April 26 6:30pm Green Screen, “No Impact Man” Rowland Hall 843 Lincoln St , www.rowlandhall.com 7pm Raptor Rapture West Jordan Library, 1940 W 7800 South , www.hawkwatch.org April 27 6pm Green Drinks, April location TBA, slcgreendrinks@gmail.com, www.greendrinks.org April 28 8am Bird Watching at Farmington Bay meet at McDonalds, Centerville, exit 319, RSVP req www.greatsaltlakeaudubon.com 2010 Great Salt Lake Issues Forum–Keeping the … [Read more…]
Thursday is Earth Day. Here are some Salt Lake City events honoring the day. April 21 2pm Fundraiser for Utah Moms for Clean Air Yoga Play parent/child class www.vitalizesugarhouse.com April 22 7pm Electronics Recycling 1795 E South Campus Dr , U of U www.slcgov.com/slcgreen 8am “Working Toward a Healthy Environment.” Earth Day Open House Hosted by Mayor … [Read more…]
Dakota Lofts is located on the corner of 200 South and 400 West in downtown Salt Lake City. It’s across the street from Gateway Mall, and a TRAX stop is right outside the door. As you might guess, the Walk Score for this project is high; it scores 78 out of 100. A 3-block walk will get … [Read more…]
Earth Hour 2010 will take place on March 27 at 8:30 pm, local time. People all over the world will turn off their lights as a call to action on climate change. The event was started three years ago by the World Wildlife Fund and has gone global. Last year nearly a billion people in 4100 … [Read more…]
Salt Lake County is looking into allowing backyard chickens. Salt Lake City is already pro-chicken, as-is Provo. But in the incorporated areas of the county and in West Valley City, urban fowl are still a no-no, not that the regulation is always obeyed. Across the Salt Lake Valley, residents in numbers are buying chickens and building coops. IFA … [Read more…]
Salt Lake fourth quarter sales numbers were up more than 40% compared to the same quarter of 2008. You might wonder how much of the increase was due to the first-time homebuyer tax credit. Of 3,080 sales, 1435 (47%), were under $200,000. During the same period in 2008, there were 2186 total sales and 814 … [Read more…]
Looking at a sprawling map of Salt Lake City, you might wonder if we have any walkable communities. One way to find out is at Walk Score. If you type in an address, you will get back a score between 0 and 100, based on the distance from that house to nearby amenities. A score … [Read more…]