Downtown Salt Lake City is teeming with energy as approximately $3 billion is being invested in the core of downtown during the next five years. The skyline is changing, downtown lofts and condominiums are filling with people, construction is commencing on light rail and commuter rail lines, and community leaders are implementing a 40-year regional vision called Downtown Rising. Downtown Salt Lake City is, undeniably, on the rise. The Salt Lake Chamber seeks an Executive Director for the Salt Lake City Downtown Alliance who will continue this momentum and catapult downtown Salt Lake City to a grand and prosperous future. Click the link below to download a job description.
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| UTA has officially extended the Salt Lake Free Fare Zone to include the Intermodal Hub extension to Salt Lake Central Station. This will apply to the new TRAX stops: Planetarium, Old GreekTown and Salt Lake Central. The buses that serve 200 South at Salt Lake Central Station will also be included in the Free Fare Zone. The Free Fare Zone extends West of 400 West on 200 South only. Other existing borders of the zone remain unchanged. This change is effective April 26, 2008. | The Salt Lake Convention & Visitors Bureau introduces Salt Lake's first hop-on, hop-off city tour. The Salt Lake Connect Pass City Tour provides access to many top attractions along a 90-minute route. Guests can customize their own experience on the City Tour by choosing where to explore depending upon their interests and schedule. “You don’t have to leave the Wasatch Front to have a truly amazing vacation, and one that offers a great deal of bang for your buck,” said Scott Beck, president and CEO of the Salt Lake Convention & Visitors Bureau. “Salt Lake combines urban attractions with a beautiful mountain setting." For more information on the VisitSaltLakeConnectPass, go to SaltLakeConnectPass.com or call 800-541-4955 | Downtown Farmers' Market Downtown Art & Craft Market Fall Dine O' Round Downtown Achievement Awards Holiday Lights On! First Night Salt Lake Live Green  
June-October 2008 Join your friends and neighbors in Pioneer Park for the absolute freshest in produce from around the Inter-mountain West. The Downtown Farmers' Market is held every Saturday morning from 8:00am-1:00pm, June through October.
June-October 2008
The Downtown Art & Craft Market features vendors who create all categories of handmade, non-imported crafts and visual arts; including original paintings, photography, jewelry, pottery, household wares, leather goods, dried flowers, bath products, furniture, and one-of-a-kind gifts.
Fall 2008
Salt Lake City's premier dining event "Dine O' Round". There will be over 30 restaurants that will offer Salt Lake City's finest dining including a new lunch menu.
Fall 2008
The Downtown Achievement Awards are designed to pay tribute to those individuals and organizations that have made extraordinary contributions to downtown Salt Lake City during the past year.
Winter 2008 Come to downtown Salt Lake City for the annual holiday season kickoff! See the Christmas lights at Temple Square, shop the downtown merchants, ice skate with Santa Claus at the Gallivan Center and hear festive entertainment by Jon Schmidt at The Gateway. December 31, 2008 FIRST NIGHT is Downtown Salt Lake City's New Year's Eve Celebration of the Arts! First Night celebrates the diversity of downtown through the visual, cultural, and performing arts with six hours of entertainment; culminating with the Midnight Fireworks Finale!
May 10th, 2008 Live Green is a downtown festival that teaches and promotes basic principles of how to be more environmentally and ecologically conscientious while promoting downtown as a sustainable community.
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