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SALT LAKE CITY Tanner Ainge will step down from his position as a Utah County commissioner and accept an appointment on the Governor s Office of Economic Development board, his office confirmed Wednesday morning.
Ainge had served on the commission since 2019. As its chair, he oversaw a contentious debate about property tax increases and the county s mask mandate, which he supported in September 2020. Ainge has been in Virginia since February, attending training for the Utah National Guard.
In a statement to the Utah County Board of Commissioners, Ainge announced his resignation and said he d originally intended to continue serving as a commissioner remotely. But he failed to submit the post-arrival notice required by state law, he said, creating an effective vacancy on the commission.
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Utah’s technology sector continues to make waves, with five metro areas topping the Milken Institute’s tech-focused Best-Performing Cities index. Utah’s software, consumer tech, and health tech sectors are turning heads and attracting huge amounts of money and prestige.
To see where Utah’s next big tech boom will come from, you need to look up way up. After quietly building momentum for decades, Utah’s aerospace industry is primed for a prolonged heyday, fueled by an “innovation imperative” across the civil, defense, and space sectors. Utah is home to established players and startups alike who are pushing the boundaries of what’s possible in space and sky to drive next-level innovations and secure our future against evolving threats.
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The Milken Institute, a non-profit think tank based in Santa Monica California, releases a ranking each year for the best performing cities based on “GDP growth, wage increase, job creation,” and other factors. Comparing over 400,000 metropolitan areas, it may well surprise people that Utah has three cities in their top ten ranking this year. Provo-Orem was ranked at number one, with Salt Lake City following closely behind at number four, and Ogden-Clearfield jumping into the top ten at number nine.
As stated by the report, “These cities registered levels of wage and job growth that were far above the national median. They also had relatively affordable housing costs and very high levels of broadband access, indicating inclusive growth based on housing and infrastructure investment.”