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This week in The Enterprise – Utah’s Business Journal
Aug 29, 2016
Merit R&D center shunned by South Jordan, may go to Ireland
Utah may lose out on a 200-job research and development center — a project that might instead be built in Ireland. Fred P. Lampropoulos, chairman and chief executive officer of Merit Medical Systems Inc., said last week he was "heartbroken" that the South Jordan City Planning Commission last week voted to recommend that the city council deny a request to change the land use and rezone the property. Read More...
West Jordan Facebook deal on, off & now (apparently) on
The soap opera of Facebook trying to get a data center in West Jordan has involved secrecy, opposing viewpoints, millions of dollars in incentives, controversy, revisions and rejection. And late last week, it also featured resurrection. Read More...
West Virginia news group buys Provo Daily Herald
The Provo Daily Herald, one of only six daily newspapers in Utah, has been sold to Ogden Newspapers of Utah LLC. Not to be confused with the daily Standard-Examiner in Ogden, the buying entity is a new division of Ogden Newspapers Inc. of Wheeling, West Virginia. Read More...
U.S. Chamber: How Salt Lake City became Utah’s Silicon Valley
While Salt Lake City has always had its fair share of successful homegrown entrepreneurs, ever-improving infrastructure and growing financial opportunities are luring out-of-state businesses and workers to the area like never before. Read More...
Rural Fast Track program grants go to 31 companies in past year
Aided by some news media coverage, a rural job-creation program has been blossoming in recent months. The Utah Rural Fast Track program, designed to boost the number of high-paying jobs at existing small companies in rural counties, saw 31 grants approved during the past fiscal year, including 13 during the year’s fourth quarter. Read More...
Calendar
Basic calendar listings are provided as a free service to our readers. Information about upcoming events may be sent to brice@slenterprise.com. The submission deadline is one week before publication.
Sept 1 - Utah Solutions Summit 2016
presented by U.S. Sen. Mike Lee and the Salt Lake Chamber. Featured speaker is Mitch Daniels, president of Purdue University and former Indiana governor.
Sept 1 - Outdoor Recreation Regional Summit
presented by the Utah Office of Outdoor Recreation. Speakers include Julia Stamps Mallon, co-founder of REI Outessa Summit; and Davis Sakrison, mayor of Moab.
Sept 6 - Third Annual Healthcare Analytics Summit
presented by Health Catalyst. Theme is “Expanding Your Outcomes.” Event will focus on leadership best practices and healthcare and non-healthcare analytics case studies and will include keynote presentations and 27 breakout sessions.
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