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In a huge gut-check moment for city hall on homeless policy, Mayor Mendenhall’s proposed ban on new Homeless Resource Centers is on its way to…
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Under a ticking clock of the city’s six-month moratorium on any new homeless shelters, announced by Mayor Erin Mendenhall in October, last week the Planning…
Amid a push by state officials to locate another homeless shelter in Salt Lake City’s Ballpark neighborhood, Mayor Erin Mendenhall moved late last night to…
Just as we learn the former Road Home shelter site is turning over to mostly market-rate housing, emails circulating in the Downtown business community are…
A five-foot-tall chain link fence proposed for the median along 200 South directly south of The Gateway is quickly becoming controversial. On Tuesday, the Salt Lake…
After a few months of quiet at the southwest corner of 100 South and 500 West intersection, Wood Partners, a national real estate company, has officially…
SL City News presents its newest program, Salt Lake on the Street, a weekly podcast featuring discussions with community stakeholders about Salt Lake urban and…
Between now and the August 11th Salt Lake City Municipal Primary Election, Salt Lake on the Street will feature conversations with all five candidates for Salt Lake City Council’s Fourth District. In this conversation, Miles Petty talks to SL City News about homelessness, bicycling, bike lanes and residential development in Salt Lake. Petty has lived in Salt Lake City most of his life and is the co-owner of The Press, a pie shop in Holladay.
Urban centers have long been a gathering place for a region’s homeless population. Because of this many cities struggle with how to handle large homeless…
