How does this announcement relate to the cultural facilities master planning process that Salt Lake County is doing? Shouldn’t this announcement wait until it is done?
Planning for a new performing arts center downtown started well before the county cultural facilities master planning process. At the core of the planning for a new theater was the Downtown Rising regional visioning process. In March 2007, a new performing arts center downtown was identified as one of eight signature projects in the Downtown Rising vision. Business and community leaders have been working on the implementation of this vision ever since. The county planning process complements the Downtown Rising vision by providing Salt Lake County leaders with guidance that will help them allocate funding for county-wide requests for arts facilities. The study may also identify priority projects throughout the region that will serve county residents. Thus far, nothing in the county master planning process has precluded the development of a large theater downtown.
