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SALT LAKE CITY -- Two of the most-read newspapers in the country have recently published lengthy articles about Utah, and they're very positive. That has community leaders very excited.
"National coverage is great. It gives a lot of creditability for what we're doing here across Salt Lake," said Jason Mathis, executive director of the Downtown Alliance.
Mathis couldn't be happier with the recent articles in USA Today and the New York Times. The USA Today article notes what a great place Salt Lake is to have a second home and how there's so much so do that's all close by for visitors.
"Utah has a unique connection of urban city center and mountain resorts. Nobody else has that," Mathis said.
The New York Times article goes into detail about Salt Lake's construction of the City Creek project. At a time when other building projects across the country are at a standstill, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is on schedule reviving downtown.
"We've got great construction going with more the 1,000 construction workers in the downtown area every day. We have dozens of small businesses that have opened up in the past month," Mathis said.
He says it's important to note, because the construction workers are from all over the valley, the money being made doesn't just stay downtown. "The money generated downtown goes throughout the entire region," he said.
Whether you were born and raised in Utah or recently moved to the state, Mathis says these articles prove Utahns have a lot to be proud of. "We take living here for granted, but people who come from outside, they see the mountains, the awesome city, and they're floored. This is really a remarkable place to live," he said.
Even the magazine Men's Fitness magazine is taking notice of Salt Lake City. In February, Salt Lake was named the nation's fittest city.
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