Site Visit Day 2: Salt Lake County

Participating in the Electronic Town meeting! President Valentine, Representatives Carl Wimmer, Curt Oda, and David Clark all using their Blackberry powers for good.


On the Bus: Lane Beattie, President of the Salt Lake City Chamber of Commerce, guides a tour of the Valley.


The Oquirrh Mountains from the bus



A stop on the way; the budding Daybreak community


LDS Temple under construction near Daybreak.


Former Governor of Utah, Norm Bangerter, speaks to the group about the future of the far-western third of the Salt Lake Valley.


Lane Beattie, Senators Dmitrich, Goodfellow and VanTassel.


Tom Dolan, Mayor of the City of Sandy, addresses the group.


ReAL Salt Lake stadium under construction in Sandy.


Happy Birthday Senator Goodfellow!



City Creek Development - Downtown Salt Lake.


Toy trucks.


Viewing the work going on downtown.


Its a bird, its a plane....


Take a last look. This building will disappear Saturday Morning at 6:45 a.m.


This ZCMI structure will be carefully removed and restored. When the downtown construction is nearing completion it will be placed on the new building.


The Historic Utah Theater on Main Street in Downtown Salt Lake.


Utah Theater's Tiffany Skylight.


The once and future balcony of the theater.


A look inside the Frontrunner commuter rail. It was air-conditioned so the afternoon group took refuge inside.


Bishop H. David Burton, Presiding Bishop of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, discussing the future of downtown Salt Lake City.


View from the U. Beautiful sunset tonight, but the photo didn't catch it.