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Utah ranks first in rate of self-employed women
SALT LAKE CITY — Girls throughout the state of Utah are making their entrepreneurial desires come true by beginning their very own companies and being self-employed.
Utah has the best proportion of ladies within the self-employed workforce, in response to knowledge from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Roughly 52.7% of the self-employed workforce in Utah are ladies, accounting for round 39,000 ladies.
The Girls’s Enterprise Heart of Utah estimates there are roughly 89,000 women-owned companies in Utah.
From jewellery, to clothes, to crops, to magnificence care, hundreds of ladies throughout the state are efficiently operating their very own companies and making an influence in Utah communities.
Holly Ross Davis, proprietor of Mauve Jewellery, stated she thinks Utah is a really entrepreneurial state, typically.
Davis had earlier jobs in instructing and in company expertise, and he or she discovered that the majority jobs would make concurrently being a mother or father fairly troublesome. Though she doesn’t have kids but, Davis was fearful about when she did finally have youngsters.
By proudly owning her personal enterprise, Davis feels that she has discovered peace realizing she will be able to comply with her dream to have a household — and likewise her dream to have a profession. Many different ladies in Utah have been capable of do the identical after beginning their very own companies and creating a spot to take pleasure in each household and work, she stated.
“It’s a type of issues the place, if you happen to worth household and profession, you must make it work for your self and you may’t belief that the system will accommodate for you,” Davis stated. “I believe these clever entrepreneurial ladies need to work however there’s not a system arrange for it. In order that they created it for themselves.”
Mauve Jewellery began out as a facet hustle, for enjoyable — a artistic outlet for Davis. Because it picked up traction, she determined to make the leap to operating the enterprise full time and Davis has cherished the final year-and-a-half since.
Being accountable for all the things may be troublesome and nerve-racking, however Davis stated it’s rewarding to know the success of the enterprise has come from her personal arduous work.
“I’ve a little bit little bit of a monetary shortage mindset, the place you’re fearful about your subsequent paycheck or the way it’s going to come back and it’s scary to rely solely on your self. However I might say to simply go for it,” she stated for anybody excited by beginning a enterprise. “The danger that I took to go for it with beginning my small enterprise is in the end the way in which I used to be capable of finding this rewarding profession and this path for myself.”
Carissa Wachtor, who based Nolia Jewellery, has lived and run her enterprise in each California and Utah and believes operating a enterprise is less complicated in Utah.
“Between the marginally extra relaxed tempo of life right here and such a family-oriented neighborhood, it takes the sting off” of operating a enterprise and elevating a household on the similar time, she stated.
Though it’s nonetheless troublesome to do each, the neighborhood and assets obtainable in Utah make it extra manageable for girls and moms to achieve success in enterprise ventures.
“I knew nothing once I began. I simply began making issues,” Wachtor stated.
She encourages anybody excited by beginning a enterprise to simply do it and never let concern creep in.
Having began as a small store on Etsy, Wachtor stated it’s superb to see one thing she created develop into one thing larger than herself. “It’s very rewarding and it’s nearly like an otherworldly expertise … you’ll be able to take that step again and see it huge image,” she stated. “That’s fairly cool.”
The toughest a part of proudly owning a enterprise, Wachtor stated, is popping it off on the finish of the day. In different jobs it’s simpler to separate earn a living from home, however as a enterprise proprietor, Wachtor finds herself enthusiastic about her enterprise on a regular basis.
Now that her enterprise is extra profitable and established, Wachtor has been capable of benefit from the freedom provided by self-employment. She is ready to have a extra versatile schedule and take time without work to spend time with household.
Nail artist Kayla Kimball equally stated being self-employed has allowed her to create her personal hours and select what number of appointments she has every day.
Kimball runs her nail salon, Kayla Eve Nails, from her house and loves having the ability to construct relationships along with her shoppers.
Though she does nails full time proper now, Kimball stated she needs to be a stay-at-home mother, finally. Kimball is grateful her nail salon is one thing she may nonetheless do on the facet when she sometime has youngsters.
“It’s a pleasant dependable job that I can simply choose up at any time when I need; or not do at any time when I would like to try this,” Kimball stated.
Kimball thinks many ladies do nicely within the magnificence business in Utah as a result of individuals in Utah love developments and get hair and nails performed continuously. It’s a sensible method to have a enterprise whereas nonetheless having fun with freedom and adaptability, she stated.
McKenna Sonntag and her husband began their plant enterprise, Bonsai Bai Me, in April and are busier than ever.
Sonntag and her husband each work full time and run their store at evening, the place they educate prospects how you can handle and keep bonsai bushes.
Bonsai blossomed from a passion at residence, right into a enterprise that brings Sonntag pleasure seeing prospects take pleasure in their expertise caring for their bushes. Opening a retailer was an enormous danger for Sonntag, as she didn’t know if individuals would even care or patronize the enterprise.
“I believe the best half about having your personal enterprise is the truth that, like, it’s your child. It simply feels actually, actually thrilling to go to work daily and get to form it how I need and convey my imaginative and prescient to life,” Sonntag stated.
Bonsai wasn’t the primary enterprise thought Sonntag and her husband have had, however they’re glad this one is sticking round and discovering success.
“I believe quite a lot of instances, we could put issues off as a result of we expect that the timing isn’t proper or it’s going to be too arduous, and I might say there’s by no means a extra excellent time than now,” Sonntag stated.
Entrepreneurship takes quite a lot of guts as a result of it requires quite a lot of danger and there may be quite a lot of failure, she stated, including that with a purpose to discover success, you simply must go for it and begin looking for one thing that may stick as a result of the chance is price it.
