Why Salt Lake City plans to launch a year-round market at the state Fairpark
The goal is to alleviate a food desert on the west side of the city and help foster small business.
(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) The Fairpark Public Market will open in 2021 at the Utah State FairPark in Salt Lake City on Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2020. | Updated: Dec. 14, 2020, 2:37 a.m.
For people who live in Salt Lake City’s Fairpark neighborhood, running to the store for fresh fruits and vegetables can be a major outing as grocery stores are few and far between. That might change in May, when a new, year-round public market is scheduled to open at the Utah State Fairpark.