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Salt Lake City’s downtown area is a must-see neighborhood if you are new in town. The burgeoning central district is full of trendy restaurants, gastropubs and retail shops. If you need some proof, Salt Lake City was recently ranked as the number five best downtown area in the country by Livability.com. Your Salt Lake City relocation providers think this was well deserved, because the downtown area has undergone quite a transformation.

Rankings were based on data that was compiled from 2010 to present. It includes median household income, the area’s population increase compared to its vacancy rate, and the percentage of new homeowners. The city’s walkability was also measured and considered, and downtown Salt Lake City was ranked as the second most walkable area in the country. This means that it is a great place to explore on foot for a day with your family.

This is all big news for downtown Salt Lake City, because just a few years back it was pretty deserted. People were not moving here, and storefronts were empty. The city and the Downtown Alliance put a lot of focus on the central district and the Salt Lake City arts and entertainment scenes as of late, and it has really paid off. There are now plenty of art galleries and museums nestled along the neighborhood’s eateries and shops. This is driving lots of young professionals to move to the area, and about 2,000 apartment units are currently under construction.

If you are moving to the area, your Salt Lake City moving company highly recommends taking an afternoon to explore all that the central district has to offer. You will probably find your new favorite restaurant!

If you have just recently moved to Salt Lake City, you may not have heard of Thelma McDonald or her block of rentals. McDonald, who lived from 1915 to 1996, was a landlady in Salt Lake City, and an angel to many of her tenants. Your Salt Lake City relocation specialists were pleased to hear that the newly constructed North Sixth project was developed in her memory.

McDonald was a legendary landlady. As a widow who was left destitute after her husband passed away, she knew what it was like to struggle. After picking herself up, McDonald opened a boarding house, and little by little, she began buying homes close to her own. She converted them into affordable housing, and eventually obtained 17 rentals, all of which were affordable and typically rented to blue collar workers and families.

North Sixth, located near North Temple, is a five-story building that includes 115 apartments. In maintaining McDonald’s vision, 86 of those units are rent-subsidized. McDonald is even painted on the side of the North Sixth building. North Sixth was developed by Giv Group, a development company known for its innovative and modern buildings in urban communities. Giv Group received about $10 million in state and federal tax breaks to complete the project, which cost $16 million in total. McDonald’s daughter, Sharon, is very pleased with Giv Group’s work and the North Sixth building. She said it is her mother’s legacy.

Living in Salt Lake City, you will meet plenty of nice and caring folks like Thelma McDonald. Her kind spirit lives on in her daughter, the developers at Giv Group, and through all the other lives she touched. Maybe you can even take a trip down to the North Sixth building to see her mural!

Salt Lake City is a wonderful place to live. The mountains offer breathtaking views, the Great Salt Lake is a beautiful place to visit, and the snow is whiter than any you have ever seen. But moving to Salt Lake City in February can be rough. With chilly temperatures and icy conditions, planning a romantic Valentine’s Day dinner can seem a bit stressful. That’s why your friends at the Salt Lake City packing and moving company put together some great restaurants, so you just have to choose from a list!

Pago was voted “best restaurant” by Salt Lake City magazine last year, and for good reason. Their bavette steak, carrot and saffron broth gnocchi, and oysters are phenomenal. This Valentine’s Day they have a special menu that looks just as amazing. It includes a five-course meal, with main dish choices of pan-seared diver scallops, veal shank osso bucco, duck breast or wild mushrooms. If your Valentine loves live music, you should make a reservation at Bleu Bistro. This place prides itself on its entertainment just as much as it does its menu. On Valentine’s Day, they have an acoustic classical jazz musician and an acoustic classical guitar player performing. You’ll also be treated to a four-course dinner. If you are the ultimate foodie couple, then make your reservation at Hearth on 25^th. Their seven-course meal will blow you away with items like butter-poached shrimp cocktail, warm hearts of palm Caesar salad, and seared grass-fed elk medallions.

While moving to Salt Lake City can make planning a romantic Valentine’s Day even tougher, your relocation specialists know you will find a place to wow your date. After you are settled in, you will be able to explore all Salt Lake City has to offer!

The new Glendale Branch library boasts almost 20,000-square-feet of space, making it the largest city library branch. Not only that, but the new library also offers 40,000 items for circulation, a large meeting facility, a designated teen space, and a floor plan that offers open views across the building.

