Salt Lake City mayor lauds Millcreek homeless shelter as ‘a historic plan’

Temporary facility at a former county library would keep unhoused Utahns from freezing on the streets, but the plan is already drawing blowback from neighbors.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Millcreek is poised to host a winter overflow homeless shelter as the former Calvin S. Smith Library, 810 E. 3300 South, below right, is prepared on Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2022, to keep unsheltered Utahns out of the cold.

Salt Lake City mayor lauds Millcreek homeless shelter as ‘a historic plan’

Temporary facility at a former county library would keep unhoused Utahns from freezing on the streets, but the plan is already drawing blowback from neighbors.

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