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Welcome to Salt Lake City |
 Salt Lake City is also home to a few major shopping centers. Trolley Square is an indoor and outdoor mall with many independent art boutiques, restaurants, and national retailers. The buildings housing the shops are renovated trolley barns with cobblestone streets. The Gateway District is the city’s newest major centre and has many national restaurants, clothing retailers, a movie theater, the Clark Planetarium, a music venue called The Depot, and a 2002 Olympic Park. There are two major malls across from each other on Main Street: the ZCMI Center Mall and Crossroads Mall. Both are currently undergoing renovation, where they will be modernized and connected by a skyway. Sugar House is known as a posh neighborhood with its small town main street shopping area and numerous old parks. Sugar House Park is the second largest park in the city, and is host to frequent outdoor events and the Fourth of July fireworks in the city. (Information provided by Wikipedia .)
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New Director of Salt Lake City Planning Department |
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: Helen Langan
August 11, 2008
801-641-6569
Davis County Leader Wilford Sommerkorn Tapped by Mayor Ralph Becker as New Director of Salt Lake City Planning Department
SALT LAKE CITY – After a nationwide search, Mayor Ralph Becker announced today the appointment of award-winning professional planner Wilford Sommerkorn as the new Planning Director for Salt Lake City. Sommerkorn has served as the Director of the Davis County Department of Community & Economic Development since 1994, where he worked in various roles for more than 27 years.
Mayor Ralph Becker remarked, “Wilf Sommerkorn brings the expertise, experience, and well-deserved respect from planners in Utah and nationally. He completes a leadership team at our Department of Community and Economic Development that will provide superb guidance to achieve Salt Lake City’s potential as a great American City.”
“I’m looking forward to the new challenges and opportunities that will come with working in Utah’s Capital City,” said Sommerkorn “Throughout the interview process, I was very impressed with the high caliber of staff and the widespread enthusiasm throughout the City for improving the Salt Lake City Planning Division.”
Sommerkorn has had a long and distinguished career in urban planning which has included work for the Transportation Research Center at the University of Tennessee, Centerville City, the Wasatch Front Regional Council and the Davis County Council of Governments. |
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Mayor Ralph Becker Appoints Internationally Recognized Planner to Head City Department |
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 10, 2008
Contact: Karen Hale
801-694-6643
Mayor Ralph Becker Appoints Internationally Recognized Planner to Head City Department
Frank Gray to Lead Salt Lake City’s Department of Community and Economic Development
SALT LAKE CITY – After a nationwide search, Mayor Ralph Becker announced today that Frank B. Gray has been appointed the Director of Community and Economic Development. Gray has been serving as General Manager of the Department of Planning and Development Services in Scottsdale, Arizona since 2005.
Gray is an internationally recognized expert in the field of urban and redevelopment planning and management and has been instrumental in developing and implementing systems for community management throughout the United States and Europe.
Gray has prepared urban management and development strategies for communities in California, Colorado, and Nebraska, and has consulted with Salt Lake City over the past 20 years. “He knows us,” said Acting Director Mary De La Mare-Schaefer. “Frank brings with him his knowledge of the City as well as his vast experience from around the nation and the world. |
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