Millcreek City Hall is officially open! 

The grand opening celebration was in November where Millcreek’s city officials greeted locals and allowed the community to tour the entire building. There was live music, free ice skating, swag, samples of local fare, and catered with food for all to enjoy on the top floor plus fireworks to end the celebration.

“I am super excited about this building, and it is something we have been working on for a long time,’’ Mayor Jeff Silvestrini said. “The vision for this building actually came from the residents of Millcreek. We did a survey before we built anything and the people of Millcreek wanted the city to own it not rent and they wanted space for the community in the facility and not just a government building.”

The Millcreek City Hall is located next to Millcreek Commons on 1330 E. Chambers Ave. “We have space for the public in the building like the ballroom on the top floor and ground floor public market,” Silvestrini said.

The second floor will house the new city council chamber and the third floor will be for the Unified Police Department. “Our police department and city employees are so happy to get out of the cramped quarters that had no windows and terrible heating and cooling issues. We will be able to better serve the public in this space,” Silvestrini said.

The United Police Department Precinct of Millcreek or UPD was on hand with officials expressing excitement about the new offices. The UPD offices are on the third floor with a holding cell in the basement.

The main floor of the new city hall is a public market from Utah’s Own that has local vendors selling their products similar to a farmer’s market.

“Utah’s Own is a State of Utah program that seeks to connect consumers with Utah grown and Utah made products.” said Tamra Watson of Utah’s Own.

“We were approached by Millcreek City to do a collaborative partnership to open their holiday shops and see if Utah’s Own would want to become a vendor at the newly opened public market,” she added. “Five beautiful shops that have Utah grown and Utah made products, which means that they either come from Utah land, livestock or soil.”

Uncle Hoss’s Crisscross Crunch has a space in the public market. 

“We are Utah born and bred and this is our locally owned business,” said owner Sonya Erickson. They gave out many samples of the Crisscross Crunch that included peanut butter, pumpkin and toffee.

“We also make caramel and chocolate pretzel rods,” Erickson added. Crisscross Crunch will be in the public market of the Millcreek City Hall until the end of December. 

The new city hall is unlike other government buildings in that it is an inviting place for the community to spend time together. The top floor is a ballroom with views and available for rent for private events.

Tours are still available to the community who may have missed the grand opening. λ