SLC Public Lands reviewing input on future of Glendale’s Peace Labyrinth
Salt Lake City is reviewing community feedback for designs to reimagine the Peace Labyrinth Open Space in the Glendale Neighborhood. Comments can be left via an online survey. Photo by Turner Bitton.
This article was updated to reflect the next step in the input review phase.
Salt Lake City’s Department of Public Lands is currently reviewing input from Westside residents on the future of the Peace Labyrinth Open Space.
The area is located in the Glendale neighborhood along the Jordan River, between California Avenue and 1700 South. Currently, the park space features art, a few benches, and wide open spaces. City leaders want to “reimagine” the area using funds from the Parks, Trails, and Open Spaces General Obligation Bond (GO Bond) passed in November 2022.
The City asked residents to take part in a survey to help “understand the community’s desires and visions for the space.” Several in-person events and an online survey were held in Spring to collect comments from locals. Before receiving feedback, the city suggested that some of the possible plans could include new amenities, unique elements about the neighborhood’s identity or history, new placemaking elements, and/or multilingual signage.
The city is still reviewing all the comments, but so far, they have identified the following themes when reviewing community comments:
People enjoy the naturalness of the park space.
Many community members use the space for walking and cultural gatherings.
Folks would like to see more diversified landscaping that better reflects the naturalness of the area.
There is a desire for additional places to sit and congregate (picnic tables, benches, pavilions), and a desire for play areas for children.
Using the comments received at the meetings and online, the city will create several design concepts that should be available for the public to review in Summer 2024. As they work on the designs, the city hopes they can redevelop the space to better reflect neighborhood needs and identities.
Additional information on the project, including the feedback results and plans to be posted later this year, can be found at https://gobondparks.com/peace_labyrinth.