“I think the real appeal Salt Lake City has for business owners and innovative companies is what we call the creative wild west. When you take a closer look, our city is smart, innovative, technologically advanced, hard-working and completely invested in our community. I’m so excited to share Salt Lake City’s story,” says Andrew Wittenberg. […]
5 Reasons You Won’t Want to Miss the 2019 Busker Fest
The Salt Lake City Arts Council has produced some amazing events over the years. Add to that stack: the 2nd annual “Buskers Fest” — a festival on Regent Street happening Friday, August 16th. It’s part of the City’s ongoing effort to keep free art on the street and accessible to everyone. For one night only, on August […]
Tech Companies in Salt Lake City
Did you know Utah’s Tech industry accounted for one in seven jobs statewide in 2018? The Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute has just released volume one of a landmark report and our Economic Development Workforce Development Manager Jake Maxwell shares his findings about Salt Lake City. Read on and as always, we’d love to hear your […]
Great Things are Happening in the Midtown District
There is no power for progress without an entire community who cares about our future. One great example of this phenomenon is State Street, and what has been building over the years with like-minded citizens thoughtfully developing a desirable urban district to live, work, and play. Salt Lake City’s Department of Economic Development is using one […]
2019 Small Business Survey Results
How are we doing? How can we help your company grow? One of the tools our department uses to track that information is the Small Business Survey and the 2019 results have just been released. In 2017, Salt Lake City’s Department of Economic Development partnered with EDC Utah to pilot a program to survey over 5,000 businesses. […]
Good for SLC Business – 2019 Twilight Concert Series
The long-awaited 2019 Twilight Concert Series starts this Saturday and it’s as star-packed as ever. It is, without a doubt, one of the things that we love about Salt Lake City. Not only is the Twilight Concert Series an incredible and affordable arts program accessible to everyone, it has shown to be a tool to […]
Salt Lake City Releasing Another $10 Million for Affordable Housing Projects
Salt Lake Mayor Jackie Biskupski and the Redevelopment Agency of Salt Lake City (RDA) are inviting qualified housing developers to submit proposals for affordable residential projects as part of a City-wide effort to increase the number of affordable housing in Salt Lake City. Early last week, the Redevelopment Agency of Salt Lake City announced the release of […]
The Apprentice
Economic Development Workforce Development Manager Jake Maxwell offers this latest blog in a series we like to call “Workforce Wednesday” — it’s all about training for the skills and knowledge that our Salt Lake City employers need to grow. As always, we’d love to hear your feedback. What do you think of when you hear […]
Anticipating the New Tech Apprenticeships
Utah’s tech industry averaged 3.6 percent job growth per year from 2007 to 2017, a growth rate that was more than double that of the industry on a national level. How are we going to keep up? Economic Development Workforce Development Manager Jake Maxwell offers this latest blog on training for the skills and knowledge […]
Workforce Training – How Does Your Company Measure Up?
Last week, members of the American Workforce Policy Advisory Committee met in North Carolina to discuss how we as a country are going to strengthen our workforce. It was all about finding opportunity and best practices that our business owners need. One thing they agreed on? Establishing a common metric to track what our companies are doing. […]