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Letter jacket and cheer wear manufacturer switches to making PPEs

Many families in Utah have a Coleman letter jacket, school sweater or cheer outfit in their closets. Since 1947, Coleman Knitting Mills has been making letter sweaters and jackets and cheer wear and gaining local and national recognition along the way. In response to the…

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May 2

Bakery adapts to a new grocery store model to stay open during pandemic

Like many small businesses now, Sweet Cravings Bakery and Bistro located on Main Street in Moab has adapted as a result of the coronavirus. Owner Cinda Culton saw a need and started a small grocery store in her storefront bakery within 24 hours to help supplement the Moab…

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May 2

National Small Business Week postponed, Utah awardees named

For more than 50 years, the president of the United States has issued a proclamation announcing National Small Business Week, which recognizes the critical contributions of America’s entrepreneurs and small-business owners. This year the 2020 NSBW has been postponed and the new…

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May 2

Coronavirus Survival Guide for Small Business

By Yrene Luque Utah’s small-business owners play a vital role as the economic lifeblood our communities. They support jobs and families, create innovations and showcase our talented workforce. So, it's unsettling that many small-business owners are facing difficult challenges…

COVID-19 will impact workplaces in Utah now and into the future

By Marbe H. Agee There have been a handful of events throughout history that have been a catalyst for change in commercial office design methodology. The pandemic of COVID-19 is certain to be historically recorded as one of those events. Understanding fundamental workplace needs…

IP opportunities and options for small and startup businesses

By Loren R. Hulse Business owners and founders face a mountain of decisions and needs in the early days of their company. Infrastructure, supply chains and personnel issues often attract the lion’s share of attention, in part because of their immediacy, but also because they are…

Tough times: Technology can help keep your business alive

By Bahar Ferguson There is no question that this year has been a very hard year for small businesses everywhere. Even large businesses are taking a hit under the current circumstances. Business from every industry have been closing down due to health department restrictions, but…

Small business and big tech are partners, not enemies

By Parker Garlitz I still remember the first sale I ever made online. Using a slow 1990s Internet connection, I sold a refurbished laser printer to someone in Portugal. My mind was blown. The world had shrunk — and I was hooked. I peered into the future of retail, and amazingly,…

Editorial Cartoon: Want To Work

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May 2

Industry Briefs 5-4-20

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. ASSOCIATIONS • Avetta , an Orem-based supply chain risk management provider, has joined the…

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May 2

A new agency will not make us more prepared for the next pandemic

By Veronique de Rugy In times of crisis like the one we are now going through, calls to grow an already-bloated bureaucracy abound. Whether it’s through more centralization, more powers to the federal government or the creation of new bureaucracy to address the pandemic, the…

I tweeted about my mother’s diagnosis - and spiritual floodgates opened

By Marc A. Thiessen Much has been written about the destructive effects of social media. There are studies showing that platforms such as Twitter are eroding our intelligence, corroding our democracy, fueling our anxiety, harming our mental health and making us miserable. But…

Newsletter 4-27-20

https://slenterprise.com 801-533-0556 --> This week in The Enterprise Monday, April 27, 2020 Updated plan has businesses open as soon as 'early May' By Brice Wallace State and business leaders have updated a plan that would ease COVID-19-prompted business restrictions, possibly…

Updated plan has businesses open as soon as 'early May'

By Brice Wallace State and business leaders have updated a plan that would ease COVID-19-prompted business restrictions, possibly as early as this week. Gov. Gary Herbert and others recently announced the second version of the “Utah Leads Together” plan, which features…

Utah airports to get $97 million federal economic relief funding

All of Utah’s general and commercial aviation airports are receiving grants from the federal government through the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to help with economic relief during the current coronavirus outbreak. A total of 35 Utah airports will share $97 million in…

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Apr 24

COVID-19 Updates

The following are events that have been included in The Enterprise Calendar listings and subsequently have been postponed or canceled, or have been removed from the organizers’ website calendars. This is not a complete list of postponements or cancellations. Check with…

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Apr 24

Child Care Grant program created to help Utah's healthcare professionals

The Utah Child Care Task Force has launched the Child Care Operations Grant program to support Utah’s child care programs and the professional caregivers who are working through the COVID-19 pandemic. Utilizing funding through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security…

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Apr 24

Co-Diagnostics' COVID-19 process validated for use on saliva samples

Co-Diagnostics Inc., a Salt Lake City-based molecular diagnostics company, has announced that that OralDNA Labs, a Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA)-certified laboratory, has validated a COVID-19 test based on the company’s CoPrimer technology for use with saline…

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Apr 24

Pandemic Unemployment Assistance program is now available to Utahns

The Pandemic Unemployment Assistance program as part of the CARES Act is now available for Utahns. This program will extend benefits to individuals previously ineligible for traditional unemployment benefits such as the self-employed or gig economy workers. “In the midst of…

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Apr 24

Project hopes to estimate COVID-19 infection levels by testing wastewater

Teams of researchers from the University of Utah, Brigham Young University and Utah State University have begun a project aimed at tracing coronavirus infection levels by detecting it in wastewater. The Utah Department of Environmental Quality launched the project, hoping it…

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Apr 24

Restrictions lifted, most of Utah's state parks now open to all visitors

Most all of Utah’s state parks are now open to the public. Gov. Gary Herbert has lifted the restrictions that the parks be used by only residents of the counties where the parks are located that were enacted because of the COVID-19 pandemic. There will still be some restrictions…

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Apr 24

Merit Medical begins production of C-19 swab sample collections kits

Merit Medical Systems Inc., a South Jordan-based manufacturer and marketer of disposable medical devices, has begun production of a sample collection and transport kit comprised of a nasopharyngeal swab and transport vial used to collect specimens with suspected presence of…

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Apr 24