Some Thoughts from the (New) Chair

The end of 2012 brought major change to the administration of the Capitol Hill Neighborhood Council. Not only was I elected the chair for 2013, other officers are also new to the Council leadership: Melanie Fitzwilliam and Laura Arellano. Our first Vice-Chair, Polly Hart, has been an officer before and has a wealth of information about our Council and a …

Increased Traffic due to Tesoro Maintainance

Tesoro’s Human Resources Manager, Justin Lawrence, has asked us to post a letter from Karma Thomson, their Vice President in charge of the Salt Lake City refinery, regarding the increased traffic in and around the refinery. Please see the link below: Increased Refinery Traffic

Agenda for CHNC Meeting on Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Capitol Hill Neighborhood Council Meeting April 17, 2013 6:30 PM AGENDA Welcome – Richard Starley, Chair – 10 minutes Announcements Introductions Reports – 30 minutes Fire Department – Fire Station #2 Police Department – Det. Charli Goodman Elected Officials – City Council, State Rep. & Senator (if attending) Mayor’s Office – Joyce Valdez Mobile Watch – Georg Stutzenberger & Robert …

Thank You Randall Lake

A big thank you to Utah artist Randall Lake for allowing the Capitol Hill Neighborhood Council to use several of his original paintings of Capitol Hill in our materials.  Thank you, Randall! If you’d like to see more of Randall Lake’s artwork please follow this link: http://www.randalllakeart.com/ to his website or feel free to check it out on facebook at https://www.facebook.com/RandallLakeArt and be sure …

The Marmalade Block Makeover

The on-again, off-again Marmalade Block development project located between 500 North and 600 North along the east side of 300 West is definitely on again, and this time looks much more likely to come to fruition. After languishing for the past few years, we may finally see the property come to life this fall with a formal ground-breaking for the …

Congratulations Kasper Kubica, Sterling Scholarship Winner in Mathematics from West High!

The Bulletin would like to congratulate West High senior, Kasper Kubica, on his winning this year’s Sterling Scholarship Award in Mathematics. The annual scholarship, sponsored by The Deseret News and KSL-TV, is awarded to thirteen Utah high school seniors each year to recognize excellence in thirteen categories: English, Mathematics, Social Science, Science, Foreign Language, Computer Technology, Trade and Technical Education, …

Proposed Agenda for CHNC Meeting on March 20, 2013

Capitol Hill Neighborhood Council Meeting March 20, 2013 6:30 PM AGENDA: Welcome – Richard Starley, Chair Schools: Washington Elementary & West High Nonprofits: Utah Humanities Council & Utah Heritage Society Introductions (5 mins) Election of At-Large Trustee – Vince Kerzman (5 mins) Reports: (10 mins)             Fire Department             Police …

California Burgers and Deli: Four Stars on Yelp

On the northeast corner of 300 West and 300 North is a clean and inviting new place with great food. The current owner of the property, Ju Baek Lee, has been operating CB&D for almost a year; his first anniversary of serving the neighborhood is in April 2013. Prior to becoming CB&D, the building was a Molcha Salsa.   Before …

New City Lighting Fees Take Effect as of 2/01/2013

The new Salt Lake City “Streetlight” fee has taken effect as of February 1st of this year, and can be found on your water bill between “Stormwater” and “Franchise” in the breakdown on the totaling line near the bottom of the blue section of the bill. Click the link here to view the PDF file of the city’s brochure explaining …

Katherine Gardner Recognized by the Chief of Police

Most of you may already be aware that Katherine Gardner has stepped down as our neighborhood council chair, and as of the first of this year, Richard Starley of Zane Avenue has taken over leadership of the community group. Katherine was recognized at January’s council meeting for her overwhelming contribution to our community.  She was not only awarded a certificate …