Hundreds of people, from young children to senior citizens, turned out for the grand opening of the Glendale Branch of the Salt Lake City Library; including excited branch manager Brooke Young.

Young explained that, “we’ve been here unpacking books by ourselves for a couple months, so it’s exciting to finally get people in the building.”

One of the ribbon cutters, 14-year-old Julia Zamora from Glendale Middle School, stated that, “I see a lot of opportunities. I’ll be coming here a lot for movies, books, probably research. I think it would help me with school.”

Young further elaborated that, “our current reference desks are on wheels, so if we decide to change how everything goes, we can. Everything is really changeable and flexible in this building. Some of the bookshelves are even on wheels, so if we decide to change everything we can — without it costing $40,000.”

Furthermore, plans are already in the works to plan learning events with the Community Learning Center at Glendale Middle School, and with the Sorenson Unity Center. Both locations are conveniently located within walking distance of the new library.

Young emphasizes that, “we really hope that we can tap into a lot of the existing community networks that have already started to grow and bolster those.”

Unfortunately, the proposal that the future minor-league soccer team of Salt Lake City needed to be passed, was voted down by a Natural Resources budget committee last Thursday. The proposal included a 50-year lease with the Utah State Fairpark; the non-profit group that operates the state-owned fairgrounds. The extension is needed in order to build the estimated $18-$23 million, 8,000 seat arena.

Despite the Legislature having already passed legislation allowing a 50-year lease extension for the Fairpark, the proposal was still voted a no-go. Senator Scott Jenkins is making an effort to have the 2010 legislation be issued now.

Jenkins explains that, “if we choose to hold this thing up and go to requests for proposals … [the team] very well could just walk and leave this thing alone and go somewhere else. That’s a very high probability.”

Jenkins argues that the reason that the Senate side of the committee approved his proposal, but the House side shot it down, is due to members being worried over future subsidiaries. However, the Fairpark now has to attempt to raise money, despite the lack of options for such long-term leases.

Representative Brian Greene disagrees, stating that, “the State Fairpark has struggled. That’s no secret.” He wonders if the passing of such a long term lease would then require the state “to continually subsidize the Fairpark operations at a much higher rate to protect the interest of the stadium.”

Regardless, if the proposal does not get passed, the Salt Lake minor-league soccer team will be packing and moving to a new home.

If you plan to visit or move to Salt Lake City anytime in the near future, you should prepare yourself for one thing: the locals’ love of films. A slew of vastly different theaters recently updated their screening schedule and let’s just say…they have something for everyone.

1. Utah Museum of Contemporary Art. Named the “Best Museum” in the State of Utah two years in a row, this community hub offers free film screenings of the latest documentaries and independent films.
2. Clark Planetarium. Offering an IMAX giant screen theater that shows science documentaries, family films, star shows, and rock and roll light shows, Clark Planetarium remains committed to inspiring wonder and learning about space and science.
3. Salt Lake City Public Library. With options such as Science Movie Night, Senior Movie Afternoons, and seasonal showings of holiday classics, the library has an excellent selection of films for all ages.
4. The Organ Loft. Do you consider yourself a vintage film connoisseur? Well so does Salt Lake City. The Organ Loft offers screenings of vintage silent films, coupled with a vintage Wurlitzer pipe organ that projects from over 2,400 organ pipes.
5. Brewvies Cinema Pub. Fan of local brews? How about delicious pizza, cheese fries and baby back ribs? Are you a film buff as well? Then Brewvies is the perfect place for you. A favorite among locals, this theater allows you to order food while you check out the newest flick.

On Thursday, January 8, the State Board of Education approved a joint resolution that asks Utah’s congressional delegation to resolve conflicts with the Elementary and Secondary Education Act.

The board also has plans to apply for a three-year flexibility waiver that allows the state to forgo adhering to the policies dictated by the No Child Left Behind Act. According to Brad Smith, state superintendent of public instruction, says that the act reportedly imposes “draconian penalties” on schools that do not comply. NCLB requires every student in the state to earn a minimum score on statewide tests, which poses a huge problem for Utah, since over half of the students within the state failed to meet these requirements last year.

