A strong community of influential people leads the enterprise scene in Utah Valley, directing change and shining a lightweight on the valley’s constant financial progress. This community of people is the Utah Valley Chamber of Commerce. With their motto of “Lead, convene, affect,” the Chamber is likely one of the greatest methods for enterprise house owners to realize a neighborhood and make their voices heard.
A outstanding variety of Utahns are, the truth is, enterprise house owners. The US Small Enterprise Administration stories that Utah is dwelling to 313,590 small companies, accounting for 99.3% of all companies within the state.
Once you personal your personal firm, becoming a member of a chamber of commerce is a useful useful resource. The Utah Valley Chamber is dwelling to all kinds of members, from small companies ranging to large names like Ancestry, dōTERRA and PEG Firms.
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Becoming a member of your native chamber offers your online business assist and even some perks. You get entry to the group’s mailing record entry, which will be necessary for advertising or analysis. You can also apply for and obtain financial grants and funding if you happen to’re an up-and-coming entrepreneur.
Publicity and advertising
Being a part of chamber offers your online business a way of legitimacy, to not point out higher publicity. Most chambers present alternatives for streamlined advertising, sponsorship alternatives, and possibilities to get extra concerned in your local people. By way of an unlimited listing of native companies, your online business can simply be discovered by way of a trusted useful resource.
Networking is at all times an necessary a part of proudly owning a enterprise, and being a chamber member permits you to make new enterprise contacts, meet like-minded enterprise house owners, and collaborate with different members. You may foster mutually helpful enterprise relationships that assist make the neighborhood stronger.
Utah Valley Chamber CEO shares rules of prosperity
Utah Valley Chamber of Commerce president Curtis Blair takes his position significantly as a steward of enterprise imaginative and prescient and networking for the area. The very first thing Blair did after being elected to his place in 2020 was start a collection of interviews with greater than a dozen neighborhood pillars like Revere Well being CEO Scott Barlow, Colliers Worldwide chairman Brandon Fugal, and Provo mayor Michelle Kaufusi.
“From the expertise of interviewing CEOs, CMOs, administrators, and managers has come knowledge that impressed me to assemble ten widespread themes, which I name ‘Rules of Prosperity,’” Blair says. “I imagine that these rules, if adopted, will proceed to construct on massive desires, form a dynamic enterprise surroundings, and promote a talented workforce in Utah County for generations to return.”
The primary precept Blair realized by way of his talks with enterprise leaders was “Chop wooden, carry water.” It is a shortened model of a Zen Buddhist proverb that claims, “Earlier than enlightenment: chop wooden, carry water. After enlightenment: chop wooden, carry water.”
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The spirit of the proverb is to be intentional, constant, and dependable. To do the arduous work now and proceed doing it regardless of no matter success or failure comes your approach. Within the face of adversity, what could appear routine and elementary could also be simply the factor that results in transformative alternatives for development and prosperity.
About Utah Valley Chamber of Commerce
The Utah Valley Chamber of Commerce has deep Utah roots, starting with its founding because the Provo Chamber of Commerce in 1887. This chamber thrived as a enterprise member community for almost a century earlier than merging with the Orem Chamber in 1987. Right this moment, the Utah Valley Chamber of Commerce serves and helps your complete Utah Valley by way of its work in coverage, enterprise, and neighborhood outreach. To hitch the Chamber or discover out extra about membership choices, click on right here.
Atlanta Hawks (18-18, seventh in the Eastern Conference) vs. Utah Jazz (9-25, 14th in the Western Conference)
Salt Lake City; Tuesday, 9 p.m. EST
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BOTTOM LINE: Atlanta will aim to break its three-game road skid when the Hawks face Utah.
The Jazz have gone 2-12 at home. Utah allows the most points in the Western Conference, giving up 118.4 points and is allowing opponents to shoot 47.8%.
The Hawks are 8-11 on the road. Atlanta is eighth in the league with 12.1 offensive rebounds per game led by Clint Capela averaging 3.3.
The Jazz are shooting 46.1% from the field this season, 1.5 percentage points lower than the 47.6% the Hawks allow to opponents. The Hawks average 117.1 points per game, 1.3 fewer than the 118.4 the Jazz allow.
TOP PERFORMERS: John Collins is averaging 17.9 points and 8.3 rebounds for the Jazz.
