Utah Weekly Forum with Rebecca Cressman

West Valley City Neighbors Help Each Other at "My Hometown" Community Resource Centers

September marks the beginning of free classes and neighbor-to-neighbor service projects at West Valley City's My Hometown Community Resource Centers (CRCs) in Northeast Granger, Central Granger, West Granger, & Central Valley View. The centers are staffed by neighborhood volunteers who help coordinate Days of Service to improve local homes in need and who teach everything from English as a second langauge to parenting, and from pathways to citizenship to piano. The goal? To help others, expand opportunities, and to form friendships and connections within WVC communities. The My Hometown Initiative is expanding to other cities along the Wasatch Front. In this episode of Utah Weekly Forum, FM100.3 Host Rebecca Cressman is joined by West Valley Mayor Karen Lang, My Hometown Initiative leaders Craig and Linda Burton, and WVC My Hometown Chair Randy Whitehead who share the impact of this partnership between the city's community members, the Interfaith Council, local businesses, local churches, and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. On Sept 7th at the West Granger CRC and on Sept 14th at the Central Granger CRC there will be free neighborhood Fall Festivals with food, live bands, climbing walls, water slides, and resource booths from 5:30-8:30pm. To learn more about MyHometown or to get involved, send an email to: myhometown@wvc-ut.gov Or call Karin at 801-965-5520.