The Salt Lake Chamber announced today that Utah’s heroic essential workers will be honored with the 3rd annual Lane Beattie Utah Community Builder Award. The award traditionally recognizes an inspirational individual who has gone above and beyond the call of duty to address critical community needs. Given the unique challenges of the past year, Utah’s [...]
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH (June 16, 2021) – The United States Chamber of Commerce, at its board meeting this week, awarded the Salt Lake Chamber with 5-Star Accreditation for its sound policies, effective organizational procedures and positive impact on the community. “Accredited chambers are organizations that hold themselves to the highest industry standards. They are [...]
Utah’s Goal of Achieving 70% Vaccination Rate by July 4th in Reach SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (June 15, 2021) – Leadership from the Salt Lake Chamber, in partnership with the State of Utah, sent a letter to 10,000 businesses today requesting support for employees to receive the COVID-19 vaccination. These businesses took the “Stay Safe [...]
As many organizations are turning their attention to equity, diversity, and inclusion activities, so often the starting (and sticking) point focuses on diversity. Why do companies get stuck here? Many times, it’s due to the focus being on checking a box. Unfortunately, just getting the right number of the right bodies doesn’t lead to all [...]
The Salt Lake Chamber · Speaking on Business: Stoel Rives This is Derek Miller, Speaking on Business. Stoel Rives is a national law firm with one of the largest business law practices in Utah. Matt Durham, a partner in the Salt Lake office, is here to tell us how Stoel Rives is continuing to support [...]
A lot has changed over the past year. Businesses have had to pivot from what they were used to into the unknown. As Utah’s economy is bouncing back, vaccination numbers are increasing and positive COVID-19 cases decreasing, many businesses are wondering how best to return to normalcy and adjust for the new way we work. [...]
The Salt Lake Chamber’s Roadmap to Recovery Coalition, in partnership with the Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute, has updated the Economic Dashboard for June to help business leaders know where Utah sits in the overall recovery. This tool tracks the state’s path to a complete economic recovery from the pandemic recession and provides context for [...]
The Salt Lake Chamber · Speaking on Business: PMI Foods This is Derek Miller Speaking on Business. With 17 distribution entities on six continents, the PMI Foods group sources, sells, and distributes globally roughly 2.5 billion pounds of protein annually. Darin Parker of PMI Foods is here to tell us about his perspective on how [...]
The Salt Lake Chamber · Speaking on Business: Colmena Group This is Derek Miller Speaking on Business. We are all immersed in a community and depend upon businesses to create an attractive, safe and comfortable place to live. Lance Bullen, CEO of Colmena Group, is here to discuss the impact of his real estate development [...]
The Salt Lake Chamber · Speaking on Business: Selu Oasis This is Derek Miller Speaking on Business. Selu is a Utah-based company looking to make the Earth’s natural resources of water, air, food, land and energy available for everyone. Jake Hammock, CEO and co-founder of Selu, is here to tell us more. JAKE HAMMOCK At [...]
