10 Discoveries You’ll Make at the Utah Valley Growth & Prosperity Summit

Utah Valley is a beautiful place to live. Like most beautiful things, we want them to last a long time. That’s part of the reason we think you should go to the Utah Valley Growth & Prosperity Summit (UVGPS) later this month.

   

Utah Valley is a beautiful place to live. Like most beautiful things, we want them to last a long time. That’s part of the reason we think you should go to the Utah Valley Growth & Prosperity Summit (UVGPS) later this month. You’ll gather with local business and civic leaders to explore how Utah Valley can continue to develop into a beautiful place for our posterity. Here are 10 discoveries you’ll make at the summit:

  1. Who Utah Valley’s civic and business leaders are — and what they’re doing to help better the valley: At the Utah Valley Growth & Prosperity Summit, you’ll discover who’s who in Utah Valley and how they play a vital role in ensuring that our home has safe and sustainable growth for the future.
  2. How beautiful The Noorda at Utah Valley University (UVU) is: The summit will be hosted at The Noorda Center for the Performing Arts, UVU’s state-of-the-art performance hall. There, you’ll discover UVU’s passion for excellence in performance, hospitality, and the community.
  3. How delicious a catered breakfast and lunch at UVU can be: That’s right — breakfast and lunch will be provided during the summit! Because you can’t make discoveries on an empty stomach.
  4. How the valley plans to make sure everyone gets access to clean water: You like water, right? Of course you do — it’s kinda sorta necessary for life. With the population in Utah Valley growing at the rate it is, will there be enough water to go around? Discover what innovative solutions are underway to ensure that everyone across the valley has access to life’s most basic staple.
  5. What efforts are being made to improve transportation valleywide: How are you going to get around? So many people, so many cars, so much traffic! Well, put down the aspirin because the I-15 headaches stop now! The Utah Valley Growth & Prosperity Summit will help attendees discover the infrastructural plans in place to ensure everyone can get from point A to point B without the risk of an aneurysm.
  6. What housing options will be available in the coming years: Yes, there will be enough space for you. Discover what plans are in progress to keep housing abundant and affordable for residents of Utah Valley.
  7. Where your future kiddos will go to school — and what measures are being taken to improve their education: Want the very best for your kids? We’d be worried if you didn’t. Here, you’ll discover how educators are working together to make the very best centers of learning across the valley.
  8. Your future work options: Are there going to be enough jobs in Utah Valley as it continues to grow? How many businesses have you driven by on I-15? Do you think they’re going to stop? Valley business leaders have partnered with the Utah Valley Chamber of Commerce at this summit to help Utahns across the valley find and retain gainful employment.
  9. How much Utah Valley will grow in the next 45 years: Is Utah Valley really going to get more people? More people than there are now? Estimates suggest that by 2065, Utah Valley’s population will have an additional 1 million people. Participants in the Utah Valley Growth & Prosperity Summit will discover ongoing plans to provide for the rapid growth our valley is experiencing.   
  10.  And, of course, how great it is to live in Utah Valley: Utah Valley is the jewel of the Wasatch Front. At this summit, you’ll discover why Utahns want to keep this gem sparkling for generations to come.

The UVGPS will be held on Thursday, Oct. 28, from 8 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. at The Noorda Center for the Performing Arts at UVU. You can register here. Don’t miss it.