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. […]
Become a UN Volunteer
Salt Lake City is hosting the 68th Annual United Nations Civil Society conference, taking place downtown Aug. 26-28. It is the first time in history the conference has been held in the United States outside of New York; the event was announced by Salt Lake City Mayor Jackie Biskupski’s office earlier this year. This year’s theme is “Building […]
2019 Mayor’s Artist Awards
Established in 1992, the Mayor’s Artists Awards program recognizes the significant accomplishments and contributions of individuals and organizations, to the arts and cultural landscape of Utah. The collection of remarkable humans who received this year’s awards—and who will be celebrated this Friday at the Utah Arts Festival —is a testament to the cultural richness of Salt Lake […]
What We Learned at the Education and Workforce Forum
SLC Economic Development Workforce Development Manager Jake Maxwell offers this latest blog on training for the skills and knowledge that our Salt Lake City business owners need. As always, we’d love to hear your feedback. Today the Salt Lake Chamber held an Education and Workforce Forum. I thought I would take some notes and relay […]
In Town for Future Forum? Fun Things to do in SLC
The International Economic Development Council (IEDC) will hold its 2019 Economic Future Forum from June 9-11th at City Creek Marriott. This year’s theme, “Pioneers in a New Global Market” will cover a lot of ground – from workforce development to effective economic development programs to projections on the current U.S. economy. We’re excited to host its members and […]
Is Training Our (Much Needed) Talent Taking Too Long?
Salt Lake City is committed to finding skilled employees that our business owners need. Our Department of Economic Development Workforce Development Manager Jake Maxwell offers this latest blog on how to do just that – through building a stronger, more efficient learning highway. As always, we’d love to hear your feedback. The question about the quality, […]