South Jordan City makes supporting the arts simple. People here enjoy a plethora of resources for sports, education and entertainment. To round out these offerings, the city has created a way to easily support more art options.

“There are three different ways people can donate to the arts that are under the Round it Up Rachael Van Cleave said, communications manager. “The first option is for utility customers who choose to round up their bill to the nearest dollar. The Round it Up program has been around for at least a decade now, but we recently made a push for it as it is outlined in our new arts
master plan.”

The second option is to make an Art Contribution. Utility customers choose to add a certain dollar amount to their monthly bill. The art contributions number of donations and the donation dollar amounts have increased.

“We launched our one-time payment option to our online payment portal in April of this year,” Van Cleave said. “Art Donations are the third choice. This is a one-time donation that anyone, whether utility customers or not can make for any amount. Art donations increased year over year, but since the launch of the one-time payment portal we have not seen the increase we were
hoping for.”

South Jordan launched their campaign to spread word about this program to encourage donations in August of 2023. Promoters are hopeful that efforts like this will gain traction with city residents who appreciate the arts.

“At this point, the Round it Up funds support the theatre productions since they support all of the arts,” Janell Payne said, director of recreation. “In the future, the Round it Up funding may be specifically allocated to a particular program, like a public art maintenance fund, but that has not been done yet.”

With that confirmation, residents planning to enjoy South Jordan’s presentation of Blithe Spirit on Oct. 25, 26, 28 and Nov. 1, 2 should know this program helped. Funds from the Round it Up program are being used for this comedic play about a séance gone wrong. That should bring a smile to the face of residents easily supporting the arts in South Jordan. λ