April 28, 2021 Update

It is great to be back in Provo after travels last week and this.  As I mentioned, the last 3 days some of our executive team members have been in Denver and Ft. Collins.  Yesterday, we spent a full day with the McWhinney team, who have been chosen through a competitive process to be our master developers for the redevelopment of the City Center block after we move into the new city hall and public safety building a little over a year from now.  We are currently working on an "exclusive right to negotiate" agreement which will memorialize our intended relationship and will allow McWhinney to begin their due diligence on the project.  We were able to see several of their projects in the Denver area including Union Station, the Dairy Block, the Maven hotel, and McGregor Square.  

CORONAVIRUS STATS

Nationally, the CDC reports 31,924,610 cases with 569,771 fatalities.

Utah:  369,522 cases (up 518 from yesterday); 16,129 hospitalizations; 2,190 deaths (up 4 from yesterday)

Utah County:  95,084 cases (up 86 from yesterday); 2,600 hospitalizations; 377 deaths (up 2 from yesterday)

NEWS YOU CAN USE

•  U.S. population growth has slowed to the lowest rate since the Great Depression.
• Utah has a new program, Adult Learners Grant Program that aim to help adults finish higher education degrees.
• Those postcard reminders about your expiring vehicle registration are officially coming back less than a year after they were discontinued in favor of a paperless-only option. Those who opted into an email reminder will still get them electronically.

PROVO SOCIAL MEDIA

THE MAYOR'S DAY

Today, Mayor Kaufusi:

• Was out of the office

FUN STUFF

You might remember that Anna Kendrick is among my favorite singers, and last week she was on the Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, and they played one of the Tonight Show games called "Sing It Like."  I hope you laugh at this little clip as hard as I did.

Again, it is good to be home - having just landed in SLC at 2:00 p.m.  It will be good to get back to normal tomorrow with a day full of meetings and catching up on emails and other work.  Take care and have a great evening.

Wayne