Holiday Highlighting Unity Pride & Progress

West Valley City Hall is largely empty today in observance of the Martin Luther King Holiday.  America-The Diversity Place has chosen to highlight the dedication of Rosa Parks Drive in West Valley as the feature story commemorating the holiday.  The road leading to the Utah Cultural Celebration Center has received widespread attention for this action, an action that highlights the spirit of Unity, Pride, and Progress of Utah's second most populous city. 

The UCCC is a very fluent and important area of West Valley City and the greater Salt Lake Valley and it is important to be continually adding to that campus.  Adding not only in programs and events, not only adding in monuments and exhibits, but most importantly adding to that place in a deeper meaning and spirit.  In honoring the legacy of Rosa Parks we add important meaning and spirit to our community.  That meaning and spirit will be different things to different people, but the underlying Unity-Pride-and Progress of honoring those that have sought to make our country great, will hopefully be a reminder and an inspiration to those that travel it to find new ways of bringing families, neighborhoods, and nations together.

To get a look at today's America Diversity Place story you can go to:

http://americadiversityplace.com/Utah/TheDiversityPlace.aspx

Another Good Family Holiday Activity

As someone who is very fond of ice skating I was thrilled to hear that the Maverik Center would be hosting free family skating sessions for the rest of December. There are some good sponsors as well as a charitable component and it looks to be another quality event here in West Valley City. The details and official press release are below:


West Valley City – Maverik, Inc., the Maverik Center, and Tum-E Yummies are teaming up with Modern Display to host “Maverik Adventure Wonderland,” a FREE, Christmas-themed family iceskating activity at the Maverik Center in West Valley City. Maverik Adventure Wonderland will be held every Monday and Thursday evening from 4-9 p.m. starting December 13 and running throughout the month of December (Dec 13, 16, 20, 23, 27 and 30).
Modern Display will turn the Maverik Center ice into a Christmas Adventure Wonderland. Visitors will skate to traditional Christmas music around a large Christmas tree display at center ice. Santa Claus will visit with children nightly from 6-8 p.m. and the Utah Grizzlies mascot, Grizzbee, the Grizzlies Ice Girls and Grizzlies players will make special appearances.
“The Maverik Center is a fantastic venue that allows us to provide an exciting Christmas experience for everyone,” said Ernie Harker, Maverikʼs executive director of marketing. “It will be a great family activity or an inexpensive date. I hope this will be the first annual tradition of the Maverik Adventure Wonderland at the Maverik Center.”
Grizzbee will be handing out free Tum-E Yummies fruit-flavored drinks to kids (while supplies last).
Hot chocolate, coffee and other Christmas fare will be available for purchase as well.
Admission is free and skate rentals are $5. (A donation of $1 per skate rental will be given to teamgive, a Utah-based charity dedicated to raising awareness for children with neurological diseases.)

Happy Holidays

It is amazing to witness the holiday transformation within my home, neighborhood, and throughout West Valley City. The City Center including City Hall, Valley Fair Mall, and the surrounding streets have been adorned with various lights and decorations that add to the vibrancy of our community. JCPenney's has recently completed some simple, yet striking improvements to their exterior as the Mall redevelopment moves along. Construction didn't hamper the excitement surrounding the annual Christmas Parade which was made possible with the partnership of Chamber West. The highlight of the parade was of course Santa Claus at the end of the parade and not the City Council at the beginning. One final noteworthy festive holiday contribution from the City and City residents is the Trees of Diversity exhibit on display at the Utah Cultural Celebration Center. The submissions are a delightful walk down the various interests and accomplishments of West Valley City. The Utah Cultural Celebration Center also hosts a couple of free concerts this holiday season including Miss Margene's Musical Theatre on December 14 at 7:00 pm and Bonnie Harris will preform her legendary Christmas Concert on December 21 also at 7:00. These are a couple of great ways to celebrate the holidays and make a few new family traditions here in West Valley.