Let’s take a rest from COVID-19 and focus on some significant economic development highlights in Utah – milestones that are worth celebrating. Thanks to our investors and partners such as the Governor’s Office of Economic Development (GOED) for making EDCUtah’s involvement in these events possible.
In terms of higher education, Western Governors University (WGU) has followed a different path from the beginning. We recently caught up with Wesley Smith, Senior Vice President of Policy and Public Affairs, to see how they are responding to COVID-19 and what’s next for them.
Cytiva will expand its manufacturing operations in Utah, creating up to 160 new high-paying jobs in the next five years. The company projects capital expenditures of $18 million associated with the expansion.
Thomas Wadsworth is associate managing director and spearheads corporate recruiting efforts for the Governor’s Office of Economic Development (GOED). We caught up with him to learn more about a change in state sales tax that pertains to data centers. We also asked about corporate incentives in general.