February 2026 Avenues Community Newsletter “The Agenda”

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September 13, 2025, a beautiful day for the 48th Avenues Street Fair!

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September 13, 2025, a fun day in the Aves

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The Greater Avenues Community Council is an all-volunteer community group, and there are countless ways for you to get involved! The work to make our community better is done by our volunteer Board of Directors, and by the volunteers on our various committees. 

Committees

The GACC Chair, with the approval of the Board, may establish or dissolve committees of two types:

1. Standing Committees – These address general or long-term issues and exist until specifically dissolved.

2. Ad-hoc Committees – Formed to address fixed or short-term issues and are automatically dissolved on their one- year anniversary unless specifically renewed by the Chair or Board.

Interested persons may apply using this form to volunteer to serve on an Avenues committee:

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• Becoming a Board Member
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• Helping with Memory Grove Cleanup
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Committees in which you are interested:

• Avenues Athletic League
• Avenues Grants
• Bylaws and SOP's
• Civic Engagement
• Community Emergency Response Team (CERT)
• Finance
• Land Use/Housing
• Memory Grove Clean-Up
• Memory Grove Foundation
• Nominating Committee
• Orange Crossing Flags
• Popperton Plots Community Garde
• Salt Lake Avenues Community Choi
• Communications Committee*
• Street Fair
• Wildfire Preparednes

*Steering Committee Oversees Newsletter Committee, Web Page Committee, Social Media Committee

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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. 

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Avenues CERT Committee hosts emergency preparedness events and trains committee members to respond in our neighborhood in case of an emergency.

The Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) Program educates people about disaster preparedness for hazards that may impact their area and trains them in basic disaster response skills, such as fire safety, light search and rescue, team organization, and disaster medical operations. Using the training learned in the classroom during exercises, CERT members can assist others in their neighborhood or workplace following an event when professional responders are not immediately available to help. CERT members also are encouraged to support emergency response agencies by taking a more active role in emergency preparedness projects in their community.

In Person Classes Are Back!
Registration for Spring 2025 classes are now open. To register, please click here.

Classes will run for 7 weeks from 6-9pm and will be located at Salt Lake City Fire Training Division (1600 S. Industrial Road, Salt Lake City, UT 84104).

For more information, contact Tess Alexander

(E: tess.alexander@slc.gov / P: 385-444-1311)

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Mondays & Wednesdays 8:30-9:40 a.m.  All ages are welcome!

Class location varies. Contact Jan Root for current location.

Free Exercise Class Open To All:

Mondays & Wednesdays 8:30-9:40 a.m.
Class location varies. Contact Jan Root for current location.
801-455-2082, janroot@xmission.com

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Tuesdays & Thursdays 8:30 a.m

LDS Chapel, 135 A Street

Free Yoga Class Open To All:

Tuesdays & Thursdays 8:30 a.m
LDS Chapel, 135 A Street
Contact Lori Morris, 801 414-7049

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