- Salt Lake City received an $11.5 million grant from the Bezos Earth Fund.
- The funds will enhance the 9-Line Trail and develop a new 2.4-acre park.
- City leaders say the project will help the spaces be more usable and welcoming.
SALT LAKE CITY — The 9-Line Trail is about to get greener while a new green space is also built in the area.
Salt Lake City is receiving an $11.5 million grant from the Bezos Earth Fund, most of which will help Utah’s capital city convert 3.2 acres of “underutilized gravel” along nearly 10 blocks of the 9-Line Trail into a shaded urban forest and waterwise gardens, the organization announced on Tuesday.
Approximately $2 million of the funds will also go toward developing green space within a 2.4-acre park within the city’s Fleet Block project, located across the street from the 900 South trail, near 300 West…