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LOGAN — As the 45-day Utah legislative session wraps up on Friday, there have been many bills that have a direct or indirect effect on business in the state.
On KVNU’s For the People program on Friday, Jamie Andrus, president and CEO of the Cache Valley Chamber of Commerce, said when it comes to the legislature, it’s a collaborative effort.
“Our chamber is part of the Northern Utah chamber coalition and we put together a list of priorities every year. We take turns putting our own things that we want, bills that we want to see, projects that we want to see at the top of the list. We make an agreement, and we put all of our northern Utah legislators in a pool, and we get a lot more influence in northern Utah if we work together,” she explained.
Andrus said one capital project they worked on this year involved a land bank request for Bridgerland Technical College.
“Technical colleges are big and have been big this year, and (have)gotten a lot of attention, and gotten some money, so that looks like it’s going to go through. We really pushed to help USU and the new veterinarian school. (Also) some roads and transportation projects to include the Bear Lake Marina. And, of course, we watched all the things like reducing taxes, some infrastructure bills, water, housing, the Great Salt Lake.”
The chamber is holding it’s awards gala this Friday evening at 7p.m. at the Riverwoods Conference Center that will also feature local singing sensation Kenadi Dodds.
“We’ll be really focusing on the businesses that we’re awarding, and the special citizens. We’ve got the most amazing woman of the year, we’ve got the citizen of the year, non-profit, we’ve got some really exciting awards. You’re going to be hearing about those organizations and people that really contributed in the past year to our community. That’s going to be our main focus for the gala.”
Tickets are going fast, chamber members can RSVP to the chamber at (435)752-2161 or www.cachechamber.com