The real estate market in the Beehive State is buzzing. Apartments are sprouting up across the valley; housing sales are steady despite rising prices; so-called mother-in-law apartments are now legal and being built on developed lots; the population of the region continues to grow thanks to a steady birth rate and an influx of young professionals following the burgeoning job … [Read more...]
From Farm to Table…..To YouTube
YouthCity and Liberty Park Farmers Market From farm to table … to YouTube. That’s what students at YouthCity’s summer and after school program have started through an ongoing partnership with neighboring Liberty Park Farmers Market. “With the farmers market so close, it just made sense to use it as a learning opportunity,” says John Lyman, program manager for YouthCity in … [Read more...]
Maud’s Café Serves More Than Coffee
Sheela's Story Sheela* left home at age eighteen. She describes herself as having been a good kid. She was an A-student, went to church, and did what her parents expected of her. In high school, Sheela became the target of a sexual predator. “He was someone I knew and trusted,” Sheela confides. “He groomed me for a long time. I didn't realize how abusive of a situation I … [Read more...]
Little Cottonwood Canyon is under threat by Utah’s population boom
We need to make the change we want, not allow the change to happen to us.—Carl Fisher Little Cottonwood Canyon in Utah is synonymous with wilderness, natural beauty, remote uncultivated regions still in natural conditions—and recreating. It's been forecasted that by the year 2060, Utah will have an estimated population of 6.84 million. Compare that to today's estimated 3.22 … [Read more...]
Every dog has its day
Street Dawg Crew pampers Pioneer Park pets Seems like it's true: Every dog has its day. A dog’s love knows no economic distinctions. It wags its tail for rich and poor alike. To keep it wagging, Margie Varela and her partner Kimo Pokini, filled an important need. Pets and pet owners within the homeless community were struggling to get by and take care of their beloved … [Read more...]
Krishna Food Forest & Farm—what is the permaculture concept?
Mimicking natural ecosystems The Krishna Food Forest & Farm , located behind the Sri Sri Radha Krishna temple in Millcreek, is a wonderfully accessible place for anyone in the area to learn about ecological food production while engaging with the Millcreek Permaculture Guild, a friendly community and leadership team. It is run by the Millcreek Permaculture Guild, which … [Read more...]
Utah medical cannabis: the green lottery heats up
On the afternoon of June 6, the second floor of the Utah Department of Agriculture was packed full of people who want to be farmers. But farmers? or lottery winners? These farmers will be licensed to grow product that hasn't been legally grown in Utah since before 1930. Medical Cannabis farms are coming to Utah. And these prospective "farmers" are actually mostly monied … [Read more...]
Wasatch Community Gardens: cultivating good health for your body, for your community
Wasatch Community Gardens has cultivated good health for your body and for your community for the last three decades, because they know agriculture is, or should be, connected more to culture than to business. Wasatch Community Garden brings plants and people together In the Salt Lake area, this robust group is making sure that agriculture remains linked to culture, crops, … [Read more...]
University of Utah—giving Utah students a path to succeed
Making the transition to high school is no easy task, fortunately for Utah students, the University of Utah has a program that is designed to help lower income kids from disadvantaged communities entering high school. PATHS (Promoting Access to High Schoolers) The University of Utah program supports Utah students from their first day of 9th grade to their first day of … [Read more...]
KRCL community radio: RadioACTive host Lara Jones
KRCL radio & Lara Jones When KRCL (90.9 fm) community radio host, Lara Jones, first entered the world of broadcasting in 1984, radio broadcasting was very much a man’s world. “There were not a lot of women doing this when I started,” she said. “When I got into radio broadcasting in the 80s, it was very much a boys’ club and the sexism was rampant.” In … [Read more...]
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