ReAwakened Beauty: Place-Based Learning on the Jordan River
The Jordan River Commission, through a partnership with Salt Lake County’s Watershed Restoration and Planning Program and the Center for Documentary Expression and Art (CDEA), has received a new grant from the Environmental Protection Agency’ Urban Waters Program. This project will utilize the Center for Documentary Expression and Art’s Jordan River exhibit and catalog, ReAwakened Beauty: the Past, Present, and Future of the Jordan […]
Notice of Public Hearing
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on the 20th day of June, 2013, at the hour of 9:30 a.m., in the City Council Chambers of the Taylorsville City Center, 2600 West Taylorsville Boulevard, Taylorsville, Utah, the Jordan River Commission Governing Board will hold a Public Hearing on the Commission’s Tentative Budget, for fiscal year 2013 – […]
Notice of Availability – Draft Trail EA
The City of West Jordan is proposing to construct a new segment of the Jordan River Parkway Trail, approximately 1.37 miles in length, between approximately 8230 South and 9000 South. The proposed trail alignment would cross lands owned by the United States under the jurisdiction of the Utah Reclamation Mitigation and Conservation Commission. West Jordan […]
Best Practices for Riverfront Communities
The JRC is currently wrapping up an effort to develop a series of tools, strategies, and recommendations for anyone interested in protecting, restoring, and embracing the Jordan River in our communities. This document translates the big vision ideas and goals of the Blueprint Jordan River, and explains how to implement them and why they are […]
Smart Trips Fairpark Community Bike Ride to the People’s Market
Love local vegetables, art and riverside bike riding? Join SmartTrips Fairpark, the Day-Riverside Salt Lake City Public Library, and Saturday Cycles as we celebrate Utah Bike Month with a May 12th Mother’s Day ride to the season’s first People’s Market! We will meet at the Day Riverside Library at 9:00 AM then ride the Jordan River Parkway to the Northwest Recreation and Community Center where we’ll leave […]
Jane Jacobs Walk along the Jordan River: A Natural History Tour
The Jordan River Commission has teamed up with Jane Jacobs Walk to host a natural history tour along the Jordan River. Ecologist Ty Harrison will lead an interpretive walk along the river’s riparian zone where he’ll point out the differences between native and invasive plant species, animal abodes and habits, birds and their sounds, and whatever […]