Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall argued in her State of the City address Tuesday that the city's decisions over the next five years may impact the city a century from now.
Mendenhall's speech was delivered one week after the Larry H. Miller Company
announced it will move the Salt Lake Bees out of Salt Lake City and into South Jordan after the 2024 seasonHowever, Mendenhall announced Tuesday that the Larry H. & Gail Miller Family Foundation is offering to lead a major $100 million fundraising initiative as a parting gift. Salt Lake City, Zions Bank and Intermountain Health are also set to participate in a program that aims to "bring tremendous leverage" to the ideas on how to improve the neighborhood.
It's unclear what will replace the Bees but the mayor later referenced the potential of a "successor" to the Delta Center ending up in the Ballpark neighborhood or on the city's west sometime down the road, which could bring an NHL hockey team along with it.Overall crime has fallen by 12% since it spiked at the "height of the pandemic," Mendenhall said. She credits data-driven police policies for helping reduce crime, though it still remains an issue in some areas.
Mendenhall ended her address by bringing it back to the venue she chose, as she mentioned other major projects on the way,. The Granary District's growth, Delta Air Line's investment in the city and the new fundraising effort are all examples of how the city is adjusting to changes as it grows. "Cities are constantly changing. That is in their nature," she said. "Cities that don't change, don't adapt, don't evolve — those cities die. Reinvention is how cities survive. ... The potential for our downtown is limitless, and our commitment to creatively fulfilling it will be relentless."
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