Segment 1: No new property taxes and continued belt-tightening. That’s the message Salt Lake County Mayor Peter Corroon delivered during his budget address this week, saying budgets are “as tight as they can get.” Corroon joins Jennifer to talk money and his hot-button proposal to fold the independently-elected County Auditor’s Office into the…
Segment 1: From business to government to the PTA, leaders define expectations, set priorities and point out a way forward. They get credit for increased sales or blame for a public gaffe, but few argue that having leaders is a bad idea. But Professor Jeffrey Nielsen makes the case for a leaderless paradigm. Guest: Jeffrey…
Seven months out of the year, Salt Lake City is filled with people eating, shopping and parking downtown on their way to watch the Utah Jazz play at EnergySolutions Arena. But this year, with the first two weeks of the NBA season already canceled because of the lockout, and more games in danger of being scrapped, KCPW’s Jessica Gail reports the unrest is being felt beyond the locker room.
Cottonwood Heights Mayor Kelvin Cullimore says he’s hoping developer Terry Diehl will reconsider building in his city now that it may re-zone his Tavaci development at the mouth of Big Cottonwood Canyon.
By the end of today, hundreds more Utah businesses will be reaching customers online. Google is teaming up with small business owners from around the state to give these companies a presence on the Internet. KCPW’s Jessica Gail explains what kinds of businesses are participating and why the online search giant is helping out.
Utah Governor Gary Herbert says the focus of his new Economic Development Coordinating Council, which met for the first time this morning at the capitol, is to help create 100,000 jobs in the state within 1,000 days. He says that would happen by continuing to recruit new companies, keeping taxes low with sensible regulation, and helping small businesses access start-up funds.
Utah has seen some marginal job growth over the past year, according to the latest employment summary. The Governor’s Office of Economic Development says a recovery is happening in key job sectors. But as KCPW’s Whittney Evans reports, a state economist says job growth is going to have to move much faster to put a dent in the unemployment rate, which continues to hover around seven-and-a-half percent.
One hundred years. That’s how long it’s been since the founding of The Rotary Club of Salt Lake City. Like Rotary Clubs around the world, the organization brings together local leaders to improve the community through service projects. Next Tuesday, the Rotary Club of Salt Lake City will honor well-known local dignitaries like Jon Huntsman, Sr., and Thomas Monson, President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, at a Centennial Gala held at the Salt Palace.
A new Harmons grocery store on Salt Lake City’s East bench is now open for business. As KCPW’s Whittney Evans reports, the local grocer with a dozen stores in the Salt Lake Valley has drastically pared down its usual footprint by giving the old Emigration Market on 1700 East and 1300 South a facelift.
Utah Governor Gary Herbert is continuing his push to promote Utah’s economy with a trip to New York City. Unemployment in the state is hovering around seven and a half percent. What’s his reaction to President Obama’s jobs speech Thursday night, and what plans does he have to offer Utahns who don’t have a job and put them back to work?
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