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Hillcrest Bank Enters Utah Market

February 27, 2019

Hillcrest Bank, a division of NBH Bank, announced its expansion into Utah, with a focus on serving commercial and business banking clients in the Wasatch Front.

FY 18-19 Wins

Financial Services

Project Wins

LoanPro to Expand Northern Utah HQ

January 13, 2022

LoanPro Software, LLC will expand its Farmington headquarters, bringing up to 459 new high-paying jobs in the next 16 years. Capital expenditures associated with the project are $45 million.

FY 21-22 Wins

Information Technology & Software

Fintech

Financial Services

Economic Development

LiveView Technologies Eyes Utah Expansion

January 13, 2022

LiveView Technologies, Inc. will expand its Orem headquarters bringing up to 3,400 new high-paying jobs in the next 10 years. Capital expenditures associated with the project are $328.2 million.

FY 21-22 Wins

Manufacturing & Distribution

Information Technology & Software

Economic Development

Project Wins

Steves & Sons Finds Open Door in Brigham City

January 13, 2022

Steves & Sons will expand its door manufacturing operations to its new Utah location, bringing more than 137 new high-paying jobs in the next five years. Capital expenditures associated with the project are $20 million.

FY 21-22 Wins

Manufacturing & Distribution

Economic Development

Project Wins

Utah’s Top Economic Development Themes of 2021

December 31, 2021

While we’re big fans of “top ten” lists at this time of year, we’re taking a more thematic approach when it comes to 2021 in review. Here are four dominant themes, with multiple stories supporting those themes. Here we go!

Manufacturing & Distribution

Life Sciences

Diversity

Mega Site

RMCOEH: An Asset for Industry

March 13, 2019

Tucked in the University of Utah’s Research Park is a little known but nationally ranked resource for manufacturing and other industries in our state. It’s called the Rocky Mountain Center for Occupational and Environmental Health (RMCOEH). EDCUtah recently met with RMCOEH director Kurt T. Hegmann, MD, MPH to get his perspective on the center and the resources it offers to businesses and other organizations in the region.

Manufacturing & Distribution

Risk Management

Industry Interviews

An EDCUtah DEI Profile: Utah State Office of Rehabilitation - Ready, Willing and Able

December 15, 2021

EDCUtah is highlighting a Utah community organization or multicultural resource group each month, in an effort to inform our investors about diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) best practices and resources in Utah. We spoke to Leah Lobato, Director of Business Relations with the Utah State Office of Rehabilitation (USOR), a division of the Department of Workforce Services (DWS).

Diversity

Disabilities

Industry Interviews

EDCUtah Publishes 2021 Know the Customer Survey Results

December 14, 2021

EDCUtah has published the 2021 Know the Customer (KTC) survey results, and Utah’s net promoter score (NPS) regarding doing business here is eye-poppingly good.

EDCUtah News

Kentuckiana Curb Company Raises the Roof in Tooele

December 9, 2021

Kentuckiana Curb Company, Inc. (KCC) will expand in Tooele, Utah, bringing up to 120 new high-paying jobs in the next 12 years. Capital expenditures associated with the project are $42 million.

Manufacturing & Distribution

FY 21-22 Wins

Economic Development

Project Wins

21 Square Grant Program for Community Development Nonprofits

December 6, 2021

Square Financial Services, in partnership with the Community Foundation of Utah, has launched the 21 Squared Grant program supporting community development nonprofits in the state. Twenty-one 501(c)(3) nonprofits will be awarded microgrants of $2,100.

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We’ve Moved! But Not Too Far...

December 6, 2021

We are excited to let you know that we’ll be fully moved into our new space on Thursday, December 9, 2021.

EDCUtah News

Ski Utah Seeks Donations for Diversity Outreach Program

December 3, 2021

Through a grant from the Governor’s Office of Economic Opportunity, Ski Utah has designed a program that will introduce skiing/snowboarding to upwards of 200 individuals of diverse backgrounds. Donations are being sought.

Diversity

Outdoor Products & Recreation

Diversity in Utah

Affordability, Reliability, and Sustainability: Five Questions for Rocky Mountain Power

November 29, 2021

"We like to say that the cleanest power you will ever use is the power you never use." We sat down with Jon Cox, Vice President of Government Affairs at Rocky Mountain Power to learn more about power and the company’s long-term plans. Rocky Mountain Power is a Founder investor in EDCUtah.

