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The Utah economic development directory below (scroll down) links to the websites and contacts for many economic development organizations in Utah and related content such as Area Profiles and Area Surveys as executive summaries about business locations. Contact us for project assistance, or to update our directory listing for an area.  We provide personal introductory referrals to our contacts and other assistance according to the investment project interests of the corporate executives and business advisors we serve.
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State of Utah - and Office of the Governor State 84111  

www.utah.gov

www.utah.gov/governor/

No No
Utah State Department of Community & Economic Development - Division of Business & Economic Development (DCED, DBED) State 84111

 

www.dced.utah.gov

www.dced.state.ut.us

business.utah.gov 

Interview No
Utah Tax Commission State tax authority   www.tax.utah.gov No No
The Economic Development Corp of Utah State 84111   www.edcutah.org No No
Utah State Chamber of Commerce State   www.utahstatechamber.org No No
Utah Technology Alliance - bridge between Utah government (DCED) and tech community, with a focus on biotechnology, digital media, medical devices, and web services as four Utah economic "ecosystems" State 84111   www.techalliance.utah.gov

http://ecosystems.utah.gov/

No No
SmartSites - DCED Business Services, focus on technology business in rural areas State - Rural Dev. 84111   www.smartsites.utah.gov No No
American Fork Chamber of Commerce Chamber 84003   www.americanforkchamber.com No No
Davis Chamber of Commerce Chamber 84014   www.davischamberofcommerce.com No No
West Point City City 84015   www.westpointcity.org No No
Freeport Center - large industrial park development for manufacturing and distribution operations Development 84016   www.freeportcenter.com No No
Summit County Economic Development County 84017   www.co.summit.ut.us No No
Draper City (Salt Lake County) City 84020   www.draper.ut.us No No
Draper Chamber of Commerce Chamber 84020   www.draperchamber.com No No
Davis County Department of Community and Economic Development County 84025   www.daviscountyutah.gov No No
Bear Lake Rendezvous Chamber Chamber 84028   www.bearlakechamber.com No No
Wasatch County Economic Development County 84032   www.wasatched.com No No
Heber Valley Chamber of Commerce Chamber 84032   www.gohebervalley.com No No
Lehi Area Chamber of Commerce Chamber 84043   www.lehichamber.com  No No
Flaming Gorge Chamber of Commerce Chamber 84046   www.flaminggorgechamber.com  No No
Midvale City (Salt Lake County) City 84047     No No
Midvale Area Chamber of Commerce Chamber 84047   www.midvalechamber.org No No
Utah Information Technology Association (UITA) Assn 84047   www.uita.org No No
Morgan County Economic Development County 84050   not yet identified No No
Commission for Economic Development in Orem City 84058   www.cedo.org No No
Park City Chamber of Commerce Chamber 84060   www.parkcityinfo.com No No
Pleasant Grove Lindon Chamber of Commerce Chamber 84062   www.pglindon.org No No
City of Bluffdale (Salt Lake County) City 84065   www.bluffton.com No No
Riverton Chamber of Commerce Chamber 84065   www.wsvchamber.org No No
Riverton City (Salt Lake County) City 84065   www.riverton.ulct.org No No
Herriman (Salt Lake County) City 84065   www.herriman.org No No
Uintah Basin Association of Governments - Daggett, Duchesne, Uintah counties Region 84066   not yet identified No No
Duchesne County Chamber of Commerce Chamber 84066   www.duchesne.net No No
Sandy Area Chamber of Commerce Chamber 84070   www.sandychamber.com No No
Sandy City (Salt Lake County) City 84070   www.sandy-city.net No No
Tooele County Economic Development County 84074   www.co.tooele.ut.us No No
Tooele County Chamber of Commerce Chamber 84074   www.tooelechamber.com No No
Tooele City City 84074   www.tooelecity.org No No
Utah Industrial Depot (Tooele) Development 84074   www.utahid.com No No
Uintah County / Vernal City Economic Development County 84078  

