Fairmont Park SLC

08/19/2026

Did you know that Fairmont Park is one of Salt Lake City’s oldest parks? Scroll for just a glimpse into its rich past. Fairmont Park has evolved quite a bit over its lifetime and it’s about to evolve even more! Thanks to funds from the , park improvements are on the horizon. Help us make history by sharing your ideas and shaping the park’s future.

Follow us to stay updated on volunteer opportunities, surveys, and public comment periods. Together, we can make Fairmont Park the best it’s ever been!

08/14/2026

Don’t forget, the Salty City Exchange August Market is TOMORROW!

Saturday, August 15 from 9:00am–3:00pm

Salty City Exchange exists to strengthen community through creativity, giving local artisans a platform to share handmade craftsmanship, culture, and connection. This market is exactly that in action: 40+ local vendors, food & drink, live music, and a whole lot of good energy under our trees.

Here's what to expect throughout the day:
🧘 Yogalates: 8:00–8:40am
📚 Author Connection: 9:30–11:30am
🎸 Live Music with : 12:00–2:00pm

Grab a red chair, shop from 40+ local makers, and spend the day exactly where you belong- in your park, with your community. We can’t wait to spend our Saturday with you!

08/13/2026

Join Friends of Fairmont Park and Nature and Human Health Utah on Thursday, August 13th from 5:00–6:30pm at Jordan Park for a conversation about the parks we love (and how to make more of them great).

City Cast SLC host Ali Vallarta is joining us to talk about her Every Park SLC project (you know, the girl who visited all 511 parks in Salt Lake County).

Then Dr. Alessandro Rigolon (Professor of City and Metropolitan Planning) and Tyler Fonorow (SLC Public Lands) will dig into park planning in SLC and what it takes to make our parks more accessible for everyone.

Come for the parks talk, stay for the neighbors. See you there! 🙌

06/09/2026

Sally hosted a great meeting POST meeting yesterday.

A few important updates.

Thursday!
June 11th- YAPPY HOUR!! Enjoy this fun event. I cannot be there so if any ends up attending, take pictures! 6pm-9pm

Saturday!!
Check out Imperial Park and the beautiful area around it and support the Music Stroll 3pm-8pm
https://heartsoul.org/music-stroll

Also Saturday, if you are at the park, we will have a table at a new market-type event at the park. We will have a map of the PLAN for Fairmont and Allen Parks, stickers, conversation and will be co-hosting with Landon Clark from the SHCC. We will see if this is a good way to meet people and or enjoy the park with a new partner. 830am-1200pm.

Park Updates

1) the EV charger is fixed!
2) the rose garden sprinkler link is neeing -re-repair, they are aware and working on it
3) the crumbling concrete parking blockers near the pool parking are reported and they will monitor. This is an area that will be re-done in the Upgrade so we will likely watch these for safety only
4) The pickle ball courts are in need of resurface, and this was reported and noted.
5) The large cattails in the pond are now a nuisance and have been reported. There are options for mitigation, we will talk with the botanist about this.
6) There are more plantings planned for the stream side areas of Fairmont, nit sure if 2026 or 2027 due to plant supply constraint.
7) Tree watering will continue by hand 3 times per week for the new trees and then on the usual cycle. If they cut back sprinklers, they will maintain hand watering of the smaller trees. Thank the staff! They will also remove the 1 dead tree near the pavilion, pickleball area.
8) Ideas for park volunteering include more tree wells near Simpson, Weeding the rise area, and trash pickup. The staff will let us know if there are other ideas.
9) On the Fairmont Upgrade—they have secured a contractor, they will do start next steps in 1 week, and we asked AGAIN about the plans for the fire circle area and the stream behind Simpson, they have not been addressed yet in plans. Kira reports they will reach out to us. They plan to break ground Summer 2027.
10) Toilet CIP- they will also hire the same contracting group to do the Toilet Inventory (they called it) and we will pilot a recommended model for Fairmont in the redesign.

All great news.

We complimented the park staff and leaders as they are really keeping the park nice.

Healing the human spirit by bringing music and performing arts to isolated people.

05/31/2026

The first Scavenger Hunt went really well despite the rain. Oh we had fun. The volunteers dressed for winter …..and we had 5 energetic teams show up to play! Prizes galore thanks to Tina and Sugar House Community Council.

I think everyone got a prize!

Next items for the PARK

1) June 8th 6pm MEET at Fairmont at the Aquatic Center pavilion for the SHCC POST meeting. We will have a Fairmont Update from Kira, Park staff there for updates and questions. Find out Whas up! If you wanna come early or stay after to do some weeding at the rose garden, let me know. I will be doing it. You can pick the time if you wanna join up!

2) Yappy Hour comes to Fairmont. —come hang out. We will meet up with anyone that wants to attend, get a bite, walk around as a team, meet at 6pm at the north entrance to Yappy Hour we will depart 610 pm to walk about. Come cluster with us. No tabling just hanging out.
See ya there

05/22/2026

Dear Friends,

We are excited for the Fairmont Park Scavenger Hunt coming up on Saturday May 30th and hope you are planning to field a team. Prizes and bragging rights are at stake! Please invite others!

Prizes for the top 3 teams are from Game Night Games, Millie's, and Sugar House Coffee!

Gather at 10AM sharp near the Fairmont Park Aquatic Center Pavilion. The hunt will be all around the park. Wear walking shoes and have at least one smart phone connected to the internet for tracking tasks and taking photos.

Wanna sign up your team now? Field your team of 1 to 4 people, creative names welcome!

Here's how to register your team in advance:

Open a browser and visit https://pyts.link.
Enter the game code: GGHY
Players can join solo or create teams up to 4 people!

The game will become active on Saturday May 30th at the start time! You can also create your team at the park on the day of the event.

We will also have printed paper hunt task sheets as well, but bring something with a digital camera to collect photos for the judges to review.

At the end of the event, all team entries will be scored and the winners will be announced!

See you there!!

Friends of Fairmont Park

05/06/2026

Check it out! Take your mom!

04/27/2026

Thanks to all that came out this weekend. We hucked sod and mulched like maniacs. >20 trees cared for with the group. We had fun, too.

NEXT UP—Scavenger Hunt May 30th. This is 100% fun. Just come learn, play and prizes!

WHO wants to field a team of 4 people and come out!? Share the opportunity. Will be so fun!

:)