Who We Are.

We believe streets and public spaces that welcome all users are essential to a society and economy that is more connected, equitable and sustainable. Safe mobility options for all ages, incomes and neighborhoods makes the world a better place.

For those reasons and more, Sweet Streets educates and advocates for people-first planning, budgeting, implementation and operation of our streets and public spaces. See our current campaigns here.

Board Members

TAYLOR ANDERSON - A native of Chicagoland, Taylor Anderson is a former reporter who covered politics and government for the Salt Lake Tribune. He is a storyteller for ExpertVoice, and an editor for the development and smart growth site Building Salt Lake (buildingsaltlake.com). He served as president of a nonprofit waterski team in Portland, Oregon, where he also became interested in city-building and street design. Anderson focuses his efforts on creating family-friendly and accessible streets in every neighborhood, in front of every school and for all to use.

ALEX CRAGUN - Alex Cragun has been involved in Issue Advocacy and Community Action for over a decade--his involvement ranges from health care to food access policy. Cragun has worked in Federal and State Advocacy for the Community Health Center Program, fought to increase access to federal nutrition programs, served as Salt Lake City's Board of Trustee for UTA, and served as the Executive Director for the Utah Democratic Party. Cragun is a life-long public transit user and enthusiast. 

LUKE GARROTT - Luke teaches political science at the U. and served on the SLC city council (2008-16). His affinity for people-first streets comes from a love for democracy, walking, and biking. Luke’s utopia includes public spaces filled with all sorts of people - making them healthier, happier, stronger, and more connected. Luke grew up near Chicago and went to university in California and Florida before settling in SLC. 

JOHNNAE NARDONE - Johnnae’s passion for alternatives to car-dominant life is rooted in her southern California childhood. Fleeing a life spent on the 405 she has lived in the San Francisco Bay area --- walking, biking, and using transit. Continuing that desire for bikeable, walkable life she returned to SLC to make it home and raise a family. Johnnae brings to the Sweet Streets team over 15 years of experience in digital engagement and strategic communications. By day she shares her love for transit by managing UTA’s social media. 

LEVI THATCHER - A native of Salt Lake City, Levi is a data and policy nerd who has long been keen on improving our quality of life by a continual march of marginal improvements. His time in Tokyo, Munich, Mexico City, and Tegucigalpa have shown those city improvements don’t arrive by luck but rather by using incentives, data, and design to make streets more safe, more effective, and engaging. He’s long worked in SLC in the product data science world and currently leads a team at Pluralsight. Locally, he’s spent the last two years heading up the transportation arm of the Sugar House Community Council. Levi lives in SLC with his wife and two kids and feels like electric bikes might just help create a local utopia.

BENJAMIN WOOD - Benjamin Wood is a journalist specializing in government and community reporting. He currently works as the news editor for Salt Lake City Weekly, and his writing has appeared in The Salt Lake Tribune, Deseret News and Entertainment Weekly. A lifelong Utahn, Ben’s love of cycling was born on the mountain bike trails of the Wasatch Back, while his passion for walkable design emerged from his brief time living in New York City and through travel to pedestrian-friendly places like Denver, Portland and Florence. Now living in Poplar Grove with his wife, son and two Siberian huskies, Benjamin can regularly be found running, biking and—weather permitting—mushing the Jordan River Parkway Trail.