Utah Business and Economic Development
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Utah schools, state workers find raises too low. Proposed pay package bears no sign of good economy, critics say
"Every poll has said public education is the priority,"
Qwest taps Cache, Utah for new call center
Jerry Fenn, Qwest president for Utah, said the company put customer call centers in Iowa and South Dakota the past two years and could have placed a third anywhere, particularly anywhere in the company’s 14-state local-service area.
Utah gets a peek at business incentives. Economic development: The process of luring businesses to the state is still far from open
The Salt Lake Tribune has filed open-records requests for details about the millions of dollars secretly offered to companies in the past year or so.
Top Utah industry groups, The Utah Information Technology Association and the Utah Life Science Association plan to merge.
"By broadening our scope to become a full technology council, I’m confident we will become an even stronger advocate for creating many new high-paying tech jobs in Utah. We want to broaden the technology umbrella and better serve both of these extremely important technology sectors."
Utah Governor Huntsman keeps public in dark on subsidies to expand or relocate companies to the state.
The increase in secrecy comes at a time when Utah is pledging a record level of incentives – as much as $23 million to 14 out-of-state companies in 2005 alone.
Utah Science and Technology Research bill takes a step – $200 million toward new university research facilities and an annual $15 million toward recruitment of researchers.
"Our high-tech jobs we are dropping. We’re really losing ground," Mansell said. "If we’re to get back in the game of high-tech jobs, we need to do some things that are fairly aggressive."
Officials pushing program to help farmers. Utah’s Own label: Agriculture execs want help from the Legislature
"Agriculture creates new wealth because farmers are producing something that didn’t exist until they grew or produced it," said Rep. Michael Noel, R-Kanab. "There’s no better way to help rural communities than to buy the goods they’re producing."
Utah’s new brand getting last-minute touch-ups before unveiling Feb. 8
The Utah Board of Tourism Development on Friday approved the brand "platform" and gave the go-ahead to its marketing committee to work with Office of Tourism staff and W Communications of Salt Lake City to finalize creative elements and draft the marketing plan.
Utah Tourism board hands out grants for advertising
A month ago, 22 other organizations were given $790,023 for similar promotional efforts. An additional $1 million in cooperative funds will be available sometime next spring for tourism campaigns that have a summer emphasis.
Salt Lake City high on list for company location
"You can have a nice quality of life for less in Salt Lake City compared to some other locations,"
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