State of the City address, Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall shares what she wants to see happen to the ballpark at West Temple and 1300 South.

During her State of the City address on Tuesday night, Jan. 28, Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall said the city will move ahead with refurbishing the existing ballpark to create something new

Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall unveils a public safety plan addressing homelessness and law enforcement at the request of state leaders.

The long-term future of Smith’s Ballpark is finally becoming clear a little more than two years after the Salt Lake Bees announced they would be moving out. The 31-year-old baseball stadium will be "repurposed" to serve as an entertainment venue with creative spaces and retail,

A person lays on a bench near the Salt Lake City Police department and library in Salt Lake City on Tuesday. Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall said Tuesday that public safety, homelessness and affordable housing are "urgent" issues the city plans to tackle this year. (Scott G Winterton, Deseret News)

A new website strives to make Salt Lake City's affordable housing efforts more transparent. It offers a better look into funding sources and project locations.

Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall announced that they have picked the "adaptive reuse" plan to overhaul the Smith's Ballpark stadium.

Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall said the stadium will be repurposed as an entertainment venue. An Air Force F-35 fighter jet crashed on Tuesday during a training mission in central Alaska. Officials say the crash happened during the landing phase. After ejecting from the jet, they say the pilot was taken to a medical facility for evaluation.

The comprehensive new initiative comes after Utah legislative leaders called on the city to fix the problems or have the state step in.

Now that Salt Lake City officials have narrowed down a plan for the future of Smith’s Ballpark, the reactions from locals ranged from home run to a swing and a miss.