Redevelopment Agency of

Redevelopment Agency of Salt Lake City

PRSRT STD Rio Grande Hotel (428 W 300 S) U.S. POSTAGE PAID Depot District Project Area SALT LAKE CITY, UT Redevelopment Agency of Salt Lake City PERMIT NO. 4621 PO Box 145518 In 2008, the RDA finalized the purchase of the Rio Grande Hotel at 428 West 300 Redevelopment AgencySalt Lake of Salt City, Lake City 84114-5518 South. The RDA funded repairs to the historic hotel, and engaged a private operator www.rdaslc.com to provide 49 weekly rental Single Room Occupancy units for low-income individuals. The hotel has been full since it opened, and there are approximately 75 people on the waiting list at any given time.

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INTERMODAL HUB NT GD BBS North Temple Viaduct CDA Granary District Baseball Stadium 700 n DD WTG SH Depot District West Temple Gateway Sugar House 600 n 300 S The Redevelopment Agency Intermodal Hub Development Strategy 12 16 (see DRAWING) of Salt Lake City 400 w 400 300 w 300 200 w 200 Depot District Project Area w 600 w 500 Proposed Streetcar 15 ARDMORE Routes MORE 2010 PROJECTS 2010 In 2010, the RDA Board adopted a strategy and implementation plan for two blocks COURT 300 n 00 2010 RDA Projects 10 300 South Temporary Sidewalk DD located directly east of the Intermodal Hub. The RDA, which owns approximately Annual Report Existing TRAX Wilmington Avenue Property Developer Route & Stations 11 SH 8.5 acres on both sides of 300 South, has started the implementation process by Selection and Design Review 200 n 200 n 600 W

installing temporary sidewalks and lighting, and will proceed with the demolition of RIO GRANDE 12 Marmalade West WCH north temple numerous dilapidated structures in Spring 2011. 400 S SOUTH BLOCK viaduct reconstruction People’s Portable Garden Art n temple 13 WTG UTAH 855 South Washington St. Single Family THEATER 14 WTG Home Construction Loan s temple s temple

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tate 15 WTG North Temple Viaduct CDA Environmental Remediation North Temple Viaduct Community Development Area (CDA) 16 300 West Temporary Landscaping WCH From a Broadway theater to the reintroduction of the Streetcar… UTAH PERFORMING 17 Walker Center Loan CBD ARTS CENTER (UPAC) 200 s 17 Utah’s Capital City is the place to be! The North Temple Viaduct Community Development Area (NT CDA) was created in January 200 s Developer Section, Initial Design Review 18 CBD 2010 for the purpose of funding a portion of the costs associated with rebuilding and shortening gallivan for State Street Properties (Regis Hotel) center INTERMODAL HUB 300 s 300 s 18 North Temple Blight Study 300 S 600 W NA NT the North Temple viaduct. The new bridge will accommodate construction of the Airport Light 10 w temple 400 w 400 600 w 600 w 500 300 w 300 200 w 200 700 w 700 s 400 E 400 500 E 500 300 E 300 200 E 200 main Rail Line as well as a transfer station for the Front Runner commuter rail service. tate TRAX INTERMODAL HUB www.rdaslc.com DEVELOPMENT T R 1100 E - H 500 s 500 s AX S TATE 1000 E 1300 E 1300 RIO GRANDE E 1200 900 E I

HOTEL GH 600 s 600 s S T D LAND 15 R ramona 700 s 700 s w temple 400 w 400 300 w 300 200 w 200 600 w 600 w 500 s 400 E 400 500 E 500 300 E 300 200 E 200 main Chief Administrative Officer Redevelopment Advisory Committee (RAC) RDA Staff tate 15 Ralph Becker, Mayor Chris Gamvroulas, Chairperson D.J. Baxter, Executive Director 2100 S 2100 S

Brenda Scheer, Vice-Chairperson Valda Tarbet, Deputy Director (January-December) 14 CENTRAL POINTE STATION Board of Directors Brett Johnson, Member Justin Belliveau, Deputy Director (October-Current) 13 900 s 2100 S 221 W 11 wilmington Luke Garrott, Chairperson Brian Wilkinson, Member Jill Wilkerson-Smith, Project Manager 900 S STATION 900 S 200 W Carlton Christensen, Vice-Chairperson Clinton Johnson, Member Matt Dahl, Project Manager SUGARMONT Jill Remington Love, Director Michael H. Mahaffey, Member Travis Pearce, Property Manager DOWNTOWN STREETCAR JT Martin, Director Robert Cottle, Member Edward Butterfield, Project Coordinator PROPOSED ALIGNMENT paxton Søren Simonsen, Director Robert Dodge, Member Alisia Wixom, Project Coordinator 80 Rosemary Beless, Member Ashlie Taylor, Project Area Specialist suGAR HOUSE Stan Penfold, Director STREETCAR LINE Van Blair Turner, Director Sanford Barrett, Member Crayola Berger, Office Manager 1300 s

Jolynn Snider, Administrative Secretary T R Coty Shelton, Office Technician AX 1300 E 1300 300 E 300 700 E 700 Salt Lake Community College 1700 S H I UTAH THEATER (144 S Main St) LAND GH Westminster College Central Business District Project Area 15 D S TATE R

