Page 2 The West View Trains community—there would still be continued from page 1 holders meeting in Salt Lake. A - more immediate goal is under-way to raise funding for an attorney to go to federal court and trains. In City “In promoting the environmental assessment, the community council is failing in their duties to represent the interests of the response, Baxter said the was never anything but forthright about the issues surrounding the neighborhood. “If there was deception, it occurred community before we were here. I’m not sure there is anything we can do to admit would fail.” in an effort fight the reactivation. “We are now looking into hirang. a NEPA _ [National they Environmental According to Clara, people in change what happened four to_ the community will continue to five years ago.” According to Baxter, the proposed environmental going to the legislative branch to | help compel the federal government to help.” South line. In April of 2003, residents are planning to protest at assessment would not have any impact on the Union. Pacific’s annual Act] is not supporting us, so we are fight the reactivation of the 900 ao Protection attorney,” Clara said. “The mayor share- Rails buckle under the weight of a UP rail car, 7 Myths continued from page 1 Is what these West Siders see west side residents have lived in My business near Liberty Park is broken into about once a myth or fact? As it turns out, myth is fact, according to Census the same house for more than five years. | week.”[Crime Data for 1990 and 2000. The West Side has a very high rate of home ownership (over 60% of west side families own their own Census data also confirms that the. West Side is rapidly changing. Two thirds of Salt Lake City’s 20,000 increase in population over the past decade moved into west side neighborhoods. As a result, 30% of the city’s resi- examined in statistics will be more depth in a. future article in this series.] Janette likes the racial diversity of the West Side and disagrees homes), with Estanislao when he suggests Rose Park doesn’t have many Salt Lake City residents. Families buy homes using total household people of hispanic origin. “Some incomes that are very close to the the average household income for Salt Lake City as a whole. But people think the West Side is all hispanic, but all races live here that’s the beauty of it!” The West Side has changed, all agree. The past ten years has increased the racial diversity of higher than most | during that time. | in a surprising twist, two of the West Side’s neighborhoods are making-strides to regain their status as good urban neighborhoods borhoods have slowly. begun. a revival in incomes, home. ownership and value and other statistics measuring wealth and _ wellbeing. They are gradually becoming once again a good place to were an exotic mix of all the world’s close to downtown. Following the construction of railroad corri- cultures and races. There have been other changes dors and freeway interchanges, Guadalupe and the area of Poplar Because its homes are affordable, the West Side has many new as well. The gap between West Side neighborhoods and other Grove, east of the Jordan River, raise families, which is what the West Side is all about. I would like to acknowledge suffered Neil residents moving into its neigh- areas and wealth for several decades. borhoods. But, once here, people seem to stay. Many new families are moving in, but almost half of widened with respect to house- © But, in the past ten years, despite hold and per capita incomes, being pinched between freeways for providing me with the 1990 home values, and education. But in this article. rent, and we work white. By 2000, 60% are white and the remaining 40% are who like to own our not single households hard to Sorenson Open also changed people homes, support our families. ment should slow down, says Danielle, so that parks are not carved up for housing and schools can keep up with growth, ethnic make of the West Side has areas of Salt Lake City. We are who have a downside. New develop- dents now live west of I-15. The per capita income is much less, © The 1990 Census indicated that almost half of what it is for other about. 75% of Westside residents neighborhoods. In a positive way, many new homes, a library and several schools have been built, but change and growth can also much | of Salt Lake City has declines in population and railroad tracks, these neigh- Multi- Cultural Olsen, Center New session of tennis begins on January 17th recreation program for youth, OE Eas Register now! i EaNee also open Sundays from t: 20— 4: 30 p.m. 855 West California Avenue, Phone: Salt rake City 974-2420 www.sicgov.com/publicservices/sorenson Planner City Corporation, and 2000 Census Data referred to Sunday afternoons beginning January 12th 1200— 5:00 p.m. New session of Karate begins on December 17th Free open Information for Salt Lake |