Jason Mathis will serve as the new Executive Director of the Downtown Alliance, Lane Beattie, President and CEO of the Salt Lake Chamber and Downtown Alliance announced today. Mathis will work with local business and community leaders to promote downtown during a pivotal time in Salt Lake’s history.

Mathis has helped manage communication efforts at prominent Utah nonprofits for the past 15 years. He spent 12 years at the Salt Lake Convention & Visitors Bureau, and directed the bureau’s communications efforts during the 2002 Winter Games. In 2005 he went to work for Intermountain Healthcare as a media strategist and spokesperson for Utah’s largest medical organization.

Mathis replaces longtime downtown leader Robert Farrington who left the Alliance in June to become Economic Development Director for Salt Lake City.

As a significant component of the Downtown Rising vision in the heart of the Skyline District, the Utah Performance Center on Main has found a home.

As the Mayor’s Office announced last week, the new theater will be located in the Newspaper Agency Corp. building at 135 South Main and will host Broadway-style productions such as Lion King, Wicked and Les Miserables. In addition, a wide range of cultural events including music, theater and dance festivals, will take the stage at the new theater drawing students, families and other arts patrons from Utah’s 29 counties and adjacent states.

Theater lovers who would otherwise have to travel to New York City, Denver or San Francisco will be drawn instead to the Crossroads of the West. Strengthening the arts in Salt Lake City and throughout Utah is to the benefit of all members of our community.

For more informaiotn vist:
http://tinyurl.com/6eofsu

In January 2008, Continuing Education opened the doors of its newest off-campus site in Downtown Salt Lake City. Across the street from the Downtown Salt Lake City Library in the City Centre Building, three beautifully remodeled classrooms host classes in Professional Education, Youth Education, Lifelong Learning, and Technology Education.

The English Language Institute will also use the facility to offer classes to international students.

The space is operated in partnership with the David Eccles School of Business and the College of Law at The University of Utah.

For a list of fall and spring classes, visit http://tinyurl.com/3kbvox
or call 801 581 6461 for more information.