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Tooele County Chamber of Commerce
Tooele Business News Volume 6, Number 5
Calendar of Events For a complete list of upcoming Chamber and community events, please check out our website www.tooelechamber.com
Chamber Luncheon Wednesday, May 13 • Noon Sponsor: Rocky Mountain Power Tooele County Health Dept. / USU-Extension Auditorium 151 North Main St., Tooele Please RSVP by Monday, May 11th by 5 pm 435-882-0690
Chamber Office Closed Monday, May 25 In observance of Memorial Day
Business After Hours Thursday, May 28 • 5:30 – 7 pm Where: The Purple Cow Bookstore 992 No. Main St., Tooele No charge for this event! Great Networking Opportunity
Chamber Annual Golf Tournament Friday, June 12 Oquirrh Hills Golf Course 1255 E. Vine St., Tooele Teams & Sponsorships still available. Reserve your spot Today! 435-882-0690
Chamber Educational Meeting How to protect your Business from crime! Thursday, June 4 8 to 9 am and 7 to 8 pm Tooele City Hall Council Chamber 90 North Main Presented by Tooele City Police Department Officer Todd Hewitt This is a repeat of the important information shared at our April Meeting, for those who missed out! Choose the morning or evening class.
Ophir Historic District Opening Day Saturday, May 16 • 11 am - 4 pm For more information Please call: 435-882-4256
Tooele County
Chamber of commerce & Tourism
www.tooelechamber.com
May 2009
Rocky Mountain Power to present at Chamber Luncheon The May Chamber of Commerce Luncheon will be held on Wednesday, May 13th at 12:00 noon at the Tooele County Health Dept./Utah State University Extension Auditorium (located at 151 North Main, Tooele). The presenter and sponsor of the luncheon will be Rocky Mountain Power. Rocky Mountain Power is always working to provide safe, reliable and efficient electrical service to our customers and achieve sustainability and affordability, while also protecting the environment. More than 22 percent of the company’s generating capacity is now produced from renewable and non-carbon sources. During the past decade, Utah was one of the fastest-growing states in the nation— and growth remains significant today. This growth produced a significant increase in the demand for energy, especially electricity. In order to serve the growing needs of our customers we are engaged in a regional effort to modernize and increase the capacity of the transmission systems that serve Utah and the West.
The Mona to Oquirrh transmission line, currently proposed in central Utah, is required to ensure that customers now and in the future have access to safe, reliable electricity. Although the exact placement of the line has not yet been determined, the proposed Mona to Oquirrh project will be located in or near the communities
of Mona, Nephi, Eureka, Goshen, Stockton, Tooele, Grantsville, Stansbury Park, West Jordan, South Jordan, Magna and Salt Lake. This project is part of an ambitious investment in transmission that will increase reliability, support the increased needs of customers and ensure delivery of electricity from new and existing generating facilities, including renewable generating sources.
Tooele Valley represents one of the most attractive business locations in the Western U.S. by EDCUtah Just 32 miles southwest of Salt Lake City lies three of Utah’s best kept economic development secrets: Tooele County, Tooele City and Grantsville. While the silver and gold mines that drew settlers there in 1849 have long since been quieted, the area is booming and its future couldn’t look brighter. “If I had a dozen shovel-ready industrial parks I could fill them in no time,” says Tooele County Economic Development Director Nicole Cline. “Tooele County was once a big secret, but we are now inviting the world.” Primed for Growth The positive economic development outlook expressed by Cline is equally felt by Tooele Mayor Patrick Dunlavy and Grantsville Mayor Byron Anderson, both of whom are aggressively pushing economic development initiatives forward in their respective cities. “We think we do economic development really well here,” says Mayor Dunlavy. “We’ve had significant successes over the years and
feel really good about the direction the city is going. After his election, the Mayor made job creation a high priority for his office and the city council bought in. “We’re all on the same page,” he says. Tooele City is home to the Utah Industrial Depot, one of Utah’s premier shovel-ready economic development sites and a prime location for manufacturing and light industrial concerns. Six additional industrial parks are in various stages of development within the area--one in Grantsville, four in the county, and one in Tooele City, being constructed near the Miller Motorsports Park (MMP). Utah Industrial Depot The Utah Industrial Depot is a shovelready park that sits on 1,400 acres of land
formerly used as a military truck refurbishing center for the Tooele Army Depot. The Depot is now a private facility with 2.5 million square feet of competitively priced warehouse and manufacturing space. Some 65 companies currently operate from the Depot, employing approximately 1,100 people. Dunlavy says the Depot is an attractive location because it is comprised of both buildings and improved land with rail service, and can accommodate manufacturing, distribution and light industrial uses. Last April, Cicero, NY-based Syracuse Castings, a manufacturer of steel, aluminum, and cast iron products for the construction industry, announced it would open a manufacturing operation in the Depot. The see edc Utah page 9 ➤