Just a quick note on the big news of the day, Gov. Herbert and Mayor Becker announced this morning the state has formed an exploratory committee to bid on a future Olympic Winter Games. The next available opportunity is in 2022. This week marks the 10th anniversary of the 2002 Winter Olympic Games and the Olympic cauldron will be re-lighted Friday evening to commemorate the event.

The Chamber strongly supports the effort to bring the Olympic Winter Games back to our state. All week we have posted information on this blog about the positive impact the Games continues to have on our state.

Here’s a link to the our statement on this morning’s announcement.