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CONSTRUCTION
• HNTB Corp., a company focused on designing and advancing transportation infrastructure, has relocated to a new Utah office on the fourth floor of 910 W. Legacy Center Way, Midvale. HNTB clients include the Utah Department of Transportation, Utah Transit Authority, High Valley Transit and Salt Lake City International Airport.
CONTESTS
• Voting closes May 5 at midnight for the Best of Davis County/Standard-Examiner Readers Choice Awards, undertaken by the Davis Chamber of Commerce and the Standard-Examiner. Ballots will be inserted in the newspaper April 26 and May 3, with online voting available at standard.net/bestofdavis. An awards ceremony is set for June 6, 8:30-11 a.m., at Young Automotive headquarters, 613 W. 500 N., Layton. Details about the awards program are available by contacting Katie Nicholson Riley at katie@davischamberofcommerce.com.
ECONOMIC INDICATORS
• Utah is ranked No. 2 on a list of best states for working from home, compiled by WalletHub. Among the metrics are the share of workers working from home, Internet costs, cybersecurity and the size of homes. Utah is ranked No. 1 for “living environment” and No. 11 for “work environment.” The study noted that Utah has the lowest electricity prices in the country, reasonable Internet costs, the fourth-highest share of households with broadband Internet, and the largest homes in the U.S. (an average of 2,800 square feet). Sixteen percent of Utah’s workforce works from home. The top-ranked state is Delaware. The bottom-ranked state is Alaska. Details are at https://wallethub.com/edu/best-states-for-working-from-home/72801.
• Utah has 21.9 percent of workers teleworking at least some hours, according to a study by Flatworld Solutions. The highest number of remote workers is 56.5 percent in the District of Columbia. The lowest is 4.7 percent in Mississippi. The study showed that remote work search interest nationally surged 134 percent between 2020 and 2025, with the steepest jump between 2024 and 2025. Men aged 65 or older experienced the highest growth, with a 54.6 percent increase, from 17.4 percent in 2022 to 26.9 percent in 2025. Details are at https://www.flatworldsolutions.com/articles/us-remote-work-trends.php.
• Jay Fox of the Utah Transit Authority has the “most envied CEO position” in Utah and No. 98 nationally, according to a survey of graduates by YourFreeCareerTest. Other Utahns on the list are No. 117 Taylor Randall at the University of Utah, No. 142 Thayne Shaffer at America First Credit Union, and No. 190 Steve Vaughan at Cafe Rio Mexican Grill. The top position nationally is at Google, held by Sundar Pichai. Details are at https://www.yourfreecareertest.com/blog/ceo-aspirations-leadership-2025/.
• Ogden, at No. 5, is the highest-ranked Utah location on a list of cities with the largest homeownership growth in 2025, compiled by Home Gnome. Other Utah cities are No. 19 St. George, No. 55 West Valley City, No. 107 West Jordan, No. 301 Salt Lake City, No. 304 Provo, No. 357 Sandy and No. 403 Orem. The largest increase was in Kent, Washington. The largest decrease was in Richardson, Texas.
• Salt Lake City self-storage was down 5 percent from 2023 to 2024, according to a study by StorageCafe. Self-storage use was 3.61 square feet per capita, below the national average of 7.27. Self-storage rental prices averaged $136 per month. Details are at https://www.storagecafe.com/blog/self-storage-demand-andtrends-2025/.
• Salt Lake City/Murray is ranked No. 11 on a list of locations with the most build-to-rent completions in 2024, compiled by Point2homes.com. The metro area had 919 single-family unit completions last year, an increase of 143.8 percent from 2023. The Ogden metro area added 215 new single-family rentals, marking a 16.8 percent year-over-year increase. Provo/Orem/Lehi added 171 but saw a 10.9 percent decrease in BTR inventory compared to the previous year. The top-ranked overall growth location is Phoenix, at 4,460 completions in 2024. Salt Lake City is ranked No. 16 among locations with the most new build-to-rent homes in the past five years, with 1,535. Phoenix tops that list with 12,702. Utah had 1,305 new single-family rentals completed in 2024, the highest number ever and a 136 percent increase compared to 2019 levels. Details are at https://www.point2homes.com/news/research/build-to-rent-completions-reach-historic-high.html.
GRANTS
• In celebration of KeyBank’s bicentennial, the KeyBank Foundation has announced a grant program designed to strengthen Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs) that play a critical role in advancing affordable housing and small-business development. The KeyBank Foundation intends to award one $200,000 grant to an exemplary CDFI in each of KeyBank’s 27 markets. These grants will provide flexible funding to help CDFIs in achieving their broader mission, ensuring long-term sustainability and continued support for underserved populations. Applicants must be a certified CDFI in good standing, operate as a nonprofit or for-profit CDFI headquartered in a KeyBank primary market, have a strong track record of advancing affordable housing and/or small-business development, and demonstrate the capacity to effectively manage and deploy grant funds in alignment with the foundation’s goals. The application deadline is May 16. Details are at https://www.key.com/content/dam/kco/documents/about/keybank-bicentennial-cdfi-grant-program-rfp.pdf.
INVESTMENTS
• Atomic, a Salt Lake City-based company focused on account primacy and enabling financial connectivity that drives action, has raised $10 million in a funding round from Capital One Ventures, Citi Ventures and F.N.B. Corp. Atomic said the funding will be used to further innovation and expansion. Atomic currently works with eight of the top 10 financial institutions and fintech firms to deliver solutions around payroll connectivity, payment switching, bill management and authentication.
