Civil Municipal Magazine - Dec 2023

211 CIVIL AND MUNICIPAL VOLUME 4, ISSUE 12 SOUTH SALT LAKE , UTAH over them or through them has really helped us create a unique city that we’re super-proud of.” Today, South Salt Lake is a very culturally and ethnically diverse municipality, as Wood points out. “We are probably the most diverse city in the state of Utah,” she adds. Such a peaceful and harmonious place of so many different faces and faiths is the ideal. “It’s helped us to really support our youth and basically build our own work force development for our community,” she says, “and put our youth on a trajectory of success. It makes us very unique. We’re known for this work nationwide. I think it also has helped us develop partnerships that are very valuable to our community. It doesn’t really talk about the economic highlights, but I feel like we’ve had roadblocks as a community. I think that trying to develop ways around them or