| Show A New Beginning For Downtown J. J Snow Staff Writer October 8 opened a new chapter in the history of downtown Salt Lake City The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Latter Saints announced plans to improve downtown Salt Lake and make it into a community community community that is a model for communities communities communities around the nation Bishop H. H David Burton the presiding bishop of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Latter Saints made the announcement to the media at the Joseph Smith Memorial Building in Salt Lake City Plans for the rejuvenated downtown include new buildings for the Salt Lake Center of Brigham Young University and the Business College The site will be on Blocks 85 and 86 See Downtown Downto on page 2 t J i ri it J II vI v. v 4 f f I if- if rJ P i J if t. t f M j 1 J t f 0 J j t t I t 60 U L' L N n v v q S h. h i n a t. t k d e. e L n- n l Photo Courtesy I of II Downtown continued f from om f front ont between North and South 1 1 f Temple lempie me fie sue site of 01 me ne 2002 LUUL Winter Olympics medals plaza Bishop Burton stated The west end of South Temple is a avital avital avital vital stretch of real estate that provides key linkage between the downtown malls of Crossroads and the Gateway We have felt for some time that South Temple can be one of the grand boulevards of our city That cannot cannot cannot can can- not come to pass if it ends in two blocks of empty asphalt Even more intriguing the Church announced plans to revitalize revitalize revitalize the downtown Main Street malls the Center and Crossroads Plaza Burton was joined by representatives representatives representatives of the Company and Capital Management two pre-eminent pre retail analysis development and management companies He explained that business generated funds will be used to renovate and upgrade the city center malls and nearby properties not donated donat donat- ed tithing funds of the members of the Church of Jesus Christ How does this affect the students students students stu stu- stu- stu dents of Salt Lake Community College In more ways then you would imagine Jobs commute and commercial purposes will allbe all allbe allbe be affected by the downtown announcement Camille Gamers Gamer's job will lose her job as a parking garage attendant attendant attendant atten atten- dant but she doesn't see it as a negative circumstance The plans for downtown are definitely positive Working in downtown for two years I have seen the dramatic decline in cus cus- I am excited for some new life for some new buildings and to actually see people down down- town James Jame Harline's Harline opinion n 10 pretty much echoes the opinion of the majority of students at j a Th ey re running out of options on what they have to work with Something needs to happen to get the locals excited to return and a brand new look may maybe maybe maybe be the key The optimism is there for something new in downtown especially with the prospects of generating more business jobs and money in an area that has b been en lacking in recent years How much of an effect will it jt have on business Glenn Newman voiced his opinion They are positive for the retailers who operate downtown but they arent aren't realistic about the fact that people are not going downtown to shop and probably wont won't even if the Church sinks hundreds of millions of dollars dollars dollars dol dol- dol- dol lars into the project There is always that possibility ity of a major set back and fail fail- ure Bishop Burton stated it best This is a defining time in its Salt Lakes Lake's history we want to spell out in the clearest possible terms our profound and irrevocable ble commitment to the health and well-being well of this city for the benefit of all its people The plans are exciting and andare andare andare are set to begin in 2004 there is no set completion date The prospects of something new and f fresh esh are at Salt Lakes Lake's doorsteps 0 1 |