With the long term goal of reactivating Main Street, S T SALT LAKE CITY R the RDA purchased the historic Utah Theater and is EET Post Office facilitating its redevelopment. Preliminary discussions TRAX Central Pointe Redman by the RDA Board (City Council) have directed this Park & Ride 2100 S Kearn’s - St. Ann’s project toward saving the historic theater space and Granite Block redeveloping the adjacent retail spaces. Ultimately, Sprague Library saving the Utah Theater is dependent on finding adequate funds and a development team that is willing Hidden Hollow Sugar House Park Boys & Girls Club to undertake a publicly beneficial use, and can make Fairmont Park theater rehabilitation, new construction, and operation of Market Station 80 the site work. Photo :: JOHN BALLARD Proposed Streetcar Route & Stops Gallivan Center Sugar House South Salt Lake Renovation: (50 E 200 S) Business District City Hall Central Business District Project Area RDA Sugar House Forest Dale Golf Course Project Area T R

AX Existing TRAX Granite Education Center Columbus Center Route During the 1990s, the RDA constructed the John W. 100 S Gallivan Utah Center (Gallivan Center). Located at 50 East 200 South, the Gallivan Center is an outdoor gathering place and

retail M retail C afé artine artine event venue for Salt Lake City residents and visitors, housing a concert support Sugar House Streetcar stage, a large grassy plaza, and ice skating rink with a variety of programmable spaces for public and private

Office Tower * GARFIELD TRAUB SWISHER DEVELOPMENT, LLC, HAMILTON PARTNERS AND VCBO ARCHITECTS Sugar House Project Area events. Every year, thousands of visitors attend summer concerts and winter ice skating, making it a year-round attraction for . M ain Street The RDA and Salt Lake City are planning a streetcar for Sugar House that will extend from the Central Pointe TRAX station at 2100 South to 1100 East along approximately 2300 South. The The RDA is renovating the plaza by expanding the amphitheater to accommodate larger concerts and streetcar will make a vital east-west connection to the Sugar House Business District while increasing the size of the skating rink for winter use. The RDA hired EDA Architects to provide architectural Performing Arts Center encouraging economic growth along its planned route. In October 2010, U.S. Secretary of and engineering services for the project, and Big-D Construction to act as the general contractor. The new

Walkway to Transportation Ray LaHood came to Salt Lake City to announce a $26 million federal grant to amphitheater will be more than twice the size of the original amphitheater, and the larger skating rink Convention Center Tribune help build this exciting project. is now relocated to the east side of the plaza. A new building on 200 South will house permanent restroom

Building Street Regent facilities, skate rental services, and a maintenance area on the first floor, and a banquet hall on the second floor. Utah Theater crosswalk The project also includes repair and replacement of leaking expansion joints and the drainage system. The new skating rink was finished in November 2010 and was open for the 2010-2011 holiday season. The grand support/ retail Downtown Streetcar re-opening of the renovated Gallivan Center occurred Summer 2011. Central Business District, Depot District, West Temple Gateway, C

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heater Across the country, modern streetcar projects have rejuvenated neighborhoods and business districts, attracting thousands of new residents and shoppers and billions in private investment dollars. The Redevelopment Agency of Salt Lake City is seeking to bring a modern streetcar line to Downtown Salt Lake City to enhance the City’s walkability, encourage transit-oriented

200 S development, and provide non-automobile transportation options. Completed in 2010, the Street Car Lines feasibility study recommended streetcar routes that cross through several RDA project areas, including the Central Business District, Depot District, West Temple Gateway, and Granary District. The RDA recently won a federal grant to fund an Alternatives Analysis Utah Performing Arts Center (UPAC - 115 S Main St) Ardmore place Reconstruction (approx 360 N from 200-300 West) Central Business District Project Area that will further evaluate the proposed downtown streetcar alignments. The Alternatives West Capitol Hill Project Area Analysis, which is the first step in the process to request federal construction funding In 2008, Mayor Ralph Becker announced plans to develop the Utah Performing Arts Center in downtown Salt Lake for a transit project, is scheduled for completion by the end of 2011. The RDA funded the reconstruction of Ardmore Place, from 200 to 300 West, in the City. This facility will provide a 2400-seat theater suitable for touring Broadway productions, as well as support facilities West Capitol Hill Project Area. The project included the removal and replacement of street for the theater, and other mixed-use components. The RDA led the effort to evaluate potential sites, and entered an pavement, as well as installation of curb, gutters, sidewalks, drive approaches, street lighting, exclusive negotiation agreement with property owners to purchase key parcels between Regent Street and Main Street. storm drainage, and related streetscape amenities. Ardmore Place is a narrow, 20-foot wide street The RDA has engaged a development team to determine how the theater will best fit on Block 70 and evaluate the that was in poor condition and lacked the necessary improvements to support the surrounding feasibility of the project. The Utah Performing Arts Center will provide greatly expanded capacity for touring Broadway housing units. The project meets the RDA’s goal of improving the streetscape environment and shows, and will build arts patronage and business activity in downtown Salt Lake City. www.rdaslc.com addresses the Capitol Hill Master Plan, which calls for the improvement of the street.