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Ten Years of Community Building

Events

2001


  • President J. Bernard Machen launches west side initiative
  • Irene Fisher begins community interviews

2002


  • UNP gets its name
  • Salt Lake City donates office space at 1060 South 900 West
  • Youth Education and Success working group
  • First UNP partnership committee begins work to guide development of youth partnerships

2003


  • Renovations completed. In space donated by Salt Lake City, UNP house opens and begins work with community
  • First Partners in the Park kickoff event
  • HUD COPC grant $400,000 awarded for 2004-2007
  • Doris Watson named Community Scholar in Residence

2004


  • Hartland Partnership Center opens at Hartland Apartments
  • First Westside Leadership Institute taught
  • Luke Garrott named Community Scholar in Residence

2005


  • Westside Studio opens to students and the public
  • UNP Bridge Builder Award begins
  • Maged Senbel named Community Scholar in Residence

2006


  • Rosemarie Hunter takes over as second UNP Director
  • First Spanish Westside Leadership Institute taught
  • Barbara Brown named Community Scholar in Residence

2007


  • Salt Lake Community Action Program/Head Start School opens at Hartland
  • UNP receives the Utah Martin Luther King Jr. Human Rights Commission Drum Major Award for Community Organization of the Year for commitment to empowering communities through education
  • Dolores Delgado Bernal named Community Scholar in Residence

2008


  • Hartland Youth Center opens
  • Caitlin Cahill, Matthew Bradley, and David Quijada named as Community Scholar in Residence

2009


  • UNP partners with Salt Lake City School District on Community Learning Centers
  • New American Academic Network partnership begins
  • Ruby Chacón named as Community Resident in Action

2010


  • UNP receives the Campus-Community Partnership for Health award
  • Trinh Mai named as Community Scholar in Residence
  • Maria Barajas named as Community Resident in Action

2011


  • UNP finalizes purchase of new building to house Hartland Partnership Center
  • Mary Burbank named as Community Scholar in Residence
  • Elizabeth Montoya named as Community Resident in Action
Last Updated: 11/10/26