Letter: Politicians need to recognize the good tech companies are doing
(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks at the Silicon Slopes Tech Summit in Salt Lake City on Friday, Jan. 31, 2020.
By Joe Maughan | The Public Forum
| May 16, 2021, 12:00 p.m.
Many Utah businesses have suffered greatly during the COVID-19 pandemic. In these times where economic doom was a reality for many businesses like mine, digital tools have been a literal lifeline to help keep them running. The evidence of their benefit has shown to be crystal clear according to a recent study: during the pandemic, digitally advanced businesses retained customers at a rate that was five times better than less digitally advanced businesses, and acquired new customers at a 20 times better rate compared to their nondigitally advanced counterparts. This was crucial in preventing the most disastrous scenario for Utah’s small businesses.
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PROVO Many Utah foster families were given gift bags filled with goodies as a way to say thank you for helping hundreds of children in the system. This is what Utah does. Utah is amazing at this, said Melissa Hart, who is the executive director of Utah Kids Belong a non-profit group that works with children in the foster care system.
Hart and several other groups, who also work with foster children, gave away gift bags to foster families as a way to say thank you.
The bags included tickets to events, family-friendly activities, a blanket and other items donated by businesses.
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PROVO Many Utah foster families were given gift bags filled with goodies as a way to say thank you for helping hundreds of children in the system. This is what Utah does. Utah is amazing at this, said Melissa Hart, who is the executive director of Utah Kids Belong a non-profit group that works with children in the foster care system.
Hart and several other groups, who also work with foster children, gave away gift bags to foster families as a way to say thank you.
The bags included tickets to events, family-friendly activities, a blanket and other items donated by businesses.
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TOOELE COUNTY Many Utah soldiers have risked their lives to fight in Afghanistan, with several paying the ultimate sacrifice, including medic Jordan Byrd who was killed at just 19 years old. A Tooele County resident said he was working on a permanent tribute so Byrd s service would never be forgotten.
A lot of people were happy when the Midvalley Highway opened up, but Stephen Evans thinks the state can and should change the name. I first heard about Jordan Byrd when his death happened back in 2010, Evans said.
Evans talked about Jordan Byrd from Grantsville who was only 19 years old when he was killed in Afghanistan. Byrd was a medic with the 101st Airborne and was shot during a battle while helping a wounded soldier.