Furthermore, Brad Smith explains that “we are at an odd time in the enactment of the law in that many of the penalties that might apply simply don’t make sense, because under the terms of the statute, literally every school in Utah is a failed school.”

While this issue was being debated over the summer, the Board of Education received hundreds of comments and concerns from the public regarding this issue. Utah State Board of Education Chair David Crandall stated that “we believe the waiver approval affirms our state autonomy while removing the more onerous aspects and requirements of NCLB…we appreciate the joint efforts of the Utah State Office of Education staff, board members, and Governor Herbert in working to gain approval of this amended application.”

Those planning to move to Salt Lake City can rest assured that the state not only takes into consideration the opinions and requests of their residents, but also has the political strength to branch out and make decisions based on their own accord, keeping your children’s academic advancement in mind.

Moving to Salt Lake City? If not, you might want to change your mind. As of Sunday, January 11, gas prices fell 18 cents to $2.01, meaning that gas prices were also $1.07 cents lower than that same day, one year prior, and 69 cents lower than a month ago.

According to Katrina Rougelot, a medical sales professional who drives up to 300 miles per week for work, “The highest I’ve paid to fill up is about $65. Now it is down to about $42 or less…the one downside is sitting in line to get gas.” She shared that she could most likely save over $1,000 if gas prices stayed at $2.01.

Another Salt Lake City driver, Mikhail Kotlov, confessed that he has to fill up his SUV every three days or so. He says that, “it has gone from $90 to about 60 bucks to fill up. It’s pretty nice.”

Gas prices have now fallen for more than 100 days in a row, nationwide. According to AAA, the average retail gas price in the U.S. is down to $2.26 per gallon, a price that has not been seen since 2009. Gas prices are down 39% since topping out in April of 2014 at $3.70 per gallon. Overall, this saves Americans $14 billion at the pump.

However, Randy Shumway, economic adviser, disclosed that “it’s expected that the average price of gasoline throughout the year will be about $2.60 a gallon. What that does is give additional disposable income to consumers, which, often times, they will spend on other items.”

Starting in 2004, Utah set out to solve the statewide problem of chronic homelessness. The state had almost 2,000 homeless people, most of which suffer from mental health or substance abuse problems. The initial idea was to get homeless people ready to move into actual homes by moving them into shelters or halfway houses, and then putting them into treatment. Only until they showed a commitment to the recovery process and dedication to maintaining stability in their new home, would they get an opportunity to move into permanent housing. However, the state began to embrace a different method of fixing the homeless epidemic. They began to give the homeless homes, before requiring any kind of commitment.

Compared to the cost of shelters, emergency room visits, ambulances, and police, putting someone into permanent housing costs the state just eight thousand dollars. Lloyd Pendleton, director of Utah’s Homeless Task Force, disclosed that “one individual’s care one year, cost nearly a million dollars and with the traditional approach, the average chronically homeless person used to cost Salt Lake City more than twenty thousand dollars a year.”

This federal program, Housing First, provides housing to chronically homeless people without first requiring sobriety. As a result, Utah saw a 70 percent decrease in its homeless population, and from that number about 90 percent of those housed, remained in their homes where they could better manage their medications.

On January 7, Dr. Robert Okin, a psychiatrist, stated that Utah is an example of a state that has helped the mentally ill with housing and changed the outcomes.

Nothing sounds better than cozying up next to a roaring wood fire in your new Salt Lake City home, to escape the chilly weather outside. However, sooner than later you may be cozying up to a modern, gas lit fire place.

Whether you are moving across town or are a newcomer to Salt Lake City, every home owner will need to become familiar with the current wood-burning regulations that are soon going to change.

Governor Gary Herberts has already submitted a request to ban residential wood burning for five months: November to March. If you are relocating your business, you may be subjected to the same regulations. However, restaurant owners can continue running their businesses as they normally would, since they are exempt from any wood-burning regulation…because a gas-fired pizza is just not the same.

As for residents who will be subjected to the changes in wood burning regulations for November 2015, turn to the state for information on alternative ways to keep warm next winter.

Utah has $500,000 in grants to install free furnaces for those who come forward and ask for it. The state is offering a full service furnace replacement; which includes any extra work required to run a natural gas line to your home or building. All My Sons of Salt Lake City advises everyone to take advantage of this offer and help reduce Utah’s wintertime emissions.