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THIS IS LARRY MANKIN FROM THE SALT LAKE CHAMBER WITH YOUR METRO BUSINESS REPORT.
An informational meeting on wind energy is being presented tonight at 6 p.m. at the Tooele County Courthouse by the Utah Energy Office.
Utah’s new marriage enrichment video, created for the Governor’s Commission on Marriage by The Orton Group, has been named one of the best videos on marriage by the online newsletter Smart Marriages®. Learn more at www.smartmarriages.com.
The FIRMCO Financial Group moved into new headquarters at 4700 South State Street. The new 8,000 sq.ft. headquarters features a large conference facility for use by all FIRMCO Group companies.
According to Spencer Eccles at the Wells Fargo Economic Forecast for 2002, new housing construction in 2002 will likely drop into the 1.50- to 1.55-million unit range. An ongoing, favorable mortgage-rate climate will help offset the labor-market drag.
Here’s an Olympic business fact: Games ticket auctions on eBay.com have raised more than $1 million dollars. All the proceeds above face value will be used to fund the Paralympic Winter Games.
Start some new business relationships tonight at the Chamber’s Business After Hours at Shula’s Steak House from 5 to 7 p.m. Shula’s is at the Wyndham Franklin Plaza, 215 West South Temple. Angus Beef is also a sponsor of the evening. Part of tonight’s fun includes Chuck Cooper who will use a chainsaw, sander—even an iron, to sculpt a life-sized skier from several 300 pound blocks of ice. To register, call 328-5050 or see us on the web at saltlakechamber.org.
THIS IS LARRY MANKIN FOR KSL NEWSRADIO 1160.