www.vernalutah.org

www.vernalchamber.com

No No
West Jordan City (Salt Lake County) City 84088   www.wjordan.com No No
West Jordan Chamber of Commerce Chamber 84088   www.westjordanchamber.com No No
Town of Alta (Salt Lake County) Town 84092   www.townofalta.com No No
Southwest Valley Chamber of Commerce (South Jordan) Chamber 84095   www.swvchamber.org No No
South Jordan Chamber Chamber 84095   www.southjordanchamber.com No No
City of South Jordan (Salt Lake County) City 84095  

www.southjordancity.org

www.sjordan.state.ut.us

Economic Development

No No
Mountainland Association of Government - Summit, Utah, Wasatch counties Region 84097   www.mountainland.org No No
Canyon Park Technology Center - office space Development 84097   www.canyonparkutah.com No No
Taylorsville City (Salt Lake County) City 84101   www.ci.taylorsville.ut.us No No
Utah Manufacturers Association Assn 84101   www.umaweb.org No No
Ninigret Park, Ninigret Group - office, distribution Development 84104   www.ninigret.com No No
East Valley Area Chamber of Commerce Chamber 84106   www.evcc.ut.net No No
Murray City (Salt Lake County) City 84107  

www.murray.utah.gov

Economic Development

No No
Murray Area Chamber of Commerce Chamber 84107   www.murraychamber.net No No
Utah Association of Counties - publishes a Utah Counties Fact Book (2003 pdf.) Association 84107   www.uacnet.org No No
Salt Lake City Corporation (Salt Lake County) City 84111   www.ci.slc.ut.us No No
Salt Lake City Downtown Alliance Downtown 84111   www.downtownslc.org No No
City of South Salt Lake Economic Development Department (Salt Lake County) City 84111   www.southsaltlakecity.com No No
Salt Lake Chamber Chamber 84111   www.saltlakechamber.org No No
South Salt Lake Chamber Chamber 84115   www.southsaltlakechamber.com No No
Wasatch Front Regional Council - Davis, Morgan, Salt Lake, Tooele and Weber counties Region 84116   www.wfrc.org No No
City of Holladay (Salt Lake County) City 84117   www.cityofholladay.com No No
Holladay Chamber of Commerce 84117   www.holladaychamber.org No No
West Valley City (Salt Lake County) City 84119   www.ci.west-valley.ut.us/ No No
ChamberWest Chamber of Commerce (West Valley City, Taylorsville, Kearns) City 84120   www.chamberwest.com No No
Millrock Park - office development Development 84121   www.millrock.net No No
Utah Life Science Association (ULSA) Assn 84158   www.utahlifescience.com No No
Salt Lake County - includes Town of Alta, Midvale City, City of South Jordan, Bluffdale City, Murray City, City of South Salt Lake, City of Draper, Riverton City, City of Taylorsville, Herriman, Salt Lake City, West Jordan City, Holladay-Cottonwood City, Sandy City, West Valley City County 84190

population 902,777 in 2000

  www.slco.org No No
Brigham City Area Chamber of Commerce Chamber 84302   www.bcareachamber.com No No
Box Elder County Economic Development and Planning (Brigham City) County 84302   www.boxelder.org No No
Cache Chamber of Commerce (Logan) Chamber 84321   www.cachechamber.com No No
Bear River Association of Governments - Box Elder, Cache, Rich counties Region 84321   www.brag.dst.ut.us No No
Rich County Economic Development (northeast Utah) County 83287   not yet identified No No
City of Logan City 84321   www.loganutah.org No No
Cache Valley Chamber of Commerce (Logan) Chamber 84321   www.cachechamber.com No No
Bear River Valley Chamber (Tremonton) Chamber 84337   www.bearriverchamber.com  No No
North Logan City Economic Development City 84341   www.ci.north-logan.ut.us No No
Daggett County Economic Development County 84046   www.daggett.state.ut.us No No
Ogden City City 84401   www.ogdencity.com No No
Weber Economic Development Corp. (Ogden) County 84401   www.webergrowth.com No No
Ogden Weber Chamber of Commerce Chamber 84401   www.echamber.cc No No
Southeast Utah Association of Governments - Carbon, Emery, Grand and San Juan counties Region 84501   not yet identified No No
Carbon County Chamber (Price) Chamber 84501   www.carboncountychamber.com  No No
Carbon County Future County 84501   www.co.carbon.ut.us No No
Blanding Area Chamber of Commerce Chamber 84511   www.blandingutah.org No No
Emery County Economic Development Council (Castle Dale) County 84513   www.co.emery.ut.us No No
Emery County Chamber of Commerce Chamber 84513   none identified yet No No
Grant County, Moab Area Economic Development Office County, City 84532  

