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SALT LAKE INTRODUCTION
In recent years, business Leaders Escora throughout the country have
recognized that the Salt Lake Netrogel itan Area is an excellent location for
business development. This area features a highly-educated work force, a
strong economy and a relatively low cost of doing business. Bighty pardent of
'Utait's population is located along an eighty mile corridor called the Husatch
Front. As a result, employers do not have to travel far to have access to a
large, productive work force, and residents enjoy a low cost of living and a
quality of lifestyle that is socond to none.
Salt Lake City is frequently referred to as the "Crossroads of the West."
Geograghically, the city is ideally located for easy access by car, plane or
train. Since Salt Lake City is situated right in the middle of the Rocky
Mountain region, the location enables shippers to move products easily to both
the East and West coasts on a timely basis, In addition, Salt Lake is one of
only twenty-six cities in the United States to offer a Foreign Trade None
(EYE). This FTX is located at the Salt Lake International Center, west of the
Salt Lake International Airport.
In addition to its work Gonce, Salt Lake enjoys a profitable relationship
between government and business alike. Utah's government official= exercise &
"hands on approach" to economic development and cigorously lobby for new
business interests. Salt Lake has the infrastructure pasced to be a growing,
prosperous city in the wast. with the direction and presistence of city and
state governments, Salt lake has become and will continue to & the "Business
Hub of the West."
POPULATION INFORMATION
Utah' 10 estimated population in 1989 was 1,715,000 residents, which
represents an increase of 20,030 residents or 1.2 percent over the 1988
population estimates. Utab has avoraged an annual growth rabe of 1.7 percent
for the 1980s, which compares to the national average annual growth rate of 1.0
percent. Since the 1980 U.S. Census Bureau report, Utah's population bas
increased 15.4 percent making Utab the ninth fastest growing state in the
nation.
The primary reason for Utah's high ranking is the large pogulation
increase that occurred in the first few years of the 1980s. From 1980 to 1983,
Utah"s population increased by 2.0 percent per year, nearly three times the
national average. Since 1983, however, Titah's population has increased by am
average annual rate of 1.2 percent per year, much closer to the national growth
rabe over the same period.
Most of Utah's pogulation increase occurred in three of the Wasatch Front
Counties - Davis, Salt Lako and titah. Davis County increased by 3,000, will
both Sait Lake and Utah Counties increased by 4,000 persons. These three
counties accounted for almost 90 percent of the total growth in the stabe.
The state's pogulation is grimarily concentrated in two metropolitan
statistical areas - Salt Lake/Ogden and Provo/Orem. Nearly 77 percent of the
state's population live in these DAO areas. The Salt Lake/Ogden NSA
experienced a 16.7 percent growth from 1980-89 while the Provo/Orea MSA
recorded a 21.4 percent growth during the samo period.
Salt Lake County, which includes Salt Lake City and surrounding submits,
is the most populoos region in the state with an estimated pogulation of
720,000. Salt Lake County's population is growing at 2 rate of approximately
two percent. par year, and the Eighest growth areas sise the southeast and
southwest subcriber commities. Projections indicate that the most rapid
growth will occur in the southwest areas over the resurt 20 years, Most young
families tend to live in the southern and western areas of the Salt Lake valley
where many of the new housing developments are being constructed.
While the nation's population grew by 1.0 percent, households grew at a
1.7 parcent rate fxcm 1987-88. The number of householde in Utab grew from
543,900 in 1988 to 554,000 in 1969, a growth rate of 2.2 percent. The average
persons per household has declined in every stabe since 1980. The national
average fell from 2.75 in 1980 to 2.62 in 1988. Uta's has the largest average
household size of any state In the nation at 3.10.
Salt Lake City makes up only a small portion of the Salt Lake valley.
Salt Lake County covers approximately 756 square miles; however, Salt Lake City
covers only 93.5 square miles. Sait Lake City is the largest city in the
state with an expected population in 1989 of 152,740.