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Utah family creates 'Giving Gallery' to spread joy of art
COTTONWOOD HEIGHTS, Utah — You might have heard of little libraries in neighborhoods, but have you heard of Giving Galleries?
A family in Cottonwood Heights is using their love for art to bring joy to those around them.
On the corner of Promenade and Camino is Abigail Bradshaw.
“I’m standing next to an art gallery, my art gallery. That’s my house,” she proudly said.
Abigail is showing her tiny art gallery filled with pieces made by her family and others who want to contribute. This home used to be her great-grandmother’s.
“She was an artist, and so, I wanted to continue that legacy,” said Katie Bradshaw, Abigail’s mom. They found a box, painted it, propped it up, and filled it with tiny art. Anyone can just look at the art, pick up something they like, or put their own piece inside.
Miles Jacobsen is a friend who saw what the Bradshaws were doing and added his artwork to the box.
For people who want to make their own masterpieces, there is also a box of free art supplies in the gallery box. You can come by to pick up paint, paintbrushes, and tiny canvasses to create your own art, which you can drop off at the “giving gallery” to bring joy to someone else.
“I feel really glad that people come and get some art and put it in there,” said Abigail.
Filling the box is something Katie does with her kids.
“I hope that they can carry this with them, that they continue sharing art, no matter where they are,” she said.
Spreading joy to everyone who walks by, and letting the cycle continue.
“I want them to feel happy and glad that they got some, so they could return some back here,” added Abigail.
Utah
Amid traffic, Utah walked to Leafs’ arena pregame
TORONTO — The Utah Hockey Club said players were forced to walk to their game against the Maple Leafs after their bus got stuck in Toronto traffic Sunday night.
The team posted a video on social media of team members walking to Scotiabank Arena, with player Maveric Lamoureux saying the bus was “not moving at all.”
Several city streets had been closed during the day for an annual Santa Claus parade.
The Maple Leafs earned their fourth consecutive win by defeating Utah 3-2.
The viral incident prompted Ontario Premier Doug Ford to call the congestion “embarrassing” and “unacceptable,” highlighting his government’s plan to address the city’s gridlock through bike lane legislation.
It wasn’t the first time a Toronto visitor had to ditch their vehicle to make it to an event on time.
In June, former One Direction band member Niall Horan had to walk through traffic to get to his concert at Scotiabank Arena.
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Utah Highway Patrol responds to your suggestions on making Utah roads safer
SALT LAKE CITY — FOX 13 News is Driven to Change and that includes bringing you reports on important topics like road rage, construction, and wrong-way drivers. During our coverage, we continually ask for any questions or concerns you may have along Utah’s roadways.
The feedback has gotten an enormous response, so FOX 13 sat down with Lieutenant Cameron Roden on Good Day Utah to help address input we have been getting, from the perspective of Utah Highway Patrol.
Speeding in Utah, there’s so much of it, and then you can sometimes say that that leads to tailgating, which may lead to road rage incidents. What are you seeing out there in terms of speed and what can we do to lessen the effects of that?
Lt. Cameron Roden: Speed is our number one thing that we see. That’s our number one traffic stop that we make, and we know that it leads to the majority of crashes in the state of Utah. So we definitely put an emphasis on speed and it does lead to other things. Not just crashes. It leads to road rage and other things .So, as far as what changes can we make, we need to start with ourselves, and really say, ‘Hey, do I have a problem?’ You know, we just need to start with ourselves and not think that it’s something else’s problem. If we slow our speeds ourselves, and then it’ll start to to catch on and people will do that speed limit. So, but the legislature has definitely taken some steps to help us address, especially the the speeds that are those excessive speeds where we have that one zero five law now that addresses those speeds and increases fines and and hopefully discourages people from those extreme speeds.
Some of our viewers talked about maybe capping some of the speed limits for truck drivers. Is that something that’s even feasible?
You know, that would be something that would have to go through that, that legislative process to see whether we that would be something that would help. But ultimately, if we we start with ourselves, hopefully that will make that change and reduce crashes and fatalities.
There are things being done to try and intervene and stop wrong-way drivers before they happen. But some of our viewers propose things like spikes. What are your thoughts on implementing something like that?
We’ve had over the last several years, a rash of wrong-way drivers, and it’ll come in onesie twos, and then we’ll go for a period of time without that. And so, but this spike over the last couple of years has caused us to to create a task force to look at wrongly driving what things can be done. And so getting all these stakeholders together between UDOT and Highway Safety, looking at what technologies and things that could be implemented, and and things like, wrong way detection cameras. Those are some things that are being actually used in the state of Utah right now to help us spot those and and advance signage, getting people to realize they’re going the wrong way and turn around. The the spike strips have actually been talked about in our task force a little bit. And if something like that would even be, it is that technology available right now. And as what we could actually implement in the state of Utah, there’s nothing that really fits the bill right now because of our environment. We have our snow plows. We have snow and things like that. Something like that really wouldn’t be practical right now.
Probably the most talked about topic that we’ve received was distracted driving, texting while driving. You went out, I saw on the UHP social media page, that you guys just driving and you look to your right and left and you can find someone texting. What kind of enforcement do we have against distracted driving specifically on your phone?
This is something that we like you said, we see it every day. We go out to crashes,and and we may suspect that a driver may be distracted. And so, it’s something that’s definitely under-reported. It’s it’s a bigger problem than than the numbers really show.And so not only do we address it during our normal patrols.Our officers are seeing it, and addressing it while they’re out there.But we’ll also do targeted patrols where the highway safety office actually gives out additional funds for that targeted enforcement, where we’ll get an unmarked vehicle. We go out driving down the roads where we try to spot these vehicles and and get them stopped because those are those are a big danger on our roadways where our attention and our focus needs to be on driving.
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