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🌱 Central City Rezoned For Micro-Apartments + SLC Bids For RNC

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Good day, people of Salt Lake City! Joseph Peterson here with a fresh Salt Lake City Daily.

First, today's weather:

A snow shower in the A.M. to make for a frosty, winter morning. High: 32 Low: 15.

Here are the top 5 stories in Salt Lake City today:

  1. City Council members unanimously approved a micro-apartment rezoning policy for SLC's Central City neighborhood despite vocal opposition and disruptive protests. The apartments would feature elements of communal living like shared kitchens allocated to all the residents on a given floor. Many fear these new apartments, approved to address the housing shortage in SLC, may end up paving the way for kitchens and bathrooms to be deemed luxury amenities as rent prices continue to rise. (KSL.com)
  2. Salt Lake City has officially submitted its bid to host the 2024 Republican National Convention, hoping to seal the deal after two previously unsuccessful bids in 2016 and 2012. Proponents for the bid cite the potential economic impact to Utah's capital city as a benefit to hosting the convention. (KUTV 2News)
  3. Specialty food purveyor and champion of local food Matt Caputo has made an appeal to help another icon of the Salt Lake food community, Cathy Tshilombo-Lokemba, who is better known for her incredibly hot and extremely beloved hot sauce business, Mama Africa. In the wake of a stroke and the challenge to meet demand, Caputo launched a fundraiser to help Mama Africa scale her business and get the machinery she needs to fulfill nationwide distribution demands. (gastronomicslc.com)
  4. The Utah Muslim Civic League has long helped refugees resettle here, but is looking to the community to find people willing to be listed as "sponsors" on the paperwork for Afghan refugees in order to more easily bring them and their families from Afghanistan to the Beehive State. (fox13now.com)
  5. Meet Ran Kros, the SLC Police Officer at the airport who, for the last 22 years, has become a legend of cheerfulness and service for travelers and staff at the airport. Officer Kros came to SLC as a refugee escaping the infamous killing fields of Cambodia's genocide, and has made his mark welcoming others, including other refugees, to Utah's capital city and to the United States. (ABC 4)

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Today in Salt Lake City:

  • Enjoy an evening of holiday cheer as the voice of the Little Mermaid's Ariel, Jodi Benson, sings carols and popular hits from Broadway and Disney with the Utah Symphony at Abravanel Hall. (7:30 PM)
  • Experience This Bird of Dawning; the Christmas Nativity Story told through poetry, mask, and music. Now in its twelfth year, it has become a Salt Lake City favorite at the Regent Street Black Box. (7:30 PM)
  • Hear local musician Peter Breinholt in a concert of traditional and original Christmas songs done in his unique musical style at the Rose Wagner Theater, downtown. (8:00 PM)

From my notebook:

  • In drive-by holiday decorations not to be missed this year, check out this Yalecrest home that has transformed into a real-life 'gingerbread house' bringing Christmas cheer to passers-by and its creators. (Fox 13)
  • "We've had a number of questions on what this storm did for our statewide snowpack," posted the US National Weather Service in Utah on its Facebook page, stating that while recent storms have helped, the bottom line is that there is still a long way to go to make up for negative effects of the drought. (Facebook)
  • What's it like working at a Utah liquor store during the holidays? Amid record booze sales in Utah's state-run stores, despite employees making below-market wages, Salt Lake Tribune columnist Robert Gehrke finds out. (Salt Lake Tribune)

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That's it for today! I'll see you around.

— Joseph Peterson

About me: Joseph is a writer and marketing communications strategist with a degree in Mass Communication and Public Relations from the University of Utah. He's keen on city life, public libraries, national parks, and promoting events that build community.

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