In 2017, South Salt Lake Mayor Cherie Wood promised a “fight” after the county mayor chose her town for a new homeless shelter that would house and provide services to up to 300 men as early as July 2019.
The mayor says now that she’s long since given up the fight. Still, the project is at the brink of missing a deadline that could lead to the state to step in — which City Council members fear would allow less input from the city — while the mayor and developers disagree over where the roadblocks are coming from.