(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Fred Alvari, left, speaks in support of a proposed tiny-house village alongside Joseph Grenny, chair of the board of The Other Side Academy, during a public meeting at Salt Lake City Hall on Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2022. The council is considering a tiny-house village to be built on the west side, the first phase would be located on 8 city-owned acres west of Redwood Road between Indiana Avenue and 500 South.
Blake joined The Tribune in March 2022 to cover city and county government before becoming an editor in 2024. He is a University of Minnesota graduate who started his journalism career in Las Vegas, where he covered local government, state politics and the depletion of the Colorado River. He is dad to a Golden Retriever named Woodward.