Archive for April, 2008

Thirty-three downtown restaurants and a contest for a pair of tickets to The Police’s July 19 concert at the Usana Amphitheater highlight the second annual Spring Dine O’ Round event. Participating restaurants will offer two-course lunch deals at $10 and three-course dinners at $15 or $30 from May 2 to May 17. The event is […]

Salt Lake City planners can capitalize on existing factors and create a year-round public market that builds upon the success of the Downtown Farmer’s Market, creates a synergistic relationship with nearby businesses, and effectively augments the customer base for market vendors. And, following a district concept can lead to a market that successfully blends fresh […]

A little less than half — 48 percent — of adults in Salt Lake City reside in households with a broadband Internet connection, according to a recent Scarborough Research report.
Overall, broadband penetration has quadrupled since 2002, with San Francisco, Boston, San Diego and Hartford (CT) leading the nation in broadband market penetration. Each of those […]

Cristiano Creminelli, who has helped Tony Caputo’s Market and Deli establish a hugely successful salumificio where Italian salami, sausages, and other pork meats are handcrafted on site, has been nominated by the Utah Slow Food Convivium to be its representative artisan at the first-ever Slow Food Nation festival on Labor Day weekend in San Francisco.
Creminelli […]

When Plan-B Theatre’s anthology of eight original, full-length plays is published next month by Juniper Press and Oxide Books, the book will be a compelling, vivid testament to the company’s growing influential presence on Salt Lake City’s cultural scene. In fact, Plan-B hardly plays a modest subculture role in the community. The Plays From Behind […]

Despite a slowing construction employment market, Utah’s economy is holding up well against weaker national conditions. Employment in Utah grew by 2.1 percent in March and the state’s unemployment rate of 3.3 percent, while higher than in previous months, still is more than one-third below the national average.
According to the state’s department of workforce services, […]