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Recently North Salt Lake adopted a Town Center Branding and Wayfinding plan which gives the city a brand and aesthetic that identifies it as a distinctive destination that residents and visitors want to experience. 

SALT LAKE CITY (Building Salt Lake) – Officials from the region’s planning arm, the Wasatch Front Regional Council (WFRC), have long touted the need for a region-wide buy-in on the smart growth practices that will help Salt Lake, Davis, Weber, Box Elder and Toole Counties absorb over 1 million more residents by 2050. For the fifth consecutive year, WFRC and

SALT LAKE CITY – Local governments receive support to pursue community goals that accomplish larger regional growth principles. The Wasatch Front Regional Council (WFRC) and its partners recently announced the award of nearly $1.2 million in funds to 17 communities in the Wasatch Front area, enabling them to make decisions and plans that move the region toward greater mobility, smarter

MURRAY CITY (Murray Journal) – Murray City was awarded a Transportation and Land Use Connection (TLC) grant for continued development of the Murray Central TRAX and FrontRunner station in April. The purpose of the TLC program is to help cities facilitate their desired growth coordinated with transportation — like TRAX — across the Wasatch Front. The TLC grant program is

SALT LAKE CITY – Technical assistance funding provides Wasatch Front communities with planning resources in the face of unprecedented growth. With Utah’s population expected to nearly double by 2050, 16 Wasatch Front communities have received a total of $909,000 in grant funds from the Transportation and Land Use Connection (TLC) program to plan for a future that includes better connectivity, greater

SALT LAKE CITY (Deseret News) – The Wasatch Front Regional Council is looking for feedback from Utah residents as it explores three scenarios that identify future transportation and land-use investments. Ten regional goals have been adopted by the council, with input from transportation agency partners, cities and counties. These goals include livable and healthy communities; access to economic and educational

GREATER SALT LAKE (Build a Better Burb) – This document is one of a series of created for Build a Better Burb, the Hub of Great Suburban Design. The series emerged from the Build a Better Burb Sprawl Retrofit Council in Miami, Florida, in March, 2016—an event aimed at expanding transportation choice, sense of place, and sustainability of the suburbs.