Sugar House Park

Sugar House Park will have a new look by next spring, thanks to a signage project undertaken by the Sugar House Park Authority. The first phase, which should be completed this winter, will feature new park entry signs at the 14th East, 15th East, and Garden Center entrances. In addition, there will be new signs and new names at the park's seven picnic pavilions.

The new pavilion names, intended to give the park a fresh identity with an emphasis on its history and natural features, will include the following: Fabian Lakeside Pavilion, Sego Lily Pavilion, Mt. Olympus Pavilion, Sugar Beet Pavilion, Hidden Grove Pavilion, Parley's Creek Pavilion, and Big Field Pavilion. When the new signs are finally installed, the website will be updated to provide more information on the new pavilion names.

The Park Authority hopes to complete the project in the spring by installing new traffic, rules and interpretive signs. The project would fulfill one of the chief recommendations of the park's recent Master Plan and should enhance the park user's enjoyment of Sugar House Park.

The Sugar House Park Authority, which announced last year that it was no longer going to fund or produce the annual Fourth of July fireworks show, has found a potential savior of the cherished event in the person of Sugar House businessman Scott Workman.

At its first meeting of 2010, the Park Authority board unanimously granted Workman a conditional permit to conduct a Fourth of July fireworks show in Sugar House Park in 2010. The permit allows Workman to proceed with organizing the event for this summer and, more critically, to begin to raise funding for the event. Anyone who wants to contribute to saving the Fourth of July fireworks show for 2010 should contact Scott Workman, 1400 South 1100 East, Salt Lake City, Utah 84105. His phone number is 801-739-7548.

If successful in raising the necessary funding to produce the event, Workman plans to retain the services of Vortex Productions, which has staged the popular Sugar House Park pyrotechnics for many years. The Park Authority heartily endorses Workman's effort to save the fireworks for this year and beyond, and it intends to offer him any non-financial assistance that it can in this effort.

The Sugar House Park Authority, in conjunction with Tree Utah, is offering individuals the opportunity to honor family or friends by donating a tree to be planted in Sugar House Park. The Commemorative and Memorial Tree Program will be administered by TreeUtah, which will arrange for the purchase and planting of the donated trees (a memorial tree will cost $300). For more information, call TreeUtah (801-364-2122).

The Sugar House Park Authority has remained focused on the Sugar House Park Master Plan, which was developed in 2007 and approved by the Park Authority board in January 2008. By the middle of 2009, the Park Authority had either completed or at least addressed 62 percent of the 79 recommendations that were made in the Master Plan. But much remains to be done, including all the major capital improvement projects, and the Park Authority will be concentrating on these improvements in the coming years.

A copy of the final master plan can be downloaded here: SHPA Master Plan - SHPA_MPLANFinal.pdf Please note that the file is 10 megabytes and may take some time to download depending on your connection speed.