough Lady, and have a giant kookaburra mural to boot.
What's CITY Talking About
15-Year Route to Homeownership
Utah’s CROWN program is helping lower-income families work toward homeownership by allowing them to rent state-backed homes for 15 years before buying at below-market prices. Six townhomes in Heber City, currently under construction, will be available to families earning under 55% of the area median income. [FOX 13]
U of U President To Meet with Trump
University of Utah President Taylor Randall is slated to attend a White House roundtable this week with President Donald Trump on college athletics. This comes as the U’s planned private-equity partnership with Otro Capital, a deal intended to bolster the athletic department’s finances, is still under review. [Salt Lake Tribune 🔒]
Have a Spare Wall?
Property and business owners in the North Temple area are invited to apply by March 15 to host a mural through the North Temple Mural Project, an effort to enhance the neighborhood’s visual identity and community pride. [Salt Lake City]
Utah’s New Accent
According to a linguistics researcher at BYU, the Utah accent is changing. What can we learn from the words “sing” and “mountain?” [City Cast Salt Lake 🎧]
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What To Do
Wednesday, March 4
- 🎬 Free Screening: “A Mother Apart” | Utah Film Center
- 🌹 Spring Rose Care | Glover Nursery
- 🎿 Wasatch Powderkeg Ski Race | Solitude Mountain Resort
- 🍝 Pasta & Paint with Latinas en Utah | Macaroni Grill
- 🧰 3D Printing for Beginners | Utah STEM Action Center
- 🧠 KRCL's Women Who Rock Trivia Night | Mountain West Cider
Thursday, March 5
- 🚲 Brakes Adjust & Tune Class | The Bicycle Collective
- 🍔 Food Truck Thursday | Gallivan Center
- 🎶 Manic Hispanic | The Depot
- 🌳 Hardwood Propagation Hands-on Workshop | Conservation Garden Park
- 🎶 Voulouse | The DLC at Quarters
- 🎣 Fly Tying Workshop | The Neighborhood Hive
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