In short
Heritage Days runs June 21 through 28, with tournaments, a parade, an auto show, and fireworks at Founders Park. Two new city facilities open this month: the Happy Tails Dog Park on June 2 and Fire Station 32, with a public open house June 20. Anyone running for mayor or either at-large council seat must file in person at City Hall between June 2 and June 6. Summer road work starts on 3000 West, Sand Ridge Parkway, and 700 South, and the 3000 W 1900 S intersection by the fire station is closed all summer.
Dates and deadlines
- June 1 Registration closes for the Heritage Days dodgeball and sand volleyball tournaments. Register in person at the Community Center.
- June 1 Free registration opens for Pitch, Hit, and Run and the Jr. Home Run Derby.
- June 2 Happy Tails Dog Park grand opening, 6:30 PM at Fremont Park.
- June 2 to 6 Candidate filing period for mayor and two at-large council seats, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at City Hall, $25 per office.
- June 2 to July 23 Free summer lunches at 15 Davis School District schools, Monday through Thursday.
- June 6 Symphony Orchestra Concert at Syracuse High School.
- June 10 City Council meeting, 6 PM at City Hall.
- June 12 Registration closes for the free Hockey 101 Clinic.
- June 14 Hockey 101 Clinic, 9-10 AM for 3rd and 4th grade and 10-11 AM for 5th and 6th grade.
- June 19 City Hall closed for Juneteenth.
- June 20 Fire Station 32 open house, 4-6 PM at 3418 South Bluff Drive.
- June 20 Heritage Days parade applications due.
- June 21 to 28 Heritage Days.
- June 24 City Council meeting, 6 PM at City Hall.
- June 29 Registration closes for fall soccer and flag football.
- July 1 Registration opens for Junior Jazz basketball and the street hockey league.
- July 30 Registration closes for the August 2 Street Hockey Clinic, $25.
- August 8 Last day of the Utah Food Bank summer meal program for youth 18 and under.
Everything else
Heritage Days schedule, June 21 to 28
- Sat June 21: Norm Hansen Memorial Golf Tournament, 8 AM shotgun start at Glen Eagle Golf Course (3176 W 1700 S), register at (801) 773-4653. Miss Syracuse Pageant, 6:00 PM at Syracuse High School (665 S 2000 W).
- Mon June 23: Pitch, Hit, and Run and Jr. Home Run Derby, 5-8 PM at Founders Park (1700 S 1904 W), free.
- Tue June 24: Family Movie Day. No time or location given.
- Wed June 25: Senior Lunch and Bingo, 12 PM at the Community Center (1912 W 1900 S), RSVP at (801) 614-9660 option 1. Dodgeball Tournament, 5-10 PM at Stoker Park (1150 W 1575 S), $160 per team. Sand Volleyball Tournament, 5:30-10 PM at Stoker Park, $60 per team.
- Thu June 26: Children’s Entrepreneur Market, 5-8 PM at Founders Park. Children’s Night, 6:30-8 PM at Founders Park, free admission, with bounce houses, a petting zoo, and the Black Island Farms Train.
- Fri June 27: Family Night, 5-9 PM at Founders Park, with food trucks, vendor booths, an inflatable fun park, and a trampoline stunt show.
- Sat June 28: Pancake Breakfast 7:30-9 AM at the Community Center; Parade 9 AM on 2000 W from the 2700 S roundabout to Syracuse High School; Cruise-In Auto Show 10 AM-3 PM at Founders Park, free registration from 8 AM that day; Cornhole Tournament 10:30 AM-2 PM at Founders Park via the Scorholio app; Vendor Booths 11 AM-8 PM; Hands-On History 12-6 PM at the Syracuse Regional Museum (1891 W 1700 S); Entertainment 5-10 PM with a Checkpoint Charley concert at 8:30 PM; Fireworks 10 PM.
Recreation
- Street hockey is a new program for grades 3 through 6, with a free Hockey 101 clinic June 14, a $25 clinic August 2, and a league whose registration opens July 1. No skates needed.
- Fall soccer and flag football are co-ed and registration closes June 29. Register children in the grade they will enter for the 2025-2026 school year.
Roads and public works
- Public Works says it maintains 123 miles of public roads and prioritizes repairs citywide.
- The Public Works Update for this month also covers secondary water conservation, sump pumps, pool and spa care, and no-flush wipes.
City business
- The mayor’s message this month is about where e-bikes, scooters, golf carts, and other motorized vehicles can legally be ridden. The mayor writes that what is fine on private property is not necessarily allowed on public roads, trails, sidewalks, or parks.
- Council meetings are at City Hall at 6 PM and can be attended in person, by Zoom, or watched on YouTube. The newsletter links to a recap of actions taken at the May 13, 2025 business meeting.
- The election on November 4, 2025 fills the mayor’s seat and two at-large council seats, all four-year terms. Candidates must be registered voters who have lived in the city for the 12 months before the election, must keep a principal residence in the city during the term, cannot have a felony conviction, and cannot have been declared mentally incompetent.
- Employee spotlight: Cydni Gutierrez, Court Clerk Supervisor, who joined the city in June 2023 and previously worked in jail operations and crime scene investigation.
- Residents can nominate a yard for the Syracuse Beautiful Yard Award.
Safety and preparedness
- The city asks residents to fill out a short Home Safety Survey about community safety needs. No URL is printed in the text.
- The Disaster Preparedness Committee reported on the recent emergency response drill scavenger hunt: more than 380 volunteers visited 83.5 percent of city dwellings, over 9,000 homes, and 81 percent of the planted puzzle pieces were recovered. The Syracuse Bluff district recovered 46 of its 48 envelopes. The committee uses the Rapid Disaster Assessment Program to size up needs after an emergency.
- Residents are asked to sign up every phone in the home for the Davis County Everbridge emergency notification system, the reverse 911 service.
Arts and community
- The Arts Council has a few spots left in its “Imagine Summer” Broadway Bootcamp, which ends with a performance during Heritage Days, and tickets are on sale for this year’s musical, The Addams Family.
- Animal Care of Davis County, which serves Syracuse, offers low-cost pet microchipping.
- Summer food help for kids includes the Davis School District lunch program, a Utah Food Bank meal program for youth 18 and under running June 2 to August 8, and Utah SUN Bucks, the summer EBT program.
Unofficial digest of a city newsletter. The official version is linked below.
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