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Community Voices

University Neighborhood Partners | Volume 8, 2018

15 Years of Asset-Based & Culturally-Rooted Partnerships

University Neighborhood Partners is celebrating its Quinceañera! This issue of Community Voices serves as
a celebration of 15 years of community, university, and organizational work on Salt Lake City’s west side.
The depth of partnerships and resident efforts are recorded here like a vine reaching through a winding garden of community capacity building, health and well-being, education pathways, leadership and advocacy, and community-engaged scholarship. Also, in celebration of this momentous UNP year, we re-engaged Kimbery Schmit, a previous long-time member of our staff, to study our long-term community impact and present her findings through a variety of mechanisms. It is our hope that we can illustrate how UNP’s ripple effect spreads across Salt Lake’s west side and beyond.

Last Updated: 10/13/26