www.filmmoab.com/eco/

www.canyonlands-utah.com

No No
Moab Area Chamber of Commerce Chamber 84532   www.moabchamber.com  No No
Utah's Canyon Country - San Juan County Economic Development, Southeast Utah County Tourism 84535   www.southeastutah.com No No
Monticello Chamber of Commerce Chamber 84535   none identified yet No No
Provo Orem Chamber of Commerce Chamber 84601   www.thechamber.org No No
Provo City Economic Dev. City 84603   www.provo.org No No
Utah County, UVEDA - Utah Valley Economic Development Association (Provo) County 84606   www.utahcountyonline.org No No
Millard County Economic Development Association County 84624   www.millardcounty.com No No
Delta Area Chamber of Commerce Chamber 84624   www.deltaareachamberofcommerce.com No No
Sanpete County Office of Economic Development County 84627  

www.sanpetecounty.org

No No
Fillmore Area Chamber of Commerce Chamber 84631   none identified yet No No
Juab County Economic Development County 84648   www.co.juab.ut.us No No
Payson Area Chamber Chamber 84651   www.payson.org No No
Salina Chamber Chamber 84654   www.mycommunity.com/sevier No No
Spanish Fork Area Chamber Chamber 84660   www.spanishforkchamber.com No No
Springville Chamber of Commerce Chamber 84663   www.springvillechamber.org No No
Six County Association of Governments (Richfield) - Juab, Sevier, Piute, Millard, Wayne, Sanpete counties Region 84701   www.sixcounty.com No No
Sevier County Economic Development County 84701   www.sevierutah.net No No
Richfield Area Chamber Chamber 84701   www.richfieldareachamber.com No No
Beaver County Economic Development County 84713   www.beaver.state.ut.us No No
Beaver City Corp. City 84713   www.beaverutah.net No No
Wayne County Economic Development County 84715   www.capitolreef.org No No
Brian Head Chamber of Commerce Chamber 84719  

www.brianheadchamber.com

www.brianheadutah.com

No No
Cedar City / Iron County Economic Development County 84720   www.cedarcity.org No No
Escalante & Boulder Chamber of Commerce Chamber 84726   www.escalante-cc.com  No No
Hurricane Valley Chamber of Commerce Chamber 84737   www.hurricanevalley.org  No No
Piute County Economic Development County 84740   not yet identified No No
Kanab Area Chamber of Commerce (Kane County) Chamber 84741   www.xpressweb.com/kanecounty/chamber 
 
No No
Garfield County Tourism / Bryce Canyon Country (National Park) County Tourism 84759   www.brycecanyoncountry.com No No
Panguitch Chamber Chamber 84759   www.panguitch.com No No
Washington County Economic Development Council (St.George) - public/private sector partnership County 84770  

www.stgeorgechamber.com

 

