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Sundance economic impact tops $182 million this year

By Brice Wallace The Sundance Film Festival’s overall economic impact slipped a bit this year but was following a record year in 2018. Using figures from an economic impact study conducted by Y² Analytics, the nonprofit Sundance Institute said the 2019 festival had an overall…

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Utah Inland Port hires permanent exec. director

The embattled Utah Inland Port Authority has a new boss. The organization’s board has announced that Jack C. Hedge has accepted the position as executive director to replace acting director Christopher Connabee, who was appointed by the board in January as interim director.…

Vets urged to promote service to help business

By Brice Wallace A few speakers at a recent gathering focused on veteran-owned businesses had some pointed advice for former military members looking to grow their businesses: Don’t be shy. Finding ways to leverage their military service and call attention to their business…

Brice Wallace

Kosovo group learns about renewable energy in Utah

A group of leaders from Kosovo were in Utah last week learning about the state’s efforts in the renewable energy sector. Hosted by the Utah Council for Citizen Diplomacy, the group was sent to Utah by the Open World Leadership Center, an agency of the U.S. Congress, and were in…

Toronto firm to build Beaver Co. alunite plant

Toronto-based SOPerior Fertilizer Corp. has announced plans to build an alunite pilot plant facility at the site of an existing copper processing operation near Milford in Beaver County. The proposed pilot operation would produce metallurgical alumina, potassium sulphate…

CircusTrix names Fernando Eiroa as CEO

CircusTrix, a Provo-based developer, operator and franchisor of indoor recreation centers, has announced the appointment of Fernando Eiroa as CEO. Eiroa will take over a company that has experienced rapid growth since its founding in 2011, including adding approximately 50 new…

Gross to head RNNetwork

RNNetwork, a Salt Lake City-based travel nurse staffing company, has named Lynne Gross its new president. Gross brings 20 years of healthcare staffing experience to her new role. Since joining RNnetwork in 2011, she has held a variety of leadership positions, including director…

'Yellowstone' returns to Utah for production of its third season

“Yellowstone” has once again parked itself in Utah. The Paramount Network TV show will shoot much of its third season in Utah, following approval by the Governor’s Office of Economic Development (GOED) board of a tax credit incentive of up to $6.9 million, spread over three…

Global Trade Center opens at SLCC

The Miller Business Resource Center at Salt Lake Community College announced last week the creation of the SLCC-Utah Small Business Development Center Network Global Trade Center. The center was established to collaborate with the SLCC Global Business Center that was started in…

ArbiterSports names Ford president and CEO

ArbiterSports, a Sandy-based athletic management software company, has hired Kyle Ford as president and CEO of the company, effective immediately. Ford replaces Jeff Triplette, who has been president and CEO for the past six years and will now transition to the position of…

Salt Lake to host three years of ASAE's Great Ideas Conference

Salt Lake City has been chosen as the host city for the Great Ideas Conferences of the American Society of Association Executives (ASAE) for three years beginning in 2020. The city hosted ASAE’s annual meeting four years ago. ASAE is an association of meeting industry…

Study: Utah ranks 15th in life expentancy

A new study from SeniorLiving.org shows Utah is the No. 15 state in America with a life expectancy 79.6 years old. U.S. Life expectancy declined nationally for the third consecutive year in 2018. However, the causes differ greatly by state. In addition to cancer and heart…

Succeeding in Your Business: 31 questions to ask when you’re buying a franchise

By Cliff Ennico “My wife and I are thinking about a franchise. We’ve met with the franchise executives at their ‘Discovery Day,’ and they seem like nice people. “They’re encouraging us to talk to some of their franchisees to understand exactly what goes on in the franchised…

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