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Show sea is es 2OPLAR i ie ‘ Ee Sa See RRR GROVE ste _ s = — : : JEWSPAPER e es RESIDENTS, © e-mail editor at paccnews @home.com -~Name Your Newspaper - Issue #1 page 1 ” Poplar good does that do?”. you ask. Other members of the community and the PGCC board of Grove Goes Live! directors forum. — Poplar Grove & Community www.poplargrove-sic.or ah Council What is term that say their web page The PGCC thought that a little bit of neighborhood identity might help with community pride. Meetings were held, and is online. In common terms, -PGCC has its own web page, — the PGCC (you are the PGCC if you.come to the meetings) sponsored by Aros.net! Wow, first a street named after Poplar voted. The results were taken to and. will in this read your feelings, solutions, statistics, etc. You just might convince (PGCEC). is. “live”. “live” you ask? It.is a _ “web people” use to ‘network is up, or their Grove, active comments, and may offer their by Chad Jepperson Bthe are They now this! | Well, keep reading and you will see what one thing has to do with the other. The web page is a collection. of resources for the community. It has information about the local représentatives, schools, PGCC meeting minutes and the city and eventually South became “Poplar Boulevard”. |The 400 Grove point is, people meet every .month~to decide what happens in your community? Do you think that twenty people can adequately represent your community. A community that is around 8,000 residents, and a culture base that. grows daily, along with the | them to push for more street- businesses. They can’t, but this lights, which is your objective of course. This also opens the is what has been happening for years. They need your involve- door for discussion at the PGCC ment, which can start at PGCC web site. meetings,. Opening the door to. discussion means that you have “you have a chance to make a difference - one that you believe in” Some of you may be a little uneasy with the web. That’s ok;_ you are not alone. Some of you do not have a computer, which is ok too. -a chance to make a difference - the . One of the resources available to the community is the Sorenson Multicultural one that you believe in. It cre-— Center, ates the potential California Avenue. They have about 20 computers available for the public to use free of to make the neighborhood your neighborthrough the web-site, you can be informed about meetings and ' hood. PGCC meetings are held at 7:00 PM on the fourth issues that may affect you, your Wednesday ‘of every month at culture, or your business. And, by being informed you have the ’ Edison Elementary School, 450 at 855 West charge. They also offer basic classes in web “surfing”, e-mail, and word-processing at the very low cost of $3 for 5 hours of that announces neighborhood events and meetings that you power to attend and represent your interests. There is also a public forum on the web-site. The forum is a web site is trying to convince youto come to the PGCC meet- instruction. For more information on class schedules and available computer time, con- can attend. Now you may begin place to discuss or debate your ings, you are right. tact ‘to-see the point. Meetings to attend... the point... hmm? For those of you who are new to the feelings and opinions. Say, for is one of the goals of their site. instance, area, or not too involved with — streetlights. You could visit the The PGCC needs people to come to the meetings and represent their neighborhood,. their PGCC, Poplar Grove Boulevard — forum and speak your mind by culture, and their business! used to be named 400 South? you agendas. It also has a calendar you think neighborhood that needs making a few your more “What posts. South Cheyenne. If you think that the PGCC located know that In fact, that about Sean Martin at 974-2420. or e-mail him. .at sean.martin @ci.slc.ut.us. Please visit and participate in your community’s website. @ Did twenty http://www.poplars rove-slc.org- The Jordan River - Heart of the West-side — Part I of I by Edie Trimmer and Charlotte Fife-Jepperson ryicture a F noon typical after- plastic bags. Yet, when more Salt Lake closely on City's West-side: The buzz of the city all around. whiz. by, whooshing clicking their wheels Steel and. Cars and over concrete — river bridges.. Dogs bark, children laugh and shout. trains wail Underneath city Sirens and observed - perhaps geese, water-snakes, fish, migratory birds, and count- from a canoe - one can. see past the trash to the natural less species of wetland and. riparian vegetation. One can through beauty itself, discover in the Jordan River with wildlife. river's corridor an oasis of solitude and quiet amidst the noise of the city. one might find muskrats, beavers, raccoons, ducks, This is an urban river rich with natural beauty and an of teeming Along the the river. in the distance. all of the usual noises, the audible Celebration Express yourself page5 of the. Great of the Salt Lake Valley. the Ute, Goshute For and Shoshone tribes, the Jordan. River must have been the center. of the Salt Lake Valley not only geographi- lit- - Opinion | abuse and neglect” hundred years of settlement - cally but as an oasis of water tered with shopping carts, old bicycles, discarded mattresses, rusty beer cans, and Earth Day | “This is an urban river Salt Lake. Its course and reputation in our neighborhood have changed in the may seem nothing more than river Grove ich with natural beauty and an amazing history of _ into the marshes the greenish-gray water of the Jordan River flows lazily northward from its source at f Utah Lake to the Great Salt Lake, 44 miles downstream. At first glance, the Jordan polluted Poplar Neighborhood on ‘its short trip from Utah Lake to empty subdued to the careful listener. Here, -in-the heart of the West Side, a useless, the photo Fred Fi trickling and swirling noises of a river are barely amazing history of abuse and neglect. | ‘dhe “Jordan River “runs see Jordan page 4 Community Council © Who are we? . page 2 == Neighborhood 8 Watch | Get involved page 2 « |
