“Am I gonna make it?” All entrepreneurs face this question without always knowing what fate will hold. Too often, entrepreneurs launch their businesses without completely understanding the strengths and weaknesses of their business model. Programs such as Shark Tank allow entrepreneurs to vet their business model to experts and get their feedback. However, community support o … [Read more...]
Ogden Made Bags – Handcrafted Locally in Utah
Ogden Made is a brand of locally designed and manufactured bags its makers say will last a lifetime. The line includes messengers, totes, equipment bags, pencil pouches and more. Launched in 2013 with a Kickstarter campaign, the company is an outgrowth of the Gura Gear brand, also based in Ogden. Gura Gear manufactures camera bags and other photo equipment necessities such … [Read more...]
Taking Over: Utah Millenials in the Workplace
The Millennial generation operates on a different wavelength. Though an official birth year is debateable, anyone born in the 1980s and ‘90s is a “Millennial.” The Internet, smartphones and social media have changed the way Millennials communicate as well as the way businesses operate. Millennials embrace a new approach to starting and running a business. Aaron Zundell of Nor … [Read more...]
Salt Lake City Sign Maker— Village Sign Smith—Uses Old School Techniques
Dan Hardcastle of the Village Signsmith has always been interested in art. He took classes as a youth and taught himself how to illustrate. While he was in the military in the 1960’s, Hardcastle reconnected with a long-time friend who referred him to a job painting signs for Associated Foods. This experience, while enjoyable, was not what Hardcastle envisioned for his life. H … [Read more...]
History of Electric Cars in Utah
The Pony Express once manned over 20 waystations across Utah to recharge horses for riders as they galloped westward. Tesla Motors has five supercharging stations in Southern Utah for a similar intent. Currently there are 86 supercharging stations throughout North America, reaching 80 percent of the U.S. population. The stations allow drivers to charge half their car battery in … [Read more...]
Deseret News Conspires to Expedite Demise of Salt Lake Tribune
Every day, newspapers run the obituaries of people who have died in the community. But will The Salt Lake Tribune soon be running an obituary about itself? That’s the fear many people have since the newspaper entered into a troubling and, until recently, secret agreement with its competitor, the Deseret News, which is owned by the LDS Church. The agreement slashes the S … [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...]
Sugar (Hole) Water Ain’t So Sweet
There is water flowing in the bottom of the excavation for the Sugar House Crossing, Mecham Management’s new mixed-use project at the corner of 2100 South and 1100 East. And it’s not just snowmelt. The Crossing is the latest victim of Sugar House’s notorious shallow water aquifer. Wetlands around Parley’s Creek west of 13th East have caused problems for other developers, and may … [Read more...]
Standing Their Ground III
The History of Cottonwood Heights' Amazing Success The success of both the Old Mill Office Park along with Fort Union’s big box stores and strip malls, enabled Cottonwood Heights to break from the County and become an autonomous city. The Old Mill area would never have succeeded had it not been for two very important state and county funded projects: the I-215 corridor and the … [Read more...]