Vision Framework :: Overview
Connections
Downtown Salt Lake City is linked to its neighbors within the city and beyond. Strengthening these connections is a key recommendation of Downtown Rising.
Transportation
This is a dramatic time of change for our region's transportation network. In the recent past, the city's main freeway has been rebuilt, a core light rail system has been put in place, spurs connecting that light rail spine are taking shape, commuter rail is being added, and our regional bus network is being adapted to work with all of these changes. Downtown Rising supports these exciting regional developments, while also endorsing key recommendations of the new Salt Lake City Downtown Transportation Plan process underway concurrently with this effort.
Green Space
Downtown is blessed with multiple public spaces, wide streets that create a sense of openness, and an enviable closeness to both the foothills and the Jordan River Parkway. Few cities can claim a downtown as close to a mountain environment as ours is to City Creek Canyon.
Character Districts
Downtown Rising recommends establishing and nurturing districts with distinctive character and soul. Districts are defined by a multitude of elements, including predominant users, architecture, the scale of buildings and the materials they are made from, the type of landscaping, and the nature of street uses.
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