Contact Us | Greater Avenues Community Council | Salt Lake City, Utah https://staging.avenuescouncil.org Greater Avenues Community Council | Salt Lake City, Utah Tue, 10 Feb 2026 18:05:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://staging.avenuescouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/cropped-avenues_A-32x32.jpeg Contact Us | Greater Avenues Community Council | Salt Lake City, Utah https://staging.avenuescouncil.org 32 32 Nominating Committee https://staging.avenuescouncil.org/project/nominating-committee/ https://staging.avenuescouncil.org/project/nominating-committee/#respond Tue, 23 Sep 2025 20:00:29 +0000 https://avenuescouncil.org/?post_type=project&p=32177

GACC NOMINATING COMMITTEE

TASK: TO PRESENT A SLATE OF CANDIDATES

FOR 2026 GACC OFFICERS AND BOARD MEMBERS

AT THE OCTOBER 1st GACC MEETING

AND A FINAL SLATE AT THE NOVEMBER 5th MEETING FOR A VOTE

The GACC Nominating Committee works to find volunteers willing to serve as Avenues Council Board Members and Officers for each annual elected period.  We are currently seeking nominees for the 2026 calendar year.

Have you ever wondered what it takes to serve on the Board of the GACC? It’s so much more than just planning our monthly community meetings–although we do that too. 

Serving on the GACC Board is a volunteer position where you can help plan the GACC’s efforts to improve the quality of life for all Avenues residents. This happens by you attending board meetings or perhaps by serving as a committee chair on efforts we make as a council that align with your interests – such as the Service Committee or Civic Engagement Committee. 

Also it happens as our board members and committees help plan and organize events to educate and bring the community together, such as our Memory Grove Cleanup or our annual Avenues Street Fair, our Emergency Preparedness events, our Community Garden, and our Avenues Community Improvements Grants program. 

In addition to board member positions, the 2026 GACC Officer positions that are up for election include:

Chair-Elect, Treasurer, and Secretary.

 

See more about the GACC Board of Directors HERE.

At our October 1 Community Meeting, the tentative slate of candidates for officers and board members for 2026 will be announced.

Any additional interested individuals may also nominate themselves or others at that time if they are present at the meeting.

Elections on the final slate of candidates will occur at our November 5 Community Meeting.

Email Nominating Committee Chair Joseph “Jurphy” Murphy, gaccpastchair@slc-avenues.org, with any questions, or to submit yourself or someone else as a nominee.

 

 

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Memory Grove Committee https://staging.avenuescouncil.org/project/memory-grove/ Mon, 12 May 2025 03:02:52 +0000 https://stage.infobytes.cc/?post_type=project&p=2343

Memory Grove COMMITTEE

The GACC Memory Grove Committee works with Salt Lake City Parks, Preservation Utah, the Memorial House and other stakeholders to maintain, improve and preserve the monuments and park features in Memory Grove Park, Salt Lake City.

The current leadership of the Memory Grove Committee are Kathryn Wright, Chair, Phil Carroll, Craig Ogan, Winston Seiler, Cindy Cromer and Michael Hughes.

The annual GACC-hosted Memory Grove Cleanup was held on Saturday, May 10th, 2025, with Salt Lake City Parks providing the tools and trucks, and LDS Hospital providing lunch for all the volunteers!

We are now in the planning stages of our 2026 Memory Grove Cleanup! 

The 2025 Memory Grove Clean Up was held on Saturday, May 10th, 2025 from 8:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. 

Beginning in 1997, residents of the Greater Avenues Community, under the direction Phil Carroll and with ongoing support from the Memory Grove Foundation, LDS Hospital, the Ensign Stake, Salt Lake City Parks Department, and the Salt Lake City Council have helped preserve and beautify Memory Grove park through this annual community-sponsored cleanup project. 

History of Memory Grove and the Memorial House

History of Memory Grove and Memorial House

The Latter-day Saint pioneers first camped at the mouth of City Creek Canyon, using the creek for irrigation and drinking water. A sawmill and flour mill were located along the creek in the 1860’s and 1870’s. Salt Lake City acquired the land located in lower City Creek Canyon in 1902, planted trees in 1914, and a park was born. The Service Star Legion, a group of women who had lost sons in World War I, petitioned the City to dedicate the area in honor of the soldiers. This land officially became Memory Grove and home to Memorial House in 1924.

