(Al Hartmann | The Salt Lake Tribune) A Housing Gap Coalition formed by the Salt Lake Chamber will encourage local governments to adopt land-use policies promoting mixed-use developments, such as this one in Sugar House. More high-density housing within a mix of residential offerings will be essential to keep the future cost of buying and renting within the means of all Utahns.
Mike Gorrell is a business writer, one of many positions he's held at The Trib — covering natural disasters, the weather, water, environment, Olympics, tourism, skiing and coal mining — since joining the paper in 1983 after nine years (four year part-time) at the Murray-based weekly newspaper The Green Sheet.