The Downtown Rising Office, located at 120 South Main, is open for business! The Downtown Rising Office is home to the offices of Bill Knowles, construction ombudsman, staff from the Salt Lake City Building Inspection department and also showcase the more than 40 commercial, mixed-use and residential development projects currently underway in downtown Salt Lake City.

This office is an ideal location to meet with prospective clients, investors and anyone else interested in development in Salt Lake City. Meeting space for small groups is available upon request and appointments can be made by contacting Carla Wiese at 328-5043 or by email at carla@downtownslc.org

UTA has officially extended the Salt Lake Free Fare Zone to include the Intermodal Hub extension to Salt Lake Central Station.

This will apply to the new TRAX stops: Planetarium, Old GreekTown and Salt Lake Central. The buses that serve 200 South at Salt Lake Central Station will also be included in the Free Fare Zone.

The Free Fare Zone extends West of 400 West on 200 South only. Other existing borders of the zone remain unchanged. This change is effective April 26, 2008.

Squatters and Wasatch Beers won four medals at the 2008 World Beer Cup competition!

The hand-crafted beers that received awards are: a gold medal for Squatters’ Alt and in the Way; a silver medal for Wasatch’s Bobsled Brown Ale; another silver for Wasatch’s Polygamy Porter; and a bronze for Squatters’ Provo Girl Pilsner.

The seventh bi-annual competition awarded medals to brewers from 21 countries ranging from Australia and Italy to Bolivia and Japan.

In addition to the World Beer Cup Awards, the Utah Brewer’s Cooperative also made the Brewers Association’s annual list of the Top 50 Craft Brewing Companies and the Top 50 Overall Brewing Companies.