October 7, 2020 Update

It was great to run into several of our employees today in my moving about the city.  I love it when I can connect with you at work!  I love working with this team!  

One of the highlights of my day was attending a program at the golf course this morning on the beautiful new 15th hole where we announced a renaming of the course!  The former East Bay Golf Course will now be called the Timpanogos Golf Club - as it was known back in 1923 when it opened as the first municipal course in Utah County and only the second in the state.  The course has been improved and realigned, and even has a lighted 9-hole course, lighting at the driving range and other new amenities - lighting courtesy of our Provo City Power team!   You will see a link to the program in the social media posts below.  And it was really fun to see Kean Ridd and some of the old regulars at the course.  Big shout out to Scott Henderson, Doug Robins, Brett Watson and the Parks and Recreation team who were instrumental in this big upgrade to our golf course!  

CORONAVIRUS STATS

Nationally, the CDC reports 7,475,262 cases with 210,232 fatalities.

Utah:  80,446 cases (up 1,007 from yesterday); 4,113 hospitalizations; 496 deaths (up 8 from yesterday)

Utah County: 21,566 cases (up 185 from yesterday); 739 hospitalizations; 66 deaths (up 3 from yesterday)

NEWS YOU CAN USE

• Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall has requested to move Salt Lake City back to orange under the governor's guidelines.
• Covid-19 has put a damper on a lot of festivities, but there are safe ways to participate in classic Halloween activities. Haunted houses are making adjustments and there are even some safe trick-or-treating options!
• Covid-19 cases have been dropping at BYU, much to the relief of many. BYU is currently reporting 172 active cases on campus with a rolling seven-day average of 30 cases.
• A new study is showing the air quality in Provo is on the rise for the long-term. In the Provo-Orem metropolitan area, analysts found that the median AQI (Air Quality Index) between the 2005-2009 and 20-15-2019 periods dropped from 51 to 47. That is a (good) decrease of 7.1%. A score between 0 and 50 is considered "good".

PROVO SOCIAL MEDIA

THE MAYOR'S DAY

Today, Mayor Kaufusi:

• Participated in a press conference for the golf course
• Met for the Governor's Rural Partnership Board meeting
• Had a meeting with the Career and Technical Education department chair
• Participated in a UDOT transportation meeting

FUN STUFF

Peaks Ice Arena was inspired by the Rec Center's new  Ninja Cross obstacle curse, so they built one of their own! Check it out!  (You will need to click on the photo and a new window will open in Facebook so you can watch the video.  We couldn't get the embed code to work on the post!)

Have a great evening!  

Wayne