(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Ville 1659, one of Utah’s largest proposed deeply affordable housing projects, remains closed and fenced off at 1659 W. North Temple, Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023. After months of delays, the rights to lease the property are under contract to be sold.
Blake joined The Tribune in March 2022 to cover city and county government before becoming an editor in 2024. He is a University of Minnesota graduate who started his journalism career in Las Vegas, where he covered local government, state politics and the depletion of the Colorado River. He is dad to a Golden Retriever named Woodward.