Donations

 In the fall of 2009, the Park Authority approved a Donor Bench Program, by which members of the public may dedicate a new bench in Sugar House Park. The program, aimed at addressing the Park's dearth of benches outside of the picnic pavilions, offers park users a chance to make a generous gift to the Park while honoring a friend or loved one.

 Under the new program, the Park Authority reserves the right to determine the style and location of the donor benches. A bench style has already been selected, and potential bench donors may select a location from several that the Park Authority has already identified. There will be no plaques on the donor benches; donors and honorees may be recognized on the Park Authority website.

 Currently, the cost of a donor bench is $1,250. Anyone interested in participating in the program may call Craig Cheney at the County Parks office (801-483-5473) for information and to set up an appointment to discuss their potential gift with a board member or park staff. 

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The Sugar House Park Authority is currently accepting donations from individuals and foundations to address necessary capital improvements in the Park that have been identified in the recent Sugar House Park Master Plan, which was adopted in 2008.

The Master Plan, the first for the Park since the initial design in the late 1950s, found that age has taken its toll on the Park’s infrastructure, particularly the seven picnic pavilions and the three restroom buildings, and recommended that the Park Authority take immediate steps to upgrade these facilities. The Park Authority’s board of trustees intends to do that. The Park Authority, which is a 501(c)(3), non-profit entity (see “Park Info” on this website), will continue to channel its reservation-fee revenue into Park upgrades and will also continue to seek public funding for these needs, which is currently a difficult proposition. In addition, it is appealing to the public, the Park’s users, for contributions.

The current project in the Master Plan upgrade program that is being addressed by the Park Authority is a signage project, a project with a roughly $100,000 price tag that is in process now.

For more information on donating to Sugar House Park improvements, please contact the Park Authority by mail (Sugar House Park Authority, 3383 South 300 East, Salt Lake City, Utah 84115), or by phone (801-483-5473).

The Sugar House Park Authority and TreeUtah officially agreed in early 2009 to become partners in a Commemorative and Memorial Tree Program, through which donated trees will be planted in Sugar House Park.

The program offers an opportunity for individuals or families to honor or remember friends and loved ones by having a tree planted in Sugar House Park, which would greatly benefit from the program through the semi-annual planting of much needed new trees.

The program will be administered by TreeUtah.

Anyone wishing to participate in the program should contact TreeUtah’s Urban and Community Forestry Program Coordinator at 801-364-2122.

TreeUtah processes requests and payments to the program, and it also informs donors of the available tree species and planting location within the Park, upon consultation with the Park Authority.

The cost of a commemorative/memorial tree is $300, which covers the purchase of the tree and the planting of it. Memorial tree plantings will take place twice a year, once in the spring and once in the fall. Donors may acknowledge honorees through a web-based listing of donated trees; unfortunately, plaques or signs on the tree itself cannot be permitted.