The Memorial House building began life as a horse stable and equipment storage shed for the P.J. Moran Asphalt Company. As asphalt demand dropped and production ceased, the building suffered years of neglect. Through the efforts of the same Service Star Legion of women, the house was updated. Memorial House became a center of social life in Salt Lake City from the 1930s through the 1960s. Other monuments and a pond were added to enhance the area, but by the 1970s and 1980s decline had set in once again and crime was an unwelcome visitor.

The canyon and pond were devastated by the flood of 1983 when clogged underground conduits forced City Creek stream down Canyon Road to State Street. In the recovery from that destruction, repairs to the park and Memorial House were made. Additional improvements came again in 1999 after a surprise tornado tore through the park. Located on the urban interface, the decision to emphasize Memory Grove as a transition from an urban park to the open lands of City Creek Canyon has worked. In partnership with Salt Lake City, The Utah Heritage Foundation (now Preservation Utah) currently operates the Memorial House and is working to maintain ongoing stewardship. Memorial House now hosts wedding receptions and various public and private meetings.

The City developed the City Creek Master Plan in April of 1986 under Mayor Palmer DePaulis and District 3 City Councilwoman Sydney Fonnesbeck, a former Chairperson of the Greater Avenues Community Council and long-time resident near Memory Grove, and GACC board member and advisor.

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New Residents https://staging.avenuescouncil.org/project/new-residents/ Sat, 10 Feb 2024 22:28:32 +0000 https://stage.infobytes.cc/?post_type=project&p=2442

New Residents

New to the Avenues? 

The Greater Avenues Community Council welcomes new residents to our Avenues neighborhoods. We are proud of our community and hope you will be happy to call it home. It is an outstanding place to work, recreate and establish a home. 

We invite you and your family to participate in the services and programs offered by the Council, and we hope you’ll explore this website.   See our list of Community Resources

You will receive our monthly newsletter – The Agenda – via mail. 

We hold monthly community meetings, generally the first Wednesday of each month, at the Jack & Corinne Sweet branch library at 455 North F Street, 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.  

Save the date for our annual Avenues Street Fair, this year on September 14th. 

Consider being a volunteer with any of our committees or service projects. 

Contact us with any questions and we will get back to you right away!

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Contact Us

GACC Contact Information

Please complete the following form to send us your feedback, suggestion or question:

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Is there an area of the Avenues where you have a concern?

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Communications https://staging.avenuescouncil.org/project/communications/ https://staging.avenuescouncil.org/project/communications/#respond Tue, 02 Jan 2024 19:56:38 +0000 https://stage.infobytes.cc/?post_type=project&p=1339

Communications

The GACC Communications Committee oversees the production of our monthly Avenues Newsletter, and manages our Web Page and Social Media presence. 

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Communications

We work to ensure that all our communication channels are working effectively to keep all Avenues residents and business owners informed and engaged.

NEWSLETTER – We produce a monthly newsletter – The Agenda – that is printed and mailed to every Avenues address each month. The Avenues Council has been sending a monthly newsletter for over 25 years, thanks to generous support from Zions Bank and from  Intermountain LDS Hospital and our newsletter advertisers. The main purpose of the newsletter is to inform the community of the topics that will be discussed at each month’s community meeting. In addition to the printed newsletter we have our online newsletter.

WEB PAGE – We are continually updating the information on www.avenuescouncil.org, avenuesstreetfair.org and avenueschoir.org to provide you with the latest information about what is happening in the Aveneues. Thank you XMission for donating web hosting services. Thank you Infobytes for managing our WordPress site.

SOCIAL MEDIA – see all the latest about the Avenues on Facebook, Nextdoor and Instagram. We strive to provide you with the latest information and the best experience possible. Stay connected with our latest updates!

VOLUNTEER – We need volunteers to help with our communications efforts. Do you like working with web pages, graphics or newsletters? Please email Communications Chair if you can help and you would like to join in any of our exciting communications efforts!

CONTENT SUGGESTIONS – Email GACC Chair at gaccchair@slc-avenues.org with any topics you would like addressed by the Council or by the GACC Board, during our monthly community or board meetings or in our newsletter.

 

 

GACC

About the GACC

Avenues Master Plan

Board & Officers

Committees

Meeting Minutes

Street Fair

NEWS

Avenues Blog

GACC Newsletter

Calendar

Community Resources

Civic Engagement

Land Use

Support Us

OUR NEIGHBORHOOD

Avenues Historic Districts

Emergency Preparedness

Popperton Community Garden

Support Street Fair

Contact Us

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