Parks, affordable housing, food banks? What the future might hold for SLC’s 4 closed schools.
Talks are poised to begin on redeploying buildings and land at vacated Hawthorne, M. Lynn Bennion, Mary W. Jackson and Riley elementary school sites — with many calls for more homes.
(Salt Lake Tribune) Clockwise from top left: M. Lynn Bennion Elementary, Hawthorne Elementary, Mary W. Jackson Elementary and Riley Elementary were closed this year by the Salt Lake City School District due to declining enrollment. What will happen to the properties now?
Tony covers growth and development issues for The Tribune. He is a former editor and politics reporter and has been with The Tribune since 1991.