During her annual State of the City address, Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall highlighted accomplishments over the past year and shared new proposals to address the city’s challenges. Mayor Mendenhall’s priorities include economic development, water conservation, air quality, parks, safe streets, housing, and homelessness.
In her remarks, Mayor Mendenhall cited the city’s many efforts to become more environmentally resilient. These initiatives include adding EV charging stations, swapping out resident gas lawn mowers for electric, moving to net 100% renewable electricity community-wide, and planting thousands of trees.
“I’ve said it before and it’s worth stating again, the character of this city isn’t created through the successes and challenges we face together — it’s revealed,” Mayor Mendenhall said. “That character is powerful, creative, tenacious, and caring. There’s no stopping us. We are bold. We are courageous. We are Salt Lakers, and we are ready.”
Mayor Mendenhall also shared how the city is investing up to $10 million in wealth-building homes for 1,500 families, adopting a Vision Zero strategy to make streets safer, and announcing a historic $100 million public-private investment in the Ballpark neighborhood.
Watch Mayor Mendenhall’s remarks here.
