Salt Lake City—January 26, 2021—The Salt Lake City office of CBRE today announced that the Salt Lake Chamber (The Chamber) has signed a new lease at 201 Tower, a Class A office building in downtown’s Central Business District. Barb Johnson and Kreg Peterson represented the Salt Lake Chamber in the transaction, while Brigham Latimer from [...]
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH (January 21, 2021) – The Salt Lake Chamber’s Roadmap to Recovery Coalition, in partnership with the Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute, has updated the Economic Dashboard for January to help business leaders know where Utah sits in the overall recovery. This tool tracks the state’s path to a full and complete [...]
The Salt Lake Chamber · Speaking on Business: Utah Entrepreneur Challenge This is Derek Miller Speaking on Business. The Utah Entrepreneur Challenge (UEC) is a statewide, student business model competition held at the Lassonde Entrepreneur Institute. Any college student or team of students can enter the challenge with a business idea by submitting an application [...]
The Salt Lake Chamber joins with all America on the occasion of Martin Luther King Jr. Day to commemorate the life and sacrifice of Dr. King and to affirm its commitment to the ideals and reality for which he lived. Almost 60 years ago, from a jail in Birmingham, Alabama, Dr. King wrote that the [...]
The Salt Lake Chamber · Speaking on Business: Summit Sotheby's International This is Derek Miller Speaking on Business. The real estate market remains strong and is one of the few sectors that is doing really well during this pandemic period. Thomas Wright, President and Principal Broker at Summit Sotheby’s International Realty, details how they’ve innovated [...]
Keep your glasses handy and your contact lenses soaking in their solution. I am not referring to your eyesight vision, but your hindsight vision. If there is one common theme from conversations I have held over the past year, it is that year 2020 was difficult, (to say the least). I understand that the concept [...]
The Salt Lake Chamber · Speaking on Business: UAEC Pathways This is Derek Miller Speaking on Business. The pandemic has disrupted not only our work lives but shifted demand for specific jobs across our state. One industry that continues to thrive in Utah is the construction industry and those who support construction. This year 8,400 [...]
SALT LAKE CITY (January 12, 2021) – The Salt Lake Chamber hosted the annual Utah Economic Outlook and Public Policy Summit with the Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute to release its 2021 legislative priorities. It was the first policy summit to present a framework for both short- and long-term goals of Utah’s business community for [...]
The Economic Aid Act The Economic Aid to Hard-Hit Small Businesses, Nonprofits and Venues Act is a $325 billion aid package providing additional assistance to the hardest-hit small businesses, nonprofits, and venues struggling to recover from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. The act provides funding for a second round of forgivable loans through the [...]
Hear from health care professionals about the truths and falsehoods of the new COVID-19 vaccines, how Utah classifies an “essential worker,” and more during the COVID-19 Vaccine: Myths & Misconceptions Webinar. Speakers: Dr. Angela Dunn, State Epidemiologist, Utah Department of Health Dr. Amy J. Khan, Executive Medical Director – Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Utah and [...]
