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State veterans department seeks replacement Salt Lake veterans home and new Northern Utah cemetery
Summary
The Utah Department of Veterans and Military Affairs asked the appropriations subcommittee to fund construction of a 105‑bed Salt Lake Valley veterans home (estimated $49M, with about $35M reimbursable by VA) and reported a VA‑funded Northern Utah veterans cemetery on donated land with small O&M requests for the state.
The Utah Department of Veterans and Military Affairs (DVA) told lawmakers on Jan. 27 that it seeks funding to replace the aging Salt Lake veterans home with a new 105‑bed facility sited in Taylorsville and to establish a Northern Utah veterans cemetery on donated land west of Adams Parkway.
DVA Executive Director Gary Harder and Deputy Director Jeff Hanson said the current Salt Lake facility was constructed more than 27 years ago with shared rooms and institutional layouts. The replacement design,…
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