No No
St. George Area Chamber of Commerce - includes recent cost of living data Chamber 84770  

www.stgeorgechamber.com

ACCRA cost of living data

No No
Ft. Pierce Industrial Park (St. George) - CommerceCRG (Cushman & Wakefield) Developer 84770   www.commercecrg.com/fortpierce No No
Tonaquint Center Development Inc. - technology business park in St. George UT Developer 84770   www.tonaquintcenter.com No No
Five County Association of Governments (St. George) - Kane, Beaver, Iron, Garfield, Washington counties Region 84771   www.fcaog.state.ut.us No No
Explanation of column headings above
  •  Organizations are generally sorted in postal code order so that locations which are geographically close to each other will usually (not always) be grouped together.  This is a selective directory, even though the state directory is more comprehensive than the very selective one we will maintain at the regional level to highlight the organizations which support our work or are found to be of frequent interest for the convenience of the executives and business advisors we serve.
  •  Scope : is the area served by the organization, and postal code.  We may include thumbnail maps which expand to show information about participating areas, or link directly to good maps or GIS research tools on the organization's website.
  •  Contacts : relationship leader at GDI Solutions for maintaining information about contacts in this area.  If there is a working relationship through our various GUIDE services, we also list the key organization contact, phone, and optional e-mail.
  •  Website and other resources : Aside from the main website link, we may include other direct links to highlight special features of expected interest to executives, especially if they might not be readily noticed by just visiting the website.  A good example of this is when relevant content is actually maintained somewhere else, such as a regional website rather than the local one, so that one would otherwise need to know to follow the available links between the websites.
The default for all other columns is "No" unless the organization supports our work.
  •  Survey : areas which have responded to our GUIDE Network Survey, with a link to their response for convenience if published (optional) and highlighted at the top.  This is often useful as an executive summary at the "long list" stage of location selection.
  •  Profile : participates in our GUIDE Area Profile service (also highlighted at the top of the page).  This involves a closer working relationship to maintain more timely and detailed knowledge of the area throughout the year, and also involves a more detailed executive summary on the website, with many relevant links.  If there are significant incentives in the area, we may also link to a GUIDE Incentives Profile.
All area representatives are encouraged to reply to the free GUIDE Network Survey, which consists of very basic questions to help maintain timely knowledge about many areas for referral purposes.  Area representatives : see how to participate.  Current service pricing is listed on the Order Form (Adobe Acrobat .PDF file).  Refer also to any special offers.  Please help us to help you by supporting our work.

Executives who use this service are encouraged to respond to our free Executive Survey, which helps us to continuously improve.

The presence, absence, or position of any organization on these lists, or their position on the lists, does not imply any endorsement or opinion about their services, nor by them about our own.

The selections are simply intended to be helpful to executives who may be unaware of such contacts, or how to reach their websites quickly.  Please contact us directly for relevant introductions or any additional contacts, market knowledge, and research which we don't publish.

The directory above links to the websites of many Utah economic development organizations (EDO) and provides contacts and Area Profiles, Surveys, or other available content about UT as a "long list" extension of our contacts directory for the UT and larger US Mountain region, following the same structure as our global contact directories.  Our regional directories also include professional service providers.

These area representatives would typically include

  •  a state department of commerce or industry or a provincial government office
  •  greater metro city or county area chamber of commerce
  •  county economic development agency
  •  industrial development corporation or council - IDC
  •  alliance for business development, community development
  •  investment promotion agency - IPA
  •  industry cluster development initiatives, business incubators, technology parks
  •  regional or global professional B2B networking organizations, business partnering, joint venture development, or strategic business alliance services
  •  trade and investment promotion offices
Despite the wide variety of names for such economic development organizations, and variances in the scope of their services, the ones we list are generally actively involved in efforts to attract, expand, and retain business investment projects in their areas (offices, factories, etc.), including the attraction of foreign direct investment projects (FDI).  This typically includes support services, financial incentives, and information for corporate site selection decisions as well as local business retention and expansion services. 
Contact information for relationship leaders at Global Direct Investment Solutions :

We develop and maintain working relationships among participating area representatives - economic development organizations - and professional service providers as well as senior corporate executives who are responsible for the planning of major projects such as new, relocated, expanded or consolidated offices, factories, distribution centers or other operations.

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