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901,000-square-foot Post cereal distribution center comes to SLC

A cereal company will expand its distribution operations to include Salt Lake City in an endeavor hailed as the largest build-to-suit project in the state’s history. Post Consumer Brands announced last week it would build a 901,000-square-foot, $50 million facility at California…

Healthcare prices helping drive up Utah cost of living

Although Utah healthcare costs are rising more slowly than the national average, they were the main driver in a 0.2 percent hike in consumer prices from October to November, according to the Zions Bank Wasatch Front Consumer Price Index (CPI). The index has now crawled ahead of…

Advanced materials industry to get help from federal grant to U of U

The University of Utah has received a $4 million federal grant to assess and improve the supply chain for Utah’s carbon composites and advanced materials industry. The grant from the Department of Defense’s Office of Economic Adjustment is aimed at making Utah’s advanced…

ACG Utah selects Stephens to keynote annual growth confab

Robert Stephens, Geek Squad founder and former Best Buy CTO, will keynote the 2017 ACG Utah Intermountain Growth Conference scheduled for the Salt Lake Marriott City Center on March 7. Now in its 14th year, the ACG Utah Intermountain Growth Conference is billed as the only…

Zions Bank report: Utah consumers go into new year with plenty of optimism

U.S. consumers are more confident about the future than they have been in 13 years. And Utahn’s are right there with them. The Zions Bank Utah Consumer Attitude Index (CAI) increased 5.1 points to 119.8 in December, accounting for almost half of the 10.9 points the index has…

Utah joins neighbors to build electric vehicle charging network

The governors of Colorado, Utah and Nevada have announced that they will work together over the next year to develop complementary plans for building an electric vehicle charging network across key highway corridors in their states. The corridors will include interstates 70, 76…

Evelar Solar opens Layton retail location

Salt Lake City-based Evelar Solar is taking a new approach to the marketing of rooftop solar generating systems with the opening of the state’s first retail solar location. Located in the Layton Hills Mall in Davis County, the site eliminates the need for sales representatives…

Outdoor products company expands to SLC

Big Agnes, an outdoor products company based in Steamboat Springs, Colorado, is expanding into Salt Lake City with opening of a 30,000-square-foot distribution center. According to a joint announcement from Salt Lake City’s new Department of Economic Development and the Economic…

Bywater to lead Vivint Solar

Vivint Solar has named David Bywater as CEO. He has been acting as interim CEO since May, according to a statement from the residential solar provider based in Lehi. The appointment is effective immediately. “We strongly believe David is the best candidate for the CEO position,”…

Jobless rate down another 0.1%

Utah’s jobless rate continues to decline, shedding another one-tenth of a percentage point from October to November. The Department of Workforce services reported that approximately 46,600 Utahns were unemployed and actively seeking work in November. Meanwhile, the national…

Questar Fueling Co. sold

American Natural Gas, a major distributor of alternative motor fuels based in Saratoga Springs, New York, has acquired Questar Fueling Co., a subsidiary of Questar Corp. of Salt Lake City. The acquisition includes Questar’s compressed natural gas (CNG) fueling station in West…

Here are nine characteristics of the best companies to work for

English poet John Donne penned the line “No man is an island …” Indeed, no human being lives in total isolation from the influence of others. Those who successfully lead organizations have learned that they must rely on the best efforts of others to achieve success. While there…

Richard Tyson

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