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04-02-21: SENIOR CENTERS; VACCINE CLINIC; RAIN BARRELS; BLOOD DRIVE; EARTH DAY EVENT; etc. View this email in your browser Announcements PUBLIC MEETINGS Mt. Olympus Community Council Tues., 4/6/21, 6:00 pm Virtual Meeting Join Here Millcreek Community Council Tues., 4/6/21, 6:30 pm Virtual Meeting Join Here NEWS SALT LAKE COUNTY SENIOR CENTERS TO REOPEN ON APRIL 19th MILLCREEK. For our many residents who enjoy the classes and programs at the county Senior Centers, we have exciting news. On April 19th, Salt Lake County is reopening its Senior Centers county-wide. That includes Millcreek's own Millcreek Senior Center at 2266 E Evergreen Ave and Mt. Olympus Senior Center at 1635 E Murray/Holladay Road. The COVID-19 infection rate has dropped dramatically in Salt Lake County since the first of the year. County-wide, the seven-day moving average hit almost 1,100 in early January, and is ---PAGE BREAK--- Canyon Rim Citizens Association Wed., 4/7/21, 7:00 pm Virtual Zoom Meeting Join Here Passcode: 885230 now down to 150. Millcreek's seven-day moving average has gone down from a high of 51 per day in January to 8 per day as of March 30th. See County's COVID-19 Daily Update dashboard. Modified procedures will be in place and posted to protect attendees and the staff. Please check the Salt Lake County website for information about your favorite senior center. Health Department staff set up and ready to open the COVID-19 vaccination clinic on March 30th COVID-19 VACCINATION CLINIC HELD FOR MILLCREEK AND SOUTH SALT LAKE RESIDENTS SOUTH SALT LAKE. The Salt Lake County Health Department, in coordination with Millcreek and South Salt Lake, held a COVID-19 Vaccination Clinic earlier this week at the Columbus Center. The clinic brought the vaccination opportunity closer to residents who do not have the means to travel to one of the mass vaccination sites. Almost 200 residents in the area received their first shot and were scheduled for their second. ---PAGE BREAK--- We were very pleased with the response, as the pandemic has seriously impacted many of our community members who live in the western portion of Millcreek. Due to the great response to the first clinic, we will be scheduling an additional clinic at the same location. Millcreek will continue to work to provide opportunities for our residents to get their shot. MILLCREEK RESIDENTS LOVE RAIN BARRELS MILLCREEK. Millcreek residents have proven that they love rain barrels. In last week's newsletter, we advised that the City was providing rain barrels to residents for a subsidized price of $50 while supplies last a significant discount from the $129 retail price. Within four days, all 200 barrels we had available were sold out. Not wanting to let this opportunity for rain harvesting slip by for those who did not get a chance to order, we have made an additional 100 barrels available. Sales are open now and we encourage everyone who wants a barrel to order right away. Many thanks to the Utah Rivers Council for again providing the Rain Barrel program. Find More Information or Order Your Rain Barrel HERE ---PAGE BREAK--- When donors race to give blood between April 1-30, they’ll automatically be entered for a chance to win a $1,000 e-gift card to a merchant of their choice. There will be five $1,000 gift-card winners, so spread the word and help Millcreek fill the blood drive schedule by encouraging your friends, family and co-workers to make an appointment today! ---PAGE BREAK--- Those who come in to donate blood April 1-15 will also automatically be entered to win a very special prize package that includes four premium tickets to the 2022 Indianapolis® 500 Mile Race, four Garage & Pit Credentials and passes to attend a meet and greet opportunity with driver(s), round-trip airfare to Indianapolis, three-night hotel accommodations (May 27-30, 2022), plus a $500 gift card for expenses! SALT LAKE COUNTY GRANTS AVAILABLE FOR NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS Register HERE ---PAGE BREAK--- * * * * * * Salt Lake County is concerned that businesses from some disadvantaged communities in the valley will recover more slowly than others from the COVID- 19 pandemic. It has launched the Economic Inclusion Community Assistance Program, designed to connect helpful resources with businesses in communities where there have been long-term economic opportunity gaps. To make these connections, the County wants to work with non-profit organizations that are already set up to help communities such as veterans, Black, Latinx, Native American, Asian-Pacific, and persons with disabilities. Training and grant funding is available. A webinar to review the program and answer questions from potential applications can be viewed here. Interested community partners can submit applications through Wednesday, April 7th. Please direct your questions to Samantha Thermos, COVID-19 Economic Recovery Program Manager at [EMAIL REDACTED] or [PHONE REDACTED]. Find Additional Information or Apply for a ZAP Tier II Grant HERE Watch the COVID-19 Economic Inclusion Community Assistance Program Webinar HERE ---PAGE BREAK--- Salt Lake City, South Salt Lake, Millcreek and City of Holladay teamed up on Local Link to learn how you travel in and around your community in order to develop innovative, multi-modal options for more convenient, connected trips The Local Link study team hosted a Facebook Live event to talk about future transit types and route options helping to connect the four partner cities: Salt Lake, South Salt Lake, Millcreek and City of Holladay. Check it out below! Be sure to visit www.locallinkstudy.com for more info and to make sure your voice is heard today! ---PAGE BREAK--- It's here. It's effective. It's free. This is our shot to get back to normal. Let's take it. HOW IS COVID IMPACTING MILLCREEK? Case Counts through yesterday (4/1/21)*: Millcreek (surrounding cities) cumulative and current cases by zip code: 84106: 3,405 total cases (72 current cases) Listen to the Facebook Live Event for LocalLink HERE ---PAGE BREAK--- 84107: 4,185 total cases (60 current cases) 84109: 2,483 total cases (29 current cases) 84117: 2,549 total cases (47 current cases) 84123: 4,623 total cases (71 current cases) 84124: 2,165 total cases (32 current cases) TOTAL: 19,410 (increase of 133 since 3/25/21, our last reported data). Meetings with the Mayor Fridays from 2-4pm have been set aside for citizens to meet with Mayor Silvestrini (virtually for now). Please call [PHONE REDACTED] to schedule a slot. VISIT us at Click here to subscribe to this weekly newsletter Copyright © 2021 Millcreek, All rights reserved. Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list Click here to subscribe to this weekly newsletter Forward Share Tweet