Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall and her opponents former mayor Rocky Anderson and business owner Michael Valentine all came out swinging at each other in a fiery and at times chaotic debate Monday night at The Other Side Academy.
Salt Lake City’s bid for the 2030 and 2034 Winter Games was helped by the IOC decision on a dual award. Sweden, Switzerland and France are bidding only for 2030.
The International Olympic Committee isn t making any promises about Salt Lake City getting the 2034 Winter Games despite it being the only city in the race, but there s still plenty of enthusiasm from Utah s bid team.
Public art installations will soon be another avenue to help save the Great Salt Lake, as Salt Lake City was selected to receive a $1 million grant to use art projects to address civic concerns.