City Cast Salt Lake

A brand new, unelected board will oversee the development of a big project near the Utah State Fairpark, hypothetically anchored by a Major League Baseball stadium. Westside Coalition President Dan Strong, the community representative on the board, joins host Ali Vallarta to talk through the best-case scenario for this neighborhood-altering proposal.Resources and references: What Can Taxpayers Get for $2B in Stadiums? [City Cast Salt Lake]Consider becoming a founding member of City Cast Salt Lake today! It’s the best way to support our work and help make sure we’re around for years to come. Get all the details and sign up at membership.citycast.fm.Subscribe to our daily morning newsletter. You can also find us on Instagram @CityCastSLC.Looking to advertise on City Cast Salt Lake? Check out our options for podcast and newsletter ads.Learn more about the sponsors of this episode: Salt Lake Community College  Epic Brewing  Living Traditions  Ogden Music Festival Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Police broke up pro-Palestine encampments and protests at the University of Utah this week. How does this jibe with the university’s legacy of campus activism? Host Ali Vallarta and executive producer Emily Means discuss how a generational moment is playing out in Salt Lake City and share picks of the week, from a local cat’s 500-mile journey to the bee Census.Resources and references: Police end University of Utah student pro-Palestine rally with riot gear and 19 arrests [Salt Lake Tribune] University of Utah protests: Overnight camping has been allowed before — for ESPN’s College Gameday [Salt Lake Tribune] U Origins: The U’s History of Student Protests and Activism [Daily Utah Chronicle] “Know Your Protest Rights” by ACLU Utah [Instagram] Stowaway cat from Utah shipped to California in Amazon returns package [Salt Lake Tribune] Salt Lake County Free Pet Microchipping Service  “Honey We Saved the Bees” [Today, Explained] Consider becoming a founding member of City Cast Salt Lake today! It’s the best way to support our work and help make sure we’re around for years to come. Get all the details and sign up at membership.citycast.fm.Subscribe to our daily morning newsletter. You can find us on Instagram @CityCastSLC and Twitter @CityCastSLC.Looking to advertise on City Cast Salt Lake? Check out our options for podcast and newsletter ads. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It’s graduation season for Salt Lake’s high schools and colleges; let the commencement advice commence! Olympic speedskater Erin Jackson is the keynote speaker for Salt Lake Community College’s ceremony, so host Ali Vallarta asked the gold medalist for guidance, from changing careers to overcoming your fears. Consider becoming a founding member of City Cast Salt Lake today! It’s the best way to support our work and help make sure we’re around for years to come. Get all the details and sign up at membership.citycast.fm.Subscribe to our daily morning newsletter. You can also find us on Instagram @CityCastSLC.Looking to advertise on City Cast Salt Lake? Check out our options for podcast and newsletter ads.Learn more about the sponsors of this episode: Harmons Grocery Epic Brewing The Governor’s startup.utah.gov toolkit Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Deseret News columnist Meg Walter joins to discuss May in Salt Lake, from school ending to festival season. Topics include navigating end-of-school chaos, Mother's Day ideas, South Salt Lake mural festival, marathon training, music playlists, local adventures, and cultural festivals in Salt Lake City.

Salt Lake City made a new plan to heal its east-west divide and guide how we get around. Host Ali Vallarta and executive producer Emily Means explain SLC’s transportation goals and how you can weigh in on May 7. Plus, a long-awaited bar reopening, Parleys diesel fuel spill, and the Great Salt Lake’s emotional toll.Resources and references: ACLU’s Bathroom Law Impact Assessment Survey How Salt Lake City plans to heal its ‘single-largest transportation issue’ [Salt Lake Tribune] How Many More Lanes Does I-15 Really Need? [City Cast Salt Lake] Learn more about the Connect SLC transportation plan and comment at the May 7 SLC Council Meeting DABS awards all remaining Utah bar licenses at February meeting [Gastronomic SLC] Gastronomic SLC DABS reporting  Restaurant in 9th and 9th gets a liquor license; damaged Garage on Beck to reopen soon [Salt Lake Tribune] Every Bar SLC on Instagram Every Bar SLC Spreadsheet Drinking water not impacted by fuel spill in Parley’s Creek, officials said [KSL] Are the Great Salt Lake scientists all right? [High Country News]  Consider becoming a founding member of City Cast Salt Lake today! It’s the best way to support our work and help make sure we’re around for years to come. Get all the details and sign up at membership.citycast.fm.Subscribe to our daily morning newsletter. You can find us on Instagram @CityCastSLC and Twitter @CityCastSLC.Looking to advertise on City Cast Salt Lake? Check out our options for podcast and newsletter ads.Learn more about the sponsors of this episode: Harmons Grocery Epic Brewing The Governor’s startup.utah.gov toolkit Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Salt Lake City’s microshelter community — the state’s first ever legal camp for unhoused people — was set to close this week, but that’s no longer the plan. Host Ali Vallarta asks Switchpoint executive director Carol Hollowell what the future holds for the temporary site and its 50 residents and what lessons will carry over to the next version of the project.Resources and references: SLC’s FAQ about the Temporary Microshelter Community  Abandoning Shelters for Permanent Supportive Housing [City Cast Salt Lake] Consider becoming a founding member of City Cast Salt Lake today! It’s the best way to support our work and help make sure we’re around