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Every year, downtown hosts thousands of our favorite guests at the Outdoor Retailer Shows. This year’s winter show will be held at the Salt Palace Convention Center, January 19-22, bringing more than 20,000 attendees who will pump $18-20 million into Utah’s economy. That’s a lot of new money. When conventions come to town, they spend money in local businesses and they pay taxes that support schools, build roads and pay the salaries of teachers, police officers and firefighters. Conventions are a good thing for our economy. Other cities also know that conventions are a good thing so competition for conventions…
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Sundance Film Festival Sundance Film Festival attracts Hollywood’s biggest and brightest stars to Utah each January. The world-famous film festival brings over 50,000 visitors to Park City and Salt Lake City for the best in independent films. Film screenings in downtown SLC will be January 19-29 at Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center and Broadway Centre Cinemas. The festival has shone light on Utah as a hub for filmmakers and filmmaking. Each year the number of made-in-Utah films increases as Utah’s robust film commission makes the Beehive State a cinema destination. More information: sundance.org/festivals Sundance Café at the Beehive Tea Room…
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EVE—the mother of all New Year’s parties—is a community celebration of music, theatre, art, film, dance and fireworks in downtown Salt Lake City on Dec. 29, 30 and 31, 6 p.m.-midnight. One ticket gets you three nights of revelry. Tens of thousands of people will gather for celebrations taking place on West Temple between 100 and 200 South and in the Calvin Rampton Salt Palace Convention Center. There are plenty of places to chill down and warm up at this indoor/outdoor extravaganza…and a thousand ways to celebrate. In addition to live music, dance parties, DJs, art installations, activities for kids,…
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Celebrate your new downtown this holiday season with no construction and 5,000 new parking spaces. Park for free for up to two hours at meters, enjoy holiday shopping and be among the first to see the spectacular lighting of downtown SLC and Temple Square. Lights On! The Downtown Alliance presents Salt Lake City’s annual Lights On! celebration at Gallivan Plaza, Friday, Nov. 25 from4:45-6 p.m.The event will feature Mayor Becker, Kurt Bestor, Santa Claus, Alison Baver (U.S. Olympic short track speed skater), One Voice Children’s Choir and elves on stilts. More than 19 miles of strands of LED lights will…
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Plans to re-energize downtown’s core continue to pick up speed. Last week, Wells Fargo executive David Golden and Emmy Award-winning composer Kurt Bestor launched Friends of the UPAC – a group of arts organizations, patrons and business leaders dedicated to supporting and helping to direct the development of the Utah Performing Arts Center (UPAC). Along with David and Kurt, I would like to extend an invitation for you to become an official Friend of the UPAC. Your membership in this group will give you inside information and keep you updated on all the planning for this new facility. It will…
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There is no such thing as a perfect parking system. Urban communities across the world struggle to find room for too many cars trying to squeeze into limited real estate, as commuters, shoppers, diners, visitors and residents all vie for a very limited resource: the humble parking space. In fact, in research recently completed by the Downtown Alliance shows that parking is the number one issue Utahns cite as a deterrent to coming downtown. Compared to many other metropolitan areas, downtown Salt Lake City actually has lots of parking. There are thousands of stalls in garages and surface lots that…
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Thursday, 20 October 2011 14:07
Final Celebrations with the Downtown Farmers Market: The Annual Pumpkin Festival and Howl-O-Ween Pet Costume Contest
Written by Danica Farley
The end of the Downtown Farmers Market—the state’s largest gathering of growers—is almost here, two days remain: Saturday, Oct. 22 and Tuesday, Oct. 25. The market offers a unique variety of farmers, growers, bakeries, prepared food and beverages, packaged foods and local artisans. “We haven’t had a freeze yet and there is nothing in the forecast, so we are still picking peaches and tomatoes thanks to the cool, wet spring,” said Thayne Tagge of Tagge’s Famous Fruits. “Visit us the next two Saturdays and Tuesdays at the market for some of the best produce of the season.” Bountiful crops are…
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Friday, 23 September 2011 14:30
Dine Downtown during Fall Dine O’ Round: Now thru Oct. 1
Written by Danica Farley
Salt Lake City’s best restaurants are participating in the 9th annual Fall Downtown Dine O’ Round. In addition to the regular menu, 40 participating restaurants offer a three-course dinner for $15 or $30 per person and 29 restaurants offer Lunch On Us!, a two-item lunch for $5 or $10. Zy, Rio Grande Café, Bocata, Hapa Taqueria, Maxwell’s East Coast Eatery, Dojo Asian Inspired Cuisine and Lounge, Washington Square Café, Stoneground, Thaifoon Taste of Asia and Inferno Cantina are new to Dine O’ Round this autumn. “Dine O Round is a favorite tradition. For many of us, changing autumn leaves means…
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People like to complain about Washington, DC – sometimes with good reason, but the District of Columbia is more than shorthand for the dysfunction that seems to paralyze politics these days. It is also a dynamic urban center and downtown Salt Lake City has much to learn from the nation’s capital. Last week 57 Utah business leaders went to the nation’s capital to ask our political leaders to please stop bickering, and get to work solving problems. In two-and-a half days, we met with administration officials, business lobbyists, Utah’s entire congressional delegation and former U.S. Senators Bennett (R- UT) and…
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Monday, 15 August 2011 14:19
Tuesday Harvest Market is Open: Buy Fresh, Buy Local
Written by Danica Farley
The third season for the Tuesday evening Downtown Harvest Market is open and continues through Oct. 25, 4 p.m. to dusk in historic Pioneer Park. The Tuesday evening market allows commuters who may not visit the capital city on Saturday for the Downtown Farmers Market, downtown residents and regular market shoppers to purchase produce mid-week, supporting community and locally grown and produced food. The smaller size of the mid-week market is an intimate experience and is easy to access for convenient shopping—with ample parking near the park. It is also another outlet for local farmers to sell produce during the…
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