As with other major matropolitan cities, all major religious faiths and
denominations are represented throughout the Salt Lake Valley. The largest
religious group is the Church of Jeaus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Montens),
whose international headquarters are located in Salt Lake City. Members of the
LIS Church comprise approximately 40 percent of Salt take County's residents.
The Stormon culcure remains an important aspect of the Salt Lake comunity
in everything from its history to its sityline. Many of Utah's and Salt Lake"s
historical settings are atreat results of the LDS Church's legacy on this
valley. Also, the talient structure in downbown Salt Lake is the LDS Church
Office Building.
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SALT LAKE CITY--PAST TO PRESENT
Salt Lake City is known not only as the capital of Utah and
recreational sports capital of the Mountain West, but also the
headquarters of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints,
better known as the Mormon Church. But the Mormons, who designed
this beautiful city were not the first non-Indians to come to
this part of the country. They were preceded by fur traders,
most of them British, and by several American trappers. Jim
Bridger, one of the famous "Mountain Men", is believed to be the
first white man to see the Great Salt Lake, in 1824.
Brigham Young brought the first group of Mormons over the
Wasatch Mountains to central Utah in 1847. They struggled half-
way across, following obscure trails made by explorers, trappers,
and others on their way to the Pacific coast. The Mormons were
looking for a new, unpopulated place to settle and practice their
religion free from harassment and persecution. When Young first
saw the vast, empty valley with its huge lake, he is reported to
have said, "This is the Place". That place is now Salt Lake
City. It was founded by Mormons, and their influence has
directed its development ever since. Actually, the land was a
part of Mexico when the Mormons first arrived, but the treaty
signed in 1848 ceded it to the United States. Two years later,
Utah became a territory.
The Mormons had chosen the name "Deseret", which means
honey-bee in this territory. They gave that name to the
university they founded in 1850; it later became known as the
University of Utah. The beehive was chosen as the state symbol,
standing for industriousness. Brigham Young built and lived in a
house known as the Beehive House in Salt Lake City.
The city was planned and laid out on a spacious scale, with
132-foot wide streets and 10-acre blocks. The lots were planned
to be large enough for every family to have a garden. Trees were
planted, and despite the barrenness of the land, Indian attacks,
opposition of the federal government, drought and plagues of
insects; the efforts of these industrious and dedicated people
were successful in developing a beautiful and productive city.
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The completion of the transcontinental railroad, in 1869,
helped boost the economy of the area. Mining, manufacturing, and
agriculture developed throughout much of the state. In 1896 Utah
became the 45th state, with Salt Lake City as its capital.
During the late 1800's and early 1900's copper, lead and
silver mined in several nearby canyons, including Bingham Canyon,
created great wealth for Salt Lake City. Gigantic smelters were
built to refine the ore. Between 1900 and 1930 the population of
the city nearly tripled, increasing from 53,531 to 140,267.
World War II intensified the importance of mining and refining by
1946, the population had reached nearly 190,000.
The sixties saw a movement away from the city to the
suburbs, as was the trend in so many other American metropolitan
areas. To help counteract this migration, the Mormon Church
invested $40 million in the development of a downtown shopping
mall, the ZCMI (Zion's Cooperative Mercantile Institution)
Shopping Center. Encouraged by the success of ZCMI, the downtown
area expanded rapidly in the 1970's. New businesses, several
shopping malls, the renovation of classical historic buildings
and city-wide beautification projects regenerated the downtown
community with vitality and activity.
BUSINESS
More than 487,600 persons are employed in the Salt Lake-
Ogden Metro area. The largest sector is trade, followed by
government and services. Fourth in number of employees is
manufacturing. About 900 plants employ 38,000 people in the
production of chemicals, electronics, food products, metal
products, petroleum and steel. The natural resources of the area
are a great asset. Kennecott's Bingham Canyon Copper Mine is the
largest open-pit copper mine in North America. Chlorides,
magnesium and potash are extracted from the Great Salt Lake also.
Another important natural resource is the nearby mountains, where
ski areas, a vital part of the tourism industry, have been
developed. In addition, Salt Lake City is a major banking center
for a large geographic area.
