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Show ) gathering place. The highlight of the market is to be a massive fireplace made from granite gathered from the Wasatch mountains. Salt Lakers are already among the healthiest people in the nation, explains Dr. David Sundawall, executive director of the Utah Department of Health, in an online post. The reason to build a public fitness center is to build upon this reputation by providing residents and visitors with a flagship, and distinctly metropolitan, health and fitness center right in the heart of the international mediation center, a language translation facility and educational components centered on a pedestrian-oriente- d plaza. Hie district is bordered by South Temple, 400 West, 200 South and West Temple. The Gateway District is to be the hub of city transportation as well as a home to art galleries, high-tec- h businesses, shopping and restaurants. The Gateway mall will be surrounded by converted warehouse spaces occupying artists, writers and entrepreneurs. Salt Lake Central Station, an intermodal hub connecting Utah Transit Authority s light rail and bus traffic with a regional railroad network, will accommodate the high traffic of the district. North Temple, 600 West and beyond, 700 South and 400 West mark the boundaries of the proposal. "Downtown Rising was created to be the glue to link those disparate parts together in a visionary whole." Press Release Identified as the potential red carpet into downtown, the Grand Boulevards District will welcome visitors to yr Salt Lake City. Plans call for 500 South and 600 South to be utilized as pathways leading to the Grand America Hotel. Plans call for the district to serve as an entry corridor from the Salt Lake International Airport. The district is bordered by 500 South, 400 West, 600 South and 200 East. Meant to feature a World Trade Center Utah, Global Exchange Place proposes consolidation of gov- ernment and nonprofit development agencies spread across the valley. Additionally, plans call for an international institute featuring a park-lik- e campus high- lighted by a foreign language institute, international student housing and a conference center. University Boulevard, marked by the light rail extending from 400 South downtown to the University of Utah, Research Park and the Foothill area, is meant to bridge the distance between the two areas. Residential, retail and office space will fill the area along the light rail line. In an effort to increase public interest in the arts, and to accommodate touring shows currently unable to schedule with the likes of Capitol Theatre or Abravanel Hall, a new, large theater is proposed. An enclosed pavilion, complete with local famers produce and goods, is intended to serve as a public ' capital city. Proposals call for the fitness center to be built along a TRAX line and contain a public gym complete with swimming pools, tennis courts, basketball courts, a running track and a weight room. flats and mid-ris- e and Condos, converted loft-sty- le residential buildings mark the proposed pedehigh-ris- e strian-oriented Park Avenue living space. Landscaped streets, paths, trails and bikeways connecting the Wasatch mountain range and the Jordan River via City Creek Canyon, the Bonneville Shoreline Trail, the Jordan River Parkway and Liberty Park are proposed. Currently under construction, Salt Lake Central Station will merge commuter rail service to Ogden and Provo with TRAX and bus transit within the city. Addition planning involves TRAX extensions to the Salt Lake International Airport as well as throughout the western, southwestern and southeastern parts of the ! valley. The Downtown Rising project is not mandated, and changes in planning may occur. The Downtown Alliance has suggested a three-ti- er structure for construction: near-ter- m (first three years), m mid-ter- m (16-pl15 (4-years). years) and Mid-201- 1 for date is the expected completion many under construction. projects currently Interested parties may contact downtownrising saltlakechamber.org for more information or to provide feedback about the project. far-ter- us i |