🌱 First Time Celebration With SLCC + Utah Beer Festival Moves Venue

Welcome back, Salt Lake City. I'm here in your inbox this morning to tell you everything you need to know about what's going on around town.

But first, today's weather:

Sunny and remaining very warm. High: 99 Low: 71.

Here are the top three stories in Salt Lake City today:

1. For the first time in Salt Lake Community College history, as well as in Utah Department of Corrections history, a graduation ceremony was held for the 23 students who graduated with an associate's degree or an academic certificate while incarcerated. As part of the Salt Lake Community College's Prison Education Program, students take classes while doing time to assist with entering the job force when they have served their time and help to promote not returning to prison afterward. There is a lot of support in Utah for the program and using education as a form of reforming for prisoners, learning can be the catalyst needed to help some of these prisoners make better decisions moving forward. (FOX 13 News Utah)
2. The Utah Beer Festival will be going into its 13th straight year with a brand new venue in Salt Lake City that hopes to bring even more fun. Already known as the largest beer sampling event and still expanding, the Utah Beer Festival will be moving its two-day festival to the Granary District to better cater to the large crowd and an extended number of vendors. More than 70 vendors will be pouring over 250 beers as well as six different food trucks and the local Woodbine Food Hall. (ABC4.com)
3. Daniel Laner Allen is now facing criminal charges after he lit his hospital room on fire in the LDS Hospital in Salt Lake City back in May. On May 2, Allen used a hospital bed and medical cart to barricade himself in a room and use materials in the room to start a fire, during the incident he said multiple times that he wanted to burn down the entire hospital. Emergency crews were eventually able to take the door off the hinges and extinguish the flames while arresting Allen. The damage to the room costs around $35,000. (KSL.com)

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Today in Salt Lake City:

Wednesday, July 12

• Community Meeting With Chief Colleen Jacobs via Virtual (6:00 PM)
• Hump Day Buffet Food Trucks At Fairbourne Station (6:30 PM)

From my notebook:

• Come down to the Creative Lab at Salt Lake City Public Library and let your creative side run wild. During these workshops, you can get familiar with a bunch of different tools and software that you can use for some really cool things. Check out the schedule here. (Salt Lake City Public Library via Instagram)
• Visit Utah is partnering with the National Forest Foundation this week to celebrate National Forest Week. There are so many opportunities to play your part in providing clean air and water as well as saving the forests. (Visit Utah via Facebook)
• Were you aware there are almost 300 museums in the state of Utah? Explore the museums throughout the state to learn as much as you can, if you visit five or more museums in the month of July you will receive a free collectible sticker. (Utah Arts & Museums via Instagram)

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— Michelle Paul

About me: Michelle Paul is a Utah-based writer and photographer with a professional background in content management and registered nursing. When not working on projects ranging from photo editing to copywriting, they enjoy traveling, video games, and expanding their skills.