CONVENTION FACILITIES
More than 6,000 guest rooms are offered by hotels located
within a one-mile radius of Salt Palace Center. Its exhibit
halls have 200,000 square feet of space, and banquet facilities
for up to 8,000 people. In the sports arena, there are 9,018
permanent seats; 4,055 temporary seats can be added. The
assembly hall, with 18,000 square feet of floor space, has a
seating capacity of 2,600 or a dining capacity of 1,700.
Flexible meeting areas can be arranged into as many as 34 rooms
accommodating from 30 to 250. The little theatre has 740
permanent seats.
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RECREATION AND ENTERTAINMENT
Residents and visitors find an unusually rich fare of music,
dance, and theater in Salt Lake City. Music has been an
important element in the lives of Utahns ever since the first
Mormon settlers arrived, bringing their musical instruments with
them. The Utah Symphony Orchestra is a major one, far superior to
those in many cities of four or five times the size and wealth of
Salt Lake City. TO date, the orchestra has made recordings of
more than 182 works by over 52 different composers; it has made
lengthy and successful tours in Europe and Latin America, and it
tours the western states annually. Most of its players are
natives of Utah. The symphony's regular performance season in
Salt Lake City runs from October to April.
Ballet West and the Utah Repertory Dance Theatre, both
internationally acclaimed dance companies, present outstanding
dance performances. The University of Utah is one of the few
institutions of higher learning in the nation to grant a degree
in ballet. The Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company, a nationally-
acclaimed modern dance group, which weds multi-media with the
choreographic arts and the Utah Opera Company are showcased in
the magnificently restored 1913 Capitol Theatre, also home for
Ballet West.
The Mormon Tabernacle Choir, certainly one of the best-known
choral groups in the world, admits the public free of charge to
their Sunday morning broadcasts, and to their Thursday evening
rehearsals.
Sports fans can watch pro hockey, the Salt Lake Golden
Eagles, pro-basketball, the Utah Jazz, college football and
gymnastics, and the local Salt Lake Trappers baseball team. The
area around Salt Lake City offers unlimited opportunities for the
sports activists - superb hunting and fishing, camping,
picnicking and hiking in nearby mountains and canyons.
Some skiers call the snow that covers the Wasatch Mountains
the "Greatest Snow on Earth." It is deep and powdery, and lasts
from November to June. Within a 45-minute drive east and
southeast from the city, are seven major ski resorts.
The Great Salt Lake, 15 miles west of the city, offers the
amazing experience of bathing in water almost twice as salty as
any ocean. The current saline content ranges from 5-15%, and has
been as high as 25%. Great Salt Lake is the largest lake at its
altitude in the world.
HISTORICAL AREAS
Trolley Square, a registered state historic site, is a
renovation of the location used for a territorial fairgrounds at
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the turn of the century, and later for trolley carbarns and
repair shops. More than 100 shops, markets, restaurants, and
entertainment spots are busily operating in the environment of
the remodeled trolley carbarn. It is complete with converted
trolleys, brick-paved streets, wrought-iron balconies, plus
stained glass and ornamental staircases rescued from the old Salt
Lake mansions. Another restoration area is Arrow Press Square,
where three vintage buildings have been gutted, stripped,
scrubbed, and reshaped into a new complex of retail
establishments. For an introduction to the history of the
Mormons, go to the Visitors Centers in Temple Square where you
will find a wealth of information and interesting exhibits. Free
guided tours of Temple Square are given every 15 minutes, daily.
The famous Tabernacle built in 1867 is open to the public. It
has an elongated dome roof and is simple in design; its great
organ has 11,000 pipes. The Temple, built in 1893, is not open
to non-Mormons, but the 1882 Assembly Hall is included in the
public tour. Also on the square is the Seagull Monument erected
in 1913 to commemorate the saving of crops from the plague of
crickets in 1848. The Lion House and the Beehive House (the
latter open for tours), on South Temple at State Street, were
residences and offices for Brigham Young, 19 of his wives and 56
of his children.
