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Record C-PACE loan enough to get downtown Hyatt underway

Portman Holdings, the Atlanta-based developer of the planned Hyatt Regency hotel at the Calvin L. Rampton Salt Palace Convention Center in Salt Lake City, has closed on $54.7 million in Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy (C-PACE) funding that will allow the company to…

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Jan 12

Jobs optimism continues to fuel positive attitude

All the good news about the job market in Utah is having its effect on how consumers feel about their economic outlook. In December, the number of Utahns who believed jobs are hard to get dropped to 8 percent — the lowest number in over a year — and that helped drive the Zions…

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Jan 12

Cowdrey named CEO of Imagine Learning

Jeremy Cowdrey has been appointed as CEO Provo-based Imagine Learning. Cowdrey’s appointment was announced by the board of parent company Weld North Education of New York City. Imagine Learning is an educational technology company providing supplemental digital curriculum for…

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Jan 12

Dept. of Health awards medical cannabis licenses

The Utah Department of Health has announced the winners in its application process to award 14 pharmacy locations that will receive medical cannabis licenses. The 14 pharmacies were chosen in a competitive bidding process that saw 60 different companies submit applications for…

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Jan 12

23 films meant $59M to Utah in 2019

More films received state incentives to shoot in Utah in 2019 than in 2018, bringing along more employment for actors and crews. The Utah Film Commission said on its website that 23 incentivized projects last year resulted in a $59 million injection into the state’s economy and…

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Jan 12

Visible buys Kansas company

Visible Supply Chain Management of Salt Lake City, a provider of shipping and fulfillment services for small and midsize businesses, has acquired Kansas Continental Express (KCX), an Emporia, Kansas-based provider of shipping logistics and freight transportation throughout North…

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Jan 12

Survey prelims suggest lack of understanding about incentives

Preliminary results about state government incentive programs to recruit and retain economic development projects reveal opportunities to better inform people about them. Final results of an unscientific survey undertaken by the Economic Development Corporation of Utah (EDCUtah)…

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Jan 12

Traeger reaches settlement with Dansons, former owners

Utah’s Traeger Grills has reached a settlement in its case against former company owners Joseph, Brian and Mark Traeger along with claims against grill manufacturer Dansons U.S. LLC, the maker of grills with the Louisiana and Pit Boss brands. The suits alleged that Traeger…

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Jan 12

Weber/Davis joint effort has a name

The regional economic development initiative launched by Weber and Davis counties last June has a new name — the Northern Utah Economic Alliance (NUEA) — as well as a new logo, according to the organization’s president, Chris Roybal. NUEA’s core mission is to create high-paying…

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Jan 12

Middle-market businesses are under pressure from trade wars, recession fears

By Drew Yergensen The new year is here and with it comes a 2020 election, along with uncertainty surrounding tariffs, trade and how long the economic expansion will continue. These items are all weighing on middle-market business owners and C-suite executives as they plan for…

Succeeding in Your Business: What to know when an LLC makes a Subchapter S election

By Cliff Ennico “I have operated a service business for the past few years as a limited liability company (LLC) and have been quite successful. “My accountant is recommending that I change my LLC so it’s taxed like a Subchapter S corporation. I understand she is trying to save…

17 ways to get more work done (and be happy doing it)

By John Graham Most everyone has figured out that performance expectations keep going up. To put it bluntly, we face the challenge of doing more in less time. And it’s not about to change anytime soon. In the past, those with lots of experience fared well. But not today.…

Editorial Cartoon: Name Recognition

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Jan 12

Industry Briefs 1-13-19

Industry Briefs are provided as a free service to our readers. Company news information may be sent to brice@slenterprise.com. The submission deadline is one week before publication. CONSTRUCTION • Pentalon Construction , Salt Lake City, has hired Jeff Young as a project…

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Jan 12

It’s a new year and resolution time for Congress and the administration

By Veronique de Rugy Mark Twain once wrote, “New Year’s is a harmless annual institution, of no particular use to anybody save as a scapegoat for promiscuous drunks, and friendly calls, and humbug resolutions, and we wish you to enjoy it with a looseness suited to the greatness…

It's not all bad: Here are Trump's Top 10 achievements for 2019

By Marc A. Thiessen In his third year in office, President Trump continued to deliver an extraordinary list of accomplishments. Today, I offer my annual list of the 10 best things Trump did last year: 10. He continued to deliver for the forgotten Americans. Unemployment is at…