The bright purple and green building on 2100 South and around 1000 East, once the home of Sugar House Coffee, certainly attracts attention. The sign outside reads “Zaniac.” “What’s this?” I wondered. “Another Zumba-like fitness studio?” The immaculately remodeled interior is full of brand new Apple computers. Chess and game boards fill the tables. I was still guessing at the … [Read more...]
The Project: A Salt Lake Entrepreneurial Space
In an old warehouse slated for demolition in September 2014, Evan Moore is trying to realize a dream. Moore opened The Project in 2013 as an entrepreneurial space allowing artists, craftsmen and technicians to have somewhere to launch their ideas and businesses. He calls it an “all in one creative art space,” or “a modern-day fantasy factory.” The Project currently houses … [Read more...]
The Cost of Starting a Small Business in Salt Lake City
8Y TH3 NUM8ERS Thinking about starting a business in Utah? It pays to do your homework. The first step is registering with the state at the Utah Department of Commerce, Division of Corporations and Commercial Code, the Utah Department of Workforces Services, the Utah State Tax Commission, the Utah Labor Commission, and the Internal Revenue Service. You will also need a … [Read more...]
Utahns: Shift Your Spending to Small Business Saturday
With Christmas decorations hitting the stores by Halloween, it is already time to start thinking about holiday shopping. Black Friday, the day following Thanksgiving and the biggest shopping day of the year, has a small-scale counterpart that has gained momentum in the last few years. Small Business Saturday, started by American Express, first began in November 2010. It was … [Read more...]
How Salt Lake City’s Main Street Was Traded for Wall Street, Pt. 2
Out With the Old, In with the New The vision of the future was to construct buildings which didn’t offer arched entrances, overhanging awnings, or sandstone carved blocks. Instead, the buildings used cement dotted with pea gravel and parking terraces made of reinforced concrete. Hand-carved stone and brick was out; cinderblock, steel, skyscrapers and concrete, and very bland … [Read more...]
How Salt Lake City’s Main Street Was Traded for Wall Street, Pt. 1
They say pictures never lie. The photographs of downtown Salt Lake City from the mid-1930s to 1950 show an interesting truth. Downtown was once the epicenter of the valley and populated with strong, flourishing local businesses. While the photographs of building facades and urban streets tell one story, historic economic data paints an entirely different truth. The truth was … [Read more...]
Caputo’s Announces 2nd Annual Chocolate Festival Featuring Ritual Chocolate
The up and coming duo of Ritual Chocolate, Robbie Stout (a Park City native!) and Anna Davies, will be highlighted at the Second Annual Caputo's Chocolate Festival. Ritual's 4 SINGLE ORIGIN CHOCOLATE BARS will be transformed into savory and sweet applications by the following 4 RESTAURANTS: Naked Fish, in collaboration with Viet Pham, The Copper Onion, Silver Restaurant and … [Read more...]
Day of the Dead Celebrated by Utah’s The Sharing Place
Dìa de los Muertos - Day of the Dead - is traditionally a Hispanic celebration of life and a way to honor and remember the deceased. The Sharing Place, a non-profit organization for children, teens and their parents to process grief from losing a loved one, is organizing a fundraising effort surrounding the celebration. Various businesses, individuals and organizations are … [Read more...]
The Rose Establishment
When Erica O’Brien opened The Rose Establishment in 2010 she deliberately chose not to provide free internet with her coffees and teas. “We wanted to create a social atmosphere to encourage interaction and be more disconnected from the electronic world.” This retro idea resides within a former meat packinghouse that was painstakingly restored by O’Brien and her father. Even … [Read more...]
Wendover Utah, Wendover Nevada
It has the makings of a Dickens novel. The best of times. The worst of times. A city of lights. A city of blight. This tale of two cities, however, unfolds in the desert where Utah meets Nevada and sleepy Wendover,meets bustling West Wendover. Most people these days just call the whole thing Wendover. But you aren’t going to gamble, eat cheap prime rib or get a free plush … [Read more...]
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