Pioneer history is memorialized at the state capitol, the
Pioneer Memorial Museum and the Museum of Church Art and History.
SIGHTSEEING
Few cities can rival Salt Lake City for surrounding natural
beauty and variety. Stop in at the Salt Lake Convention and
Visitors Bureau, 180 South West Temple, and choose from the many
pamphlets and brochures that will introduce you to the city and
the state. Information may also be obtained at Visitors
Information booths located at Crossroads Plaza, ZCMI Mall and the
Airport. In addition, the Utah Travel Council, located across
from the capitol, provides visitor information.
The Great Salt Lake, approximately 48 miles wide and 92
miles long, has white beaches, islands, marshes and bays that are
inhabited by countless species of waterfowl and upland game
birds. You can see spectacular sunsets and explore islands.
Between the lake and the Nevada border are the Bonneville
Salt Flats covering more than 200 square miles. The flats were
formed when the ancient and gigantic Bonneville Lake receded to
what is now the Great Salt Lake, leaving behind salt beds in its
lowest area. Early in this century it was discovered that this
was an ideal place to race automobiles. Races are held on tracks
of 12 to 14 miles in length, from mid-July through October, by
world speed record jet cars. During Bonneville Speed Week, the
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tracks are used by hot rods, motorcycles, drag racers and all
types of powerful automobiles attempting to set new records in
their class. Nearby are Mercur and Ophir, two ghost towns,
deserted after the silver and gold boom ran out in the last 19th
century. Mercur gold mine is active once again, and tours are
offered mid-May to early September. Barrick Mercur Gold Mine is
conducting the mining and the operation.
Six canyons slice through the towering Wasatch range of the
Rocky Mountains that rims the city limits. Up these canyons, in
any season, is found some of the most spectacular scenery in the
Rocky Mountains, but in the winter the canyons form a
breathtaking backdrop for some of the finest skiing in the West.
Deer Valley, Park City, and Park West ski resorts up Parley's
Canyon; Solitude and Brighton ski resorts up Big Cottonwood
Canyon; and Snowbird and Alta ski resorts up Little Cottonwood
Canyon are destinations for thousands of skiers each year. The
Snowbird aerial tram, in addition to carrying 125 skiers every
eight minutes in winter, operates from June to October carrying
passengers to the 11,000-foot Hidden Peak. The ride offers a
vista of mountain peaks such as Timpanogos, Lone Peak and the
Pfeifferhorn.
Many natural wonders of the state of Utah have been
preserved by the National Park Service for the enjoyment of all.
There are five national parks, six national monuments and two
national recreation areas in the state.
The parks, all in the south and southeastern part of the
sate are Arches, Bryce Canyon, Canyonlands, Capitol Reef and
Zion. All offer vistas of natural stone arches, columns,
bridges, spires, and precipices. Capitol Reef is the least
developed and most recently designated as a National Park.
The national monuments are Cedar Breaks, Dinosaurland,
Hovenweep, Natural Bridges, Rainbow Bridge and Timpanogos Cave.
Timpanogos Cave is only a half-hour drive south and east of Salt
Lake City.
The national recreation areas are Glen Canyon, on the
southern border of the state of Arizona, and Flaming Gorge Dam
which forms a 1-mile lake surrounded by vertical cliffs, forested
mountains and clear streams.
GENERAL REFERENCES
Area Code: 801
Average Temperature: (Winter) 32.7°F, (Spring) 51.3°F, (Summer)
75.2, (Fall) 50.4.
Elevation: 4,330.35 feet.
Founded: 1847
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Population: (1985) City-168,300; County-690,000; State-
1,649,000.
Time: Mountain.
EMERGENCY PHONE NUMBERS
Police: 535-7222
Emergency: 911
Fire: 363-440
Travelers Aid: 328-8996
FBI: 355-7521
Poison Control Center: 581-2151
Time & Weather: 933-9122
TRANSPORTATION
Airport: Salt Lake City International
Major Airlines: American, America West, Continental, Delta,
Eastern, Northwest Orient, Trans World Airlines (TWA), and
United.
