The Results: Momentum Grows for the Project
The Seven Canyons Trust presented its Folsom Trail survey results and plans at community meetings aided by pamphlets, blog posts, and social media, ultimately reaching about 65,000 people.
“None of what we implemented with the 2017 grant was intended to be long-term,” says Tonetti. “The work was done to facilitate or catalyze long-term change.”
Fast forward to 2022. The trail was completed in June. With a city-funded study confirming the feasibility of daylighting the creek, Salt Lake City and Seven Canyons Trust are working to design the city creek channel.
“The AARP Community Challenge grant helped facilitate a lot of the changes,” says Tonetti, noting that the grant mobilized a diverse set of partners, community members, and stakeholders to build support for the Folsom Trail and the daylighting of City Creek. The quick-action work supported by the AARP grant helped the project secure funding from the city and the US Department of Transportation.
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