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Show QDawosGBaosoonffiss i Davis County Cupkr Thursday May 20, and be successful, says Shea Be nice BY BOB MICKELSON C hppei Stull U met Chamber sales tax class set - Int and tax. catalog sales and etc will CENTERVILLE now be taxed in the State ot Utah The burden ol collecting these taxes will be placed on Utah businesses beginning JuK 1.2004 In oidei to prepaie lor this new implementation and new wax ol doing business in Utah the Daxis Chambei ol Comma ce and Ogden Dax is Small Business Development Center is sponsomig a naming seminal on how louse tax loims collect taxes, and submit toims to the State The seminar xxill be Iuesdax lune S at 9 a m at the W Campus (275(1 Noith Unixeisitx Paik Blxd) in Livton Onginally planned to he implemented on Ian 1.2004 the C'hambeis ol Comma ee in the state i allied to push back the etfectixe date ol the Stieamlmed Sales lax m older to alloxx businesses the oppoitunitx to piepaie and get mloimation liom a planned piogram lhis planned proginm xxill be discussed at the SU-Dax- is upcoming seminar To register toi the event please contact Meg I.owe at the Daxis Chamber ol Comma ce. SO or ihmulnthmsi um Tor mote information on other semmais and Stieamlme Sales Tax mlormalion.xisit the State lax Commissions web-sit- e at hup tax Utah grn ttuunm htiul Coldwell hires in Bountiful BOUNTIFUL - Tom new associates haxe joined the stall at Coldwell Banker Residential Biokerages Bountiful oltice.633 S 500 West. Dick Gilmoie. Adam Meredith. Melissa Welch and Dennis Welker haxe been added to the Bountilul olfices sales team Gilmore. Meredith and Welker aie recent real estate school giaduates while Welch xxas previously all lliated xxith Century 21 Coldwell Banker Residential Biokeiage is Utah's hugest leal estate company with 16 offices and neai lx 1.200 sales associates sere mu customers and communities across the Wasatch Trout. LAYTON - elui mg the games, and since would I icul-I- x chil-die- I dont my Inundations. might just make one last run" Olympic gold medal xx inner Jim Shea has lound plenty to keep him busx since that Febtuary dax when he stunned the w oild with his xictoiy m the Skeleton, one ol main highlights hom the 2002 Winter I Games in Salt Like ? A lnm believer m "gixingi back." Shea helps raise money 00 aiound the countiy. and here m Utah, to bench! wmtei spoits piogiams loi youth He also traxels to schools talking to young people, tty mg to get them mteicsted in sports i.ithei than diugs And he also speaks before business and motivational conferences. like Today's Northern I 'tali Business Summit Shea ottered the keynote 1 address loi the event staged at Weber State Uimersilx's Daxis Campus m I .avion Mixing winter spoits and business might seem like a daunting task but anyone whos not ahaid to climb abo.ud a tiny sled and locket down a steep, twisting, ice eouise. head lust, will like -- covered Shea addresses crowd ered for the annual Northern Utah Business Summit. OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALIST Jim ust about anx thing While recalling some ol the tiiumphs ol the 2002 games. Shea did not lgnoie some ol the low points, including the bid scandal Hie gold medalist noted that while he was piod ded on the matter by athletes hom other countiies. he was pioud ol the way that Utah and Salt Like were able to mine on and host one ol the best BY BOB MICKELSON Clipper Stuff Winer O' wometi-oxxne- d lire study, released by the Center for Womens Business Research and sponsoied by Wells Fargo, measuied growth of privately held companies p with 50 percent or moie ranked it and women, by states overall in terms ol the number ol these firms, their employment and sales. Utah ranked fust in overall growth, followed by Arizona. Nevada. Idaho and New Mexico and Kentucky, which tied for fifth place. In Utah between 1997 and 2004, the number of women-owne- d own-eislu- has grown 34.7 percent. compared with 174 businesses Alt rT1'" GOOD" PRICE. AT A KW EIYE. t , El,. UTCA - 6 VA'f - : Cvc-- i n .h: A. SECOND PHASE of Winegar's redevelopment effort is way with parking expansion the first order of business. building" As the above woik is chawtowaid completion. ing Mathews i spotted 'well lx getting an aiclutect m licie to chaw up the new llooi plan lot the inside Then well look to contractor" As pail ol Phase llnee all ol the stoics "liesh derailbakeix pioduee. ments" will be meat and deli icdesigned and expanded So will the lioen loods section, the Ameiica fust Credit engage a j under peicent nation, illy Ilie numbei ot employer turns has expanded 471 peicent. compaied with 28 percent nationally Employment has mci eased 70 2 percent, compared with 24 2 peicent nationally Sales grew 72 2 peicent. compaied with 39 3 percent lor women-owne- d businesses nationally The results of the study