Author: Sugar House Council

Parks and Trails Update: Salt Lake County is holding a ribbon-cutting for the whole Parley’s Trail on October 17th. Place and time is yet to be determined. You can take a virtual ride by watching this video. It takes about 12 minutes – and a Dramamine! https://www.parleystrail.org/ virtualtrail The...

26 September, 2017

Amy Barry I’ve been hinting that Sugar House is in for more construction. We certainly have seen a few more development proposals in the last couple of months. However, the demolition of more of the Granite Block has commenced. Salt Lake City has a complicated demolition permit...

21 February, 2016

Amy Barry Summer in Sugar House is packed with free events that make our community so amazing. Times have certainly changed from when Sugar House was dirt roads and farm land. The photo I found in the Giovale Digital Library of Westminster Campus certainly shows how our...

27 July, 2015

Civil Discourse Amy Barry The SHCC recently hosted a community meeting at Dilworth Elementary in regards to a potential new zone and development of the 21st and 21st corner. The crowd of nearly 300 demonstrated the interest of the community in this issue and left me with...

02 July, 2014

Salt Lake City has withdrawn its request to have us review Text Amendments for Lot Width Standards in Multi-Family Residential Zoning Districts. Planning is going to move forward with changes to housing mitigation first.  Housing mitigation usually means if you tear down a housing unit, but don’t...

02 May, 2018

On February 14, the Planning Commission approved the townhomes at 2473 South 700 East.  The driveway was moved to the North, rather than the South side of the project, which made it more appealing. On February 28, the Planning Commission approved changes to Conditional Building and...

04 April, 2018

7:00 Welcome-Chair 7:05 Approve Minutes Secretary Report-Sally Barraclough Treasurer Report-Benjamin Sessions 7:10 Committee Reports Land Use and Zoning-Judi Short Community Outreach-Benjamin Sessions Website-Melaine Heath Transportation-Larry Migliaccio Trails, Parks and Open Spaces-Sally Barraclough Arts and Culture-Laurie Bray 7:20 Community Announcements Fire Station #3 He’s Back!  CIU Detective Josh Ashdown 7:30 “Shopko Block” Update Westport Capital Partners/Park Ave Hilary Robertson/Mark Issac 7:45 Salt Lake City Marathon Update Ben Burdett-Aid Station Director...

27 February, 2018

7:00 Welcome-Chair 7:05 Approve Minutes Secretary Report-Sally Barclough Treasurer Report-Benjamin Sessions 7:10 Cherie Koford-Acting Branch Manager Sprague Sprague Update 7:15 Committee Reports Land Use and Zoning-Judi Short Community Outreach & Website-Benjamin Sessions & Melanie Heath Transportation-Larry Migliaccio Trails, Parks, and Open Spaces-Sallry Barclough Arts & Culture-Laurie Bray 7:25 Community Announcements Fire Station #3 Detective Josh Smith Lana Dalton-Social Work Program Manager SLC Police 7:50 Molly Robinson-Urban Designer Department of...

31 January, 2018

Sugar House Community Council Trustee Meeting Minutes Trustees Present:   Mike Bagley, Sally Barraclough, Amy Barry, Landon Clark, Mary Clark,  Tina Escobar-Taft, Melanie Heath, Deb Henry, Topher Horman, Michael G. Kavanagh, Benny Keele, Steve Kirkegaard, Will Kocher, Susan Koelliker,  Dayna McKee,  Benjamin Sessions, Judi Short, Jason Smurthwaite, Shane...

01 January, 2018