Salt Lake County has millions more in pandemic money. Here’s how the mayor wants to make a ‘generational’ investment.
Federal funds would build employment programs, a small-business resource center, better water infrastructure, more affordable housing, and help the homeless.
(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Salt Lake County Mayor Jenny Wilson promotes Free Fare February last month. Wilson has unveiled how she wants to spend millions in federal funding.
Leia Larsen is a sixth generation Utahn and a water and land use reporter reporter for The Salt Lake Tribune. She has covered environment, energy and political issues throughout the West. When she’s not chasing the news, Leia can be found exploring the Wasatch Mountains, sleeping in the desert or rooting around her garden.