tailed to surprise the owners ol several Daxis County businesses tailing into the above category: Kim Gnescmer, owner of Impact Imaging in Kaysxille. said that, first, the state of Utah makes it easier to get into business and meet regulatory requirements. Second, women Utah are in - "very entrepreneurial."We see a lot of cottage businesses;industry, State I arm' ollcts discounts on vat msuiancc tind out how xou max qualtlx to save up to See us to blanch and the phaimacx "But the tune we ic Imished well haxe a completely dittci-en- t stoic." said Mathews, 'a totally, up supermaihct the community can be pioud ' I moil Woik on the ledexeiopment elloit Inst began luck m the summer ol 2002. Mathews said he expects that final completion ol all thice stages will be in sometime completed October or November Uiat doesnt explained surpuse me at all It is easier lor women to open a business and still haxe a tamily" IFiat has been the experience ol Bienda Jorgensen at Westgate 1 ax el in Liyton "A lot ol what they talked business;- she about is said. Theres a lot of need lor that in Utah, such as child cate. A lot of women want to stay at home, but still need income." Women in Utah are very' innovative. Jorgensen continued, business in opening catering, meal pieparation and the beauty industry Many times, 35'V zr V 4 1 ; ' oi Utah's tops in women owned businesses study ranking states lor business giowth attention and adulation both e Phase One consisted ol the y remoxal ol the olda addition on the west end ol the mam -building iinel its replacement with new and atliactixe business spaces That space is now completely iented out Phase Iwo will pi oxide moie paikmg space, a new liontal tacade lor the mam building, landscaping and a with new mam enhance estibule The contiactoi had aheady icmoxed some oidei existing shops along the east side ol the cuirent parking lot. making wax. said Mathews, loi the expanded paikmg Idealities " The iaeade; he added, "will match that ol the new area on the west side ol the - - WlM&AU U-- nud-summ- Utah has BOUNTIFUL soared to the top ol the list m a that extia training time is available A lot ol people in business aie making that mistake 'Abu dont haxe to give aw ax xour secrets;- he concluded. "but being nice is important It you'ie nice, it has a way ol coming back to you" won the gold medal. he said. "it xx as nix country" Shea was the taiget ot much LIVE WHERE E , ica-so- WE KNOW YOU WANT OUALITY - begin c' "Second, kx.k at the competition Im always watching the competition. Irving to see what mistakes thev nuke. Ixicause I dont want to make them my sell n "But. I think the mam I've been success! ul is by being nice to people." Shea went on "I want to win, but not bx. say. not telling a competitor f urope watches though thev wont admit it." he recalled "So you always need to be conscious ot what xouie doing and who you'ie rcpiesenting" And while the gold medal max haxe been placed aiound his neck. Shea placed the credit elsewhere "It wasn't me who PRODUCTS We re BOUNTIFUL turning the store upside down, inside and out." Woik is now undei way on the second phase ol the massive Winegafs ledexeiopment project at 3371 South Oiehaid Dnxe m Bountiful, lepoitcd Don President company Mathews Phase Iwo const i uetion will continue tluough when woik on the final stage ol the pioiect is expected to r. m body Americans, ' S gath- 1 winter games ever "Where else but in America could you take a negative and turn it into a positive." he stated Shea also spoke with pude about the influence tendered in Ins life bx his lather and grandta- P's? owncis. government leudcis and economic phmneis I udax 'Inst, haxe the best tools Pay attention to what xou aie going into competition with, whethei its spoits oi business. ther. also Olympians lis grand-tutlieJack, won two speed skatmedals m 1932 gold ing "M giandlathei once told me to lenicmbcr that every- ly trx f Winegar's remodel starts second phase fe. "you aie dead xxiong" People haxe olten asked him how he was able to become the best m the woild in Ins chosen held When Inst iuestioned elm mg the games. Shea said he didnt answei the question xeix well Since then, he has had time to pause and idled And what he tells to kids m schools is exactly what he told to business get m too deep xxith I however, leels that the people ot the state ol Utah hill to icahe the role they played m making the games a success "II you think youi elloit and said, eneigy went unnoticed;-h- like to make a mil m 1)6. but what icallx gets me excited is n the woik I m doing with "II 221 A v tS & ' jm uJsUk ak Mark Kano 21 South 200 West Bountiful fcliVxiJgai Jennifer Bassarear, CLU Jone Olson 107 North Mam 94 West 200 North Bountiful 292 8413 298-263- Bountiful 292-829- 1 she businesses devel"store-frobusinesses." 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