for years to come. Get all the details and sign up at membership.citycast.fm.Subscribe to our daily morning newsletter. You can also find us on Instagram @CityCastSLC.Looking to advertise on City Cast Salt Lake? Check out our options for podcast and newsletter ads.Learn more about the sponsors of this episode: Harmons Grocery Epic Brewing The Governor’s startup.utah.gov toolkit Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hockey is here, and Salt Lake turned out bigtime to welcome the team. Host Ali Vallarta and executive producer Emily Means noodle on names for our newest sports franchise. Plus, Salt Lake schools tackle some sticky topics, a neighborhood tradition will go on, and consider rattlesnake training your dog.Resources and references: ‘My best day in the NHL so far’: Salt Lake shows up for new hockey club [Deseret News] Two New Trademark Applications Submitted For Utah NHL Team Name [KSL Sports] Montreal Expos tweet Salt Lake School District pauses student training on transgender bathroom law [Axios Salt Lake City] Salt Lake City schools is the latest district to ponder what to do with smartphones [KUER] How many ‘indecent’ books will be banned statewide after new Utah law takes effect in July? [Utah News Dispatch] Resident’s backyard concerts will continue in 15th & 15th after striking deal with Salt Lake City [Building Salt Lake] Rattlesnake Alert ($200) and Utah Rattlesnake Avoidance ($175) Consider becoming a founding member of City Cast Salt Lake today! It’s the best way to support our work and help make sure we’re around for years to come. Get all the details and sign up at membership.citycast.fm.Subscribe to our daily morning newsletter. You can find us on Instagram @CityCastSLC and Twitter @CityCastSLC.Looking to advertise on City Cast Salt Lake? Check out our options for podcast and newsletter ads.Learn more about the sponsors of this episode:Epic Brewing Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Behind every sweeping decision affecting our day-to-day lives is a table full of unfamiliar yet influential faces. In the last episode of a two-part series, host Ali Vallarta and executive producer Emily Means introduce four more powerful individuals and organizations you’ve probably never heard of and explore their impact in our communities.Listen to Part 1: Salt Lake’s Unknown Power Players.Resources and references: Utah's 'unelected governor': The political clout of Zions Bank CEO Scott Anderson [Salt Lake Tribune] Utah’s new racial equity compact embodies the spirit of Christmas [Deseret News] Billboard Wars, Did SLC Catch a Coyote? And Consignment Strategies [City Cast Salt Lake] Utah Realtors Association a powerful lobby group [Deseret News] Justice Department Says It Will Reopen Inquiry Into Realtor Trade Group [New York Times] Consider becoming a founding member of City Cast Salt Lake today! It’s the best way to support our work and help make sure we’re around for years to come. Get all the details and sign up at membership.citycast.fm.Subscribe to our daily morning newsletter. You can also find us on Instagram @CityCastSLC.Looking to advertise on City Cast Salt Lake? Check out our options for podcast and newsletter ads.Learn more about the sponsors of this episode:Epic Brewing Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Salt Lakers tend to think of our city’s battle with air quality as recent history — but that’s not really true. In fact, this might be the cleanest our air has been in a while. Dr. Logan Mitchell, a climate scientist and analyst with Utah Clean Energy, helps host Ali Vallarta understand some of the myths around the air you can chew, where we go from here, and how to keep our lungs safe.This episode originally aired April 10, 2023.Resources and references: Check the daily air quality at air.utah.gov. Digital exhibit: The History of Air Quality in Utah Consider becoming a founding member of City Cast Salt Lake today! It’s the best way to support our work and help make sure we’re around for years to come. Get all the details and sign up at membership.citycast.fm.Subscribe to our daily morning newsletter. You can also find us on Instagram @CityCastSLC.Looking to advertise on City Cast Salt Lake? Check out our options for podcast and newsletter ads.Learn more about the sponsors of this episode:Epic Brewing Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Spring in our canyons brings mountain bikers, dog walkers, and heavy machinery together. Host Ali Vallarta and executive producer Emily Means set your expectations for canyon construction, from Millcreek Canyon to the Bonneville Shoreline Trail. Plus, air quality is a top-10 issue for Utahns, so why would Gov. Spencer Cox sign a letter asking the Environmental Protection Agency to back off? Start your week with our SLC news roundup and some local shoutouts.Resources and references: Millcreek Canyon access would be limited for 2 years in road plan [Salt Lake Tribune] Sign up for alerts about City Creek Canyon construction. Bonneville Shoreline Trail maintenance plan Salt Lake City Foothills Trail System Plan Cox among 22 Republican governors urging pause to new EPA air quality rule [Utah News Dispatch] Mythbusting Salt Lake’s Air Quality [City Cast Salt Lake] How to Keep Track of Air Quality in Salt Lake City [Hey Salt Lake] Park City Asshole Parking on Instagram Solstice Chocolate 54% milk dark chocolate Consider becoming a founding member of City Cast Salt Lake today! It’s the best way to support our work and help make sure we’re around for years to come. Get all the details and sign up at membership.citycast.fm.Subscribe to our daily morning newsletter. You can find us on Instagram @CityCastSLC and Twitter @CityCastSLC.Looking to advertise on City Cast Salt Lake? Check out our options for podcast and newsletter ads.Learn more about the sponsors of this episode:Epic Brewing Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices