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Salt Lake County residents will vote whether to approve $128M recreation bond this fall – Deseret News

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Salt Lake County voters will decide this November whether to approve a $128 million bond to fund several new recreation facilities and a slew of improvements to existing centers and parks across the county. Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News By Bridger Beal-Cvetko , KSL Your browser does not support the audio element.

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