PHILANTHROPY
• D.L. Evans Bank, an Idaho-based community bank, has announced plans to make large donations to several community nonprofit organizations in Utah. The bank applied for the Federal Home Loan Bank of Des Moines’ new matching grant program, which matches up to $1.50 to every $1 of the D.L. Evans Bank donation. The total amount donated is $275,000. Utah recipients are Box Elder Community Pantry, $12,500; Box Elder Family Support Center Inc., $12,500; Cache Community Food Pantry Inc., $6,250; Citizens Against Physical and Sexual Abuse (CAPSA), $6,250; Davis Arts Council Inc., $25,000; Mountain Country Home Solutions, $25,000; Tabitha’s Way, $37,500; United Way of Northern Utah, $25,000; Wasatch Homeless Health Care Inc. (dba Fourth Street Clinic), $62,500; Weber Human Services, $31,250; and YCC Foundation, $31,250.
• The Wasatch Peaks Foundation, the community involvement and charitable giving arm of Wasatch Peaks Credit Union, in partnership with the Federal Home Loan Bank Des Moines recently distributed over $203,000 to nine organizations working to improve the lives of families, children and individuals across Northern Utah. The recipients are Box Elder School Foundation, Boys & Girls Club of Weber-Davis, Ogden’s Dinosaur Park, Ogden School Foundation, OTECH Foundation, Trails Foundation of Northern Utah, United Way of Northern Utah, Weber Human Services and Weber School Foundation.
RECOGNITIONS
• Nightingale College, Salt Lake City, has received the 2025 Best Employee Wellbeing Program Award by HR.com for its innovative and impactful wellness program. It received a rating of 4.9 out of 5 from 231 employees. HR.com is a network of human resources executives. The award reflects the college’s dedication to creating a wellness program rooted in the “Eight Dimensions of Wellness”: physical, social, emotional, intellectual, vocational, environmental, spiritual and financial.
• The Ogden-Weber Chamber of Commerce recently presented awards at its annual gala. The Wall of Fame honorees are Bob and Marcia Harris. The Large Business of the Year is Nordic Valley Recreation. Other finalists were Minky Couture and Ya YA Foods Corp. The Small Business of the Year is Mackenzie Exhibit. Other finalists were Daybreak Senior Services and R Marketing Department. The Nonprofit of the Year is Ogden Nature Center. Other finalists were Midtown Community Health and the Ogden Downtown Alliance. The Startup of the Year is Phlattline Entertainment. Other finalists were PKW Media Solutions and Priority Protection Group. The Chairperson of the Year is Abby Monroe, Ogden Regional Medical Center. The Volunteer of the Year is Tina Calandra, Soul Beautiful Salon. The Young Professional of the Year is Tayler Campbell, United Way of Northern Utah. The Sue Westenskow Education Award recipients are George and Mary Hall, for their support for the Ogden and Weber school district foundations.
• Healthy Worksite award recipients have been announced and will be recognized at an annual awards luncheon set for April 29 at noon at the Zions Bank Technology Center in Midvale, a separate event from the Worksite Wellness Conference on April 30. Platinum recipients are Access Development, Associated Food Stores, Cambia Health Solutions, Cigna Healthcare, Davis School District, G&A Partners, Harmons Grocery, HealthEquity Inc., Intermountain Power Service Corp., Lucid Software, Nightingale Education Group, Nu Skin, O.C. Tanner, Orriant, Salt Lake Community College, Salt Lake County Employee Wellness, Uintah Basin Healthcare, Uintah County and Utah Valley University. Gold recipients are BD Medical, Box Elder County, Davis County, Ensign Engineering & Land Surveying Inc., Herriman City, Intermountain Health, Jordan Valley Water Conservancy District, Merit Medical Systems, Mountain America Credit Union, The Synergy Co./Pure Synergy, URS/PEHP, Utah County Government, Weber State University and Zions Bancorporation. The Silver recipient is Weave. Bronze recipients are Alpha Warranty Services, Big-D Construction, Duchesne County, Pleasant Grove City and Squire and Co. Innovation Award recipients are Davis School District, for its annual Davis Dash & Bash wellness event, and Harmons Grocery, for its monthly “Trail Club” hiking group.
RECREATION
• Bailey St. Entertainment and TEG Life Like Touring have announced a limited engagement of Pixar, a pop-up, 18-hole mini golf course experience featuring moments from Pixar films. The course opens May 2 at Mountain View Village, 13303 S Teal Ridge Way, Riverton, and will be open every day. Details are available at www.pixarputt.com. TEG Life Like Touring is an Australian company that produces hit shows and experiences. Bailey St. Entertainment is an entertainment company focusing on creativity and diversity to craft extraordinary experiences.
RETAIL
• A Walmart Supercenter will be opening this year at the corner of SR-73 and Spring Run Parkway in Eagle Mountain. It will employ 300 people. The 175,000-square-foot store is scheduled to open in late summer and is part of Walmart’s broader initiative to build or convert more than 150 stores nationwide during the next several years. The location will include a fuel station and convenience store. Planned infrastructure improvements include dual left-turn lanes into the Walmart property on Spring Run Parkway and upgrades along Ranches Parkway to improve north-south traffic flow and access to Campus Drive. Walmart has 59 retail units in Utah. They employ 20,350 people. Walmart spent $2.6 billion with Utah suppliers in fiscal year 2022 and supported 25,608 supplier jobs.