Editorial Board: The Suburbs Need to Make Room for New Residents

Utah has generally made room for single-family homes in the past, but the Salt Lake Tribune thinks its time for new plans as the state faces demographic changes and worsening affordability.

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July 3, 2018, 10:00 AM PDT

By James Brasuell @CasualBrasuell


Salt Lake City, Utah

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The editorial board of The Salt Lake Tribune is making the case for infill development in suburban communities.

The editorial is written to support a campaign announced recently by the Salt Lake Chamber to develop affordable housing around the Wasatch Range region. Tony Semerad provides news coverage of that campaign in a separate article.

Included in the editorial, however, is this pointed response to development opponents who set no growth stances as the rule:

Residents perform an important civic duty when they question new developments. They are one-time decisions with far-reaching effects. But they can’t draw a line in the sand. We will double the population in the Salt Lake Valley in the next 30 years. The valley can’t get bigger, only denser.

Monday, July 2, 2018 in The Salt Lake Tribune

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