CHAIR’S MESSAGE

March 2025 Chair’s Message

 Steve Miller MD

Chair’s March Message by Steve Miller MD
Dear Neighbors,
I hope you are all enjoying living in this wonderful neighborhood. Spring is nearly here and it is fun to watch
things growing in the gardens and the new buds on the trees. I love walking, biking and driving through the Avenues. Each street is so unique and beautiful, and the views of the city and the lake are breathtaking. Thanks for all you do to make this a great place to live. We all pray and hope that we will get the needed water to fill our reservoirs, streams and the Great Salt Lake.
One of the things that I love about our neighborhood are the many acts of kindness that I see every day. I see neighbors bringing trash cans in for other neighbors who are under the weather. I see neighbors visiting with each other on their daily walks. I see neighbors shoveling not only their own walks but those of their neighbors. I see neighbors picking up mail and packages for neighbors who are out of town. Each of these acts of kindness makes our neighborhood a better place to live. I encourage each of you to get to know your neighbors a little bit better, and all help each other in meaningful ways. It could be as small as a smile or a friendly hello, but we can all show kindness to our neighbors.
I would like to give a shout out to so many of you who find ways to be kind to your neighbors and friends. Each community meeting we recognize someone who goes the extra mile to be kind to their neighbors with a $25 gift. If you would like to recommend an extra kind neighbor for us to recognize please let us know. Keep up the kindness and thank you for making this a great neighborhood to live by looking out for each other.

As I write this article, we are in the middle of the worldwide Olympic games with the Para-Olympics to follow. It has been so wonderful to watch the athletes perform, to hear their remarkable stories and to see the world come together in sport and camaraderie. I hope that we can continue to cheer each other on as we strive to make the world a more peaceful and better place to live.

This month you will have the opportunity to participate in caucus meetings for both the Republican and Democratic parties on March 17. I encourage you to get involved and help select great candidates and leaders.  https://precinctportal.org/

Please come to our community meeting on March 4th at the Sweet library. We will hear from those who make this community great, and we will have a special presentation from the Mayor’s office. 

If you have questions or concerns please reach out to me at gaccchair@slc-avenues.org.     Steve

Chair’s February Message by 2026 GACC Chair Steve Miller
Happy February!
It’s nice to see more daylight coming as Spring approaches. We live in such a beautiful part of the world.
I have been out on my usual bike rides along 11th Avenue and into City Creek Canyon, and I’m always amazed at the amazing views that we have from the Avenues, looking out over the valley. I hope each of you had a wonderful January. I am looking forward to our upcoming Community Meeting on February 4th at the Sweet Library at 6:00 p.m. This meeting will also be live on Zoom.
We will be hearing from Beth Parker, an Avenues resident and Associate Professor of Law at the University of Utah
S.J. Quinney College of Law. She is also a Senior Fellow at the College of Law’s Wallace Stegner Center and the Associate Director of the Great Salt Lake Project.
She will be speaking about the importance of preserving the Great Salt Lake and the impact of the Great Salt Lake on the Salt Lake Valley and the Wasatch Front.
We will also be hearing from the League of Women Voters with legislative session tips, as well as our normal community reports.
I look forward to seeing all of you there on February 4th, in person or on Zoom.
In January we had an informative community meeting with our Utah Legislators who are representing all of us during the legislative session. I encourage you to visit our website at www.avenuescouncil.org where we have a recording of our January 7th meeting.      You can hear the comments of Senator Weiler, Senator Plumb and Representative Daily-Provost.
Please take a look at all the other current information on our website including the work of all our committees.
I hope you have a wonderful month and I hope to meet many of you in the neighborhood or at our meetings.
Sincerely, Steve

OUR NEIGHBORHOOD