Summer 2022 is here and the Salt Lake Valley is gearing up for warm temperatures and Ozone filled skies. Are you ready to take the Clear the Air Challenge with us? The Clear the Air Challenge is a month-long competition that gives you the chance to reduce your vehicle emissions by choosing alternative methods of […]
Quality Over Quantity
The perfect captain and co-owner for the new Milk+ bar on Harvey Milk Blvd in Salt Lake City’s MidTown District is Brent White. With an extensive background in the restaurant industry, bartending, business design and real estate, he blends experience with vision in this new amazing mega bar, Milk+. The concept of Milk+ was a […]
New year, new ways to save the planet…
Most grocery stores have shelves full of packaged items. Look down the aisles, and you’ll find cans, boxes, and loads of plastic most of which ends up in your garbage can and in landfills. Hello Bulk is different. Jamaica Trinnaman is the founder and owner of zero waste store Hello Bulk! Market. Jamaica was working […]
“Choose SLC”
Mayor Mendenhall recently kicked off a local campaign called “Choose SLC” that encourages locals to eat, play, shop and stay local this season. Everyday we hear about the ongoing supply chain shortages. For months now we’ve been warned about shipping delays but the solution isn’t to hold your breath and hope for that knock from […]
NEW: Start Up Guide for Salt Lake City
It’s no secret that Salt Lake City is one of the best metros in the U.S. for startups. You could say our overnight success is years in the making – home to countless success stories, a young and educated population and a thriving tech and healthcare scene. That’s why we have compiled an updated 2021 Entrepreneurship […]
Nurturing the Future Creators of Inclusive Tech
National Hispanic Latinx Heritage Month is an annual observance of remarkable achievements. It’s a time to not only recognize and celebrate these contributions, but to also connect with those who have inspired others to achieve success. And we’re feeling inspired by Juliette Bautista! Juliette is a community leader advocating for diversity in STEM, and Founder […]
Unity and Support for our Thriving Hispanic/Latinx Community
Hispanic Heritage Month (Sept. 15 to Oct. 15) is the one moment in the year that undeniably belongs to Hispanics, Latino and Latinas and Latinx as a unified community. This year’s theme – “Esperanza – A celebration of Hispanic Heritage and Hope.” And while the umbrella categorization of ‘Hispanic’ is intertwined with the U.S. Census […]
How Salt Lake City is Building a World Class Healthcare Innovation Hub
The following appeared in the October issue of Utah Business Magazine, distributed with the iteration of Utah Life Sciences Magazine. You can read it online here. Here is the article in its entirety: There is no greater gift than good health, and in Salt Lake City some of the world’s most innovative healthcare companies are creating […]
How Salt Lake City’s JJH Auto Body Used Airport Contracts to Help Grow their Business
JJH Auto Body and Paint provides collision repairs and auto body work. They started their business in 2009 and have been growing steadily ever since, more recently expanding into a larger facility. Johnny Hernandez took the time to talk to us about one aspect of his business that helped him land a new, steady source […]
A New Approach to Learning and Hiring in Utah
Our Economic Development Workforce Development Manager Jake Maxwell was able to attend the Salt Lake Chamber’s ‘Workforce Summit’ and shares his thoughts from the event and how Salt Lake City is shifting primary focus to our workforce. Read on and as always, we’d love to hear your feedback. Under the new leadership of the State of […]