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Jalen Johnson is averaging 19.8 points, 10.1 rebounds, 5.3 assists and 1.5 steals for the Hawks.
LAST 10 GAMES: Jazz: 4-6, averaging 114.7 points, 47.6 rebounds, 25.3 assists, 7.2 steals and 4.9 blocks per game while shooting 46.9% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 116.0 points per game.
Hawks: 4-6, averaging 118.1 points, 43.3 rebounds, 29.3 assists, 11.2 steals and 5.1 blocks per game while shooting 47.1% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 121.4 points.
INJURIES: Jazz: Keyonte George: out (heel), John Collins: out (personal), Jordan Clarkson: day to day (plantar ), Taylor Hendricks: out for season (fibula), Lauri Markkanen: out (back).
Hawks: Kobe Bufkin: out for season (shoulder), Larry Nance Jr.: out (hand), Bogdan Bogdanovic: day to day (leg), Jalen Johnson: out (shoulder), Cody Zeller: day to day (personal).
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (KSL.com) — Unified police on Saturday located the body of a missing woman in a remote location in Tooele County. The woman was murdered, police say, and now they are looking for her “violent ex-boyfriend” in connection with her death.
On Thursday, the family of Talia Benward reported to Unified police that she was missing.
“As the investigation developed and evidence was gathered, it became evident Talia Benward was either being held against her will by a violent ex-boyfriend or was deceased,” Unified police said in a statement Sunday.
Beginning in the early morning hours on Saturday, police searched a remote area of Tooele County where they thought she could be. The large area is “covered with tall brush and cedar trees” and was being conducted in “nearly total darkness and frigid snowy conditions.”
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Benward’s body was located at 5:20 a.m. Saturday with the assistance of the Salt Lake City and Weber County K-9 teams, police said.
“Preliminarily, it appears the victim may have suffered from blunt force trauma and trauma to her neck area,” the statement says.
The Unified Police Department is treating Benward’s death as a homicide and is asking for the public’s help in locating Nestor Rocha-Aguayo, 24, of West Valley City, who they say is a person of interest. Anyone with information is asked to contact police at 801-840-4000.
“We do believe he is still in Salt Lake County and are asking individuals to not confront him but to call police,” the statement says.
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A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives.
On Jan. 5, 1974, a major winter storm moved across southern Utah, dropping more than a foot of snow on Kanab and St. George and causing numerous traffic accidents.
Nationally, year-round daylight saving time had begun in the U.S. on a trial basis as a fuel-saving measure in response to the OPEC oil embargo.
But Californians, southern Nevadans and residents of Utah’s Dixie — where the sun always shined was dealing with a soggy storm track. The rarely seen snowstorms, snarled traffic all along I-15. Victorville, California, reported 21 inches of fluffy snow on Jan. 4.
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In St. George, a storm had hit on New Year’s Day, then on Jan. 4-5, the snow hit the Arizona Strip, Washington and Kane counties and beyond.
According to the Deseret News, ”a population explosion of snowmen and snowball fights” were reported. The same Deseret News article reported many St. George residents walked to church rather than risk the drive on icy roads.
Storms in that area of the state — usually the Beehive State’s winter playground — are rare but not unheard of. Similar storms in 1894, 1919, 1993, 2006, 2007 and 2008 found their way into the record books.
But on Jan. 5, 10 inches fell in St. George.
Here are some articles from Deseret News archives about snow in southern Utah, why snowbirds love to fly to St. George and Utah’s weather history:
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“Snow hits Utah from Ogden to St. George”
“Rare coating of snow in Dixie creates travel troubles”
“‘83 floods top Utah’s ‘disaster’ list: Tornado, avalanche, cold also rank high for century
“Snowbirds flocking to St. George”
Snow blankets palm trees and redrock in St. George on Thursday, Dec.18, 2008, after storms moved across the area. The storm closed schools, delayed flights and caused problems on the roads.
“Rare snowstorm traps I-15 motorists overnight on Arizona Strip”
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“Snow in Utah’s Dixie”
“The snow is a gift that I don’t really want anymore”
The front page of the Deseret News Metro section on Jan. 7, 1974, recapping a weekend of snow accumulation in Utah’s Dixie, including 10 inches of snow that fell on Dec. 5.
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