Regional Airlines: Alpine, Horizon Air, Centennial and Skywest.
Charters: Beechcraft, Interwest and Hudson General.
RAILROAD PASSENGER SERVICE: Amtrak (ph:364-8562)
AIRPORT TRANSPORTATION: Taxi average $9 to downtown,
complimentary airport shuttle provided by major hotels, UTA
public bus service (exact fare required) $.50
BUS & TROLLEY: Utah Transit Authority (ph: 263-3737) 40/500
CAR RENTAL AGENCIES
Agency (534-1622)
General (595-0111)
Ajax (521-2649)
Hertz (521-4000)
Alamo (539-8780)
Holiday (322-1311)
American Intern'1 (322-2488)
Low Cost (596-1155)
Auto Express (322-5055)
National (328-3221)
Avis (539-2177)
Rent-a-Wreck (486-7501)
Budget (363-1500)
Skipper (539-8691)
Compacts Only (539-8692)
Thrifty (328-2545)
Freedom (596-0845)
Ute (328-5709)
Dollar (533-0121)
INFORMATION CENTERS
Salt Lake Convention & Visitors Bureau
180 South West Temple
Salt Lake City 84101
521-2822/1-800-831-4332
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Salt Palace: 100 South West Temple
Main Office - 534-6660
Salt Lake Golden Eagles - 521-6120
Utah Jazz -263-3636
University Special Events Center: University of Utah Campus
581-8314
Golf - 11 golf courses in Salt Lake City area.
Skiing -seven major resorts all within a 45-minute drive of
downtown Salt Lake City
Alta 742-2040
Brighton 277-5440
Park City 649-8111
Park West 639-9663
Snowbird 521-1700
Solitude 534-1400
Deer Valley 649-1000
Summits at some of these ski resorts are 11,000 feet, and average
snowfall yearly amounts to 500 inches.
CULTURAL FACILITIES
THEATRES
Capitol Theatre, 46 West 200 South, 533-5555
Kingsbury Hall, University of Utah Campus, 581-7100
Pioneer Memorial Theatre, 300 South & University St., 581-6961
Salt Lake Acting Company, 168 West 500 North, 363-0525
Promised Valley Playhouse, 132 South State Street, 364-5678
Theatre 138, 138 South 200 East, 322-0093
CONCERT HALLS
Symphony Hall, 100 South West Temple, 534-6660
Mormon Tabernacle Temple Square, 531-2534
MUSEUMS
Daughters of Utah Pioneer, 300 North Main Street, 533-5759
Hansen Planetarium, 15 South State, 364-3611
Museum of Church History & Art, 45 North West Temple, 531-3310
Utah Museum of Natural History, University of Utah, 581-6927
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Salt
Lake
For a would-be urban ski bum, Utah's city-by-
the Wasatch spells serendipity.
BY P E T E R OLIVER
A million different ways of life are possible in America's
cities, but there is one that is possible only in Salt Lake
City. It is the life of a character whom I will call, in lieu of
a more scientific term, the urban ski bum.
This incongruous original exists because of one salient
Salt Lake fact: It is nearly as easy to go skiing when in Salt
Lake as it is to play basketball or squash in any other city.
With three ski canyons reaching east-
ward like fingers into the Wasatch
front, the urban ski bum can work a
regular office job and still get his ski
fix. He can zip up his powder suit
right over the jacket and tie, and in 45
minutes be flying through powder as
light as smoke. That's how he spends
his extra-long lunch hours, while the
rest of us sweat it out at the gym.
I know a few urban-ski-bum types
in Salt Lake, and the ease with which
they can go skiing is just one reason I
regard their way of life with a tinge of
envy. They are also the beneficiaries
of an immense skiing variety-a col-
lection of trails, bowls, chutes, and
Straddling the desert and the powder-rich
Wasatch Front, Salt Lake City makes a per-
fect base of operations for nearby areas
like Alta (RIGHT).
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