Millcreek was an unincorporated part of Salt Lake County. Fearing annexation from Salt Lake City, it incorporated part of the township into a city. Comprised of residential areas and car centric commercial areas, it is in the process of creating a "center" along 3300 South, building a new city hall and related facilities.
Millcreek was awarded a $200,000 grant to build an 81-foot tall climbing wall on the northeast corner of City Hall. The tallest outdoor climbing wall in the state, it will be operated by a private contractor.They just announced that their under construction City Hall will incorporate a public climbing wall (Millcreek City newsletter).
Given my support for co-location of public facilities ("Prototyping and municipal capital improvement programs," 2008; "Five examples of the failure to do parks and public space master planning in DC," 2021; "Update: Neighborhood libraries as nodes in a neighborhood and city-wide network of cultural assets," 2019), I think this is really interesting.
I like the way that the concept of a network of civic or public assets was illustrated by parks planner David Barth.
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