Sustainability

Energy & Natural Resources

Industry Interviews

Celebrating Diversity: EDCUtah “We Are Utah” Videos Now Available

November 18, 2021

With the support of Comcast, the Economic Development Corporation of Utah (EDCUtah) and its Center for Economic Opportunity & Belonging (CEOB) have published three short videos to highlight opportunities that the Utah business community offers to diverse talent.

Diversity

Diversity in Utah

EDCUtah News

An EDCUtah DEI Profile: Utah Division of Indian Affairs

November 16, 2021

EDCUtah is highlighting a Utah community organization or multicultural resource group each month. This is part of an effort to inform our investors about diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) best practices and resources in Utah. To celebrate Native American Heritage month in November, we spoke to Dustin Jansen, division director, and James Toledo, program manager, for the Utah Division of Indian Affairs.

Diversity

Indian Affairs

Industry Interviews

Distribution Company Revman To Grow in Utah

November 10, 2021

Revman International, Inc. is bringing up to 70 new high-paying jobs to Grantsville, UT in the next 10 years. Capital expenditures associated with the project are $4 million.

FY 21-22 Wins

Manufacturing & Distribution

Economic Development

Project Wins

Vobev Brings Beverage Operations to Salt Lake City

November 9, 2021

Beverage industry leader Vobev is bringing manufacturing and distribution operations and up to 400 jobs to Utah.

FY 21-22 Wins

Manufacturing & Distribution

Food & Beverage

Economic Development

Project Wins

Fox File: Site Selectors Come to Utah

November 8, 2021

Last week, EDCUtah, NUEA, and the City of Ogden co-sponsored the Area Development Consultants Forum at the St. Regis. We had in-depth conversations over three days with two dozen top site selectors. Here are some of the key lessons from those conversations.

Fox File

Site Selection

ecoBellus to Bloom in Utah

November 5, 2021

ecoBellus has opened a sales and operations center in West Haven, UT. The company has plans to bring up to 25 jobs to the state in the next two years. Capital expenditures associated with the project are $30 million.

Manufacturing & Distribution

Sustainability

FY 21-22 Wins

Project Wins

Utah #2 State for Manufacturing

October 21, 2021

Accolades

Manufacturing & Distribution

Study Ranks Utah #3 Nationwide in Entrepreneurial Capacity

October 29, 2021

The Heartland Forward think tank has issued a report that ranks Utah #3 nationwide in entrepreneurial capacity.

Accolades

Entrepreneurship

DMOS Collective Finds Utah “Shovel-Ready”

October 29, 2021

Outdoor products leader DMOS Collective is moving its operations to Salt Lake City, bringing up to 15 jobs to the state in the next several years.

Outdoor Products & Recreation

Headquarters

FY 21-22 Wins

Economic Development

Project Wins

An IEDC Opportunity to Share Marketing Best Practices

October 28, 2021

Fresh from an IEDC webinar, EDCUtah's Elizabeth Johnson shares some marketing best practices of interest to our public sector investors.

IEDC

Tovala Crafts Future Growth in Utah

October 26, 2021

Tovala, a food tech company reinventing home cooking, plans to expand operations in Utah, bringing up to 200 well-paying jobs to the state in the next five years. Capital expenditures associated with the project are $10 million.

FY 21-22 Wins

Manufacturing & Distribution

Food & Beverage

Food Processing

Project Wins

Crisis and Opportunity in Rural Utah – Five Questions for FIND’s Nicholina Womack

April 29, 2020

Future In Design (FIND) is a non-profit micro-factory and technical training center focused on workforce development and growing a manufacturing economy in Price, Utah and surrounding counties.

Manufacturing & Distribution

Workforce

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Steves & Sons Finds Open Door in Brigham City

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LoanPro to Expand Northern Utah HQ

Kentuckiana Curb Company Raises the Roof in Tooele

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Vobev Brings Beverage Operations to Salt Lake City

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Nusano Joins the Utah Biohive

Premier Tech Expands in Davis County

Hexcel Lifts Off in West Valley City

Armscor Opts for Iron County

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Sunwest Bank to Expand in Sandy

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CaptiveAire Finds Warm Reception in St. George

Saraya USA Inc. Finds a Home Sweet Home in Orem

Nucor Announces Plans to Build TrueCore Facility in Utah

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Facebook’s Eagle Mountain Data Center Expansion

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Carvana Parks Itself in Utah

CSS Composites Investing and Expanding in Richfield

DOMO Continues Growth in Utah

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