By Art Raymond in the Deseret News — What’s one measure of how high Utah’s business prospects have risn in the eyes of global investors? Two phone calls. That’s all it took for new Utah Jazz owner and Qualtrics co-founder Ryan Smith to round up financial partners to join him ahead of buying Utah’s beloved NBA franchise last October.

WTC Utah and Utah Valley University are excited to announce a WTC Utah office on the UVU campus in Orem, providing Utah County companies with direct access to global business expertise and services.

Last month, World Trade Center Utah’s Executive Committee voted unanimously to elect Ambassador Jon Huntsman as the Chair of World Trade Center Utah. It was an easy decision, and one that brings WTC Utah and Ambassador Huntsman full circle.

Jon M. Huntsman Jr. is the new chair of World Trade Center Utah (WTC Utah).

Val Hale, the outgoing executive director of the Utah Governor’s Office of Economic Development (GOED) and World Trade Center Utah board member, sat down (virtually) with our Marketing and Communications Director, Julia Breinholt-Pappas, to discuss his time at GOED.

We have faced many unprecedented challenges this year, but it has been exciting to see the hundreds of Utah companies that have continued to lean all the way into the many opportunities around the world despite the uncertainty and challenges 2020 has thrown at us.

World Trade Center Utah (WTC Utah) now offers a full range of products and services to help Utah companies enter and expand in global markets as well as to find capital to help finance that growth.

Utah Industry Resource Alliance (UIRA), under CARES Act funding, released an in-depth economic study of the impacts of the COVID-19 induced recession on Utah’s manufacturers.

The Utah Economic & Energy Summit is the state’s premier event for community leaders, executives and decision-makers. The Summit provides an ideal venue to gather tools for professional and personal success.

The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) announced that World Trade Center Utah (WTC Utah) will receive a State Trade Expansion Program (STEP) Grant of $641,000 on behalf of the state, a record-high STEP Grant in Utah.

Aaron Starks will be joining the World Trade Center Utah team as the Vice President of Growth Services.

WTC Utah invites you to join us in taking the Stay Safe to Stay Open pledge.