- Salt Lake City agrees to allocate $400,000 to help plan 50 artistic beehive-themed lamp posts downtown.
- The project aims to attract visitors during the Salt Lake Temple open house.
- Business leaders and other organizations have pledged to cover more than $3 million in remaining costs.
SALT LAKE CITY — Millions of people are expected to descend on Utah’s capital city for a six-month open house for the remodeled Salt Lake Temple.
It’s a moment that will put a spotlight on what might be the crown jewel of downtown Salt Lake City, but local business leaders also believe it’s a moment that could rejuvenate lagging parts of downtown.
“I think this is really the moment we are looking for,” Scott Anderson, former president at Zions Bank, said to the members of the Salt Lake City Community Reinvestment Agency on Tuesday, as he proposed a unique way to keep people downtown for a little longer when they come for the open house celebration…