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Show The Enterprise Review , October 6 , 1976 Page 4b A X 7 Utah INVESTORS EARN 12 ON YOUR MONEY Given FEA Grant Governor Rampton's office has received a grant of $58,215 from the Federal Energy Administration to draw up a plan to cut the state's energy consumption five percent by secured by deeds of trust on Earn a minimum of 12 lands and commercial Utah properties. homes, unimproed 1980. investments thoroughly processed and investigated by United Mortgage and protected by title insurance. All Utahs grant is part of $5 million appropriated by Congress and given to the FEA for distribution to various states who express interest in cutting back on energy consumption. Under the FEAs plan, Utah will use the money to cover costs incurred in formulating an energy conservation plan. Another $25 million is available for distribution to states of energy conservafor implementation tion. Scott Tyler, director of public affairs for the FEA, explained that there are five Our record is perfect our investors have never lost a cent in over 23 years of doing business. For further information, no obligation of course, please call or write to: 486-587- 1 UNITED MORTGAGE COMPANY 2900 So. State, Suite 100 Salt Lake City, Utah 84115 V requirements each state must meet before they will receive any implementation money from the government. Said Tyler, The state will have to study each requirement and create an outline and a plan explaining how each requirement will be met. We are encouraging every state to be innovative and come up with additional ways to save energy, but these five requirements are mandatory: Mandatory lighting efficiency standards for public buildings; a program to promote use of carpools, public transportation and vanpools; a law permitting right turns on red lights; mandatory standards affecting procurement policies to improve energy efficiency and mandatory thermal efficiency standards for new and renovated buildings. Ball Speaks FredS. Bail is the Executive Vice President Salt Lake Area Chamber of Commerce He knows where to take his lady to dine Dining like in San Francisco . . . New York . . . Paris. Romantic live music enhances your unforgettable evening. Nightly except Sunday. Drive to the door and leave the parking to us! lafleurdelyg 338 South State Telephone 359-575- COMPLETE PRINTING SERVICE Letterpress Phototypesetting Creative Layout Design Lithography Business Intertypesetting Industry Commercial FULL COLOR PRINTING Stationery Pamphlets Brochures Forms AND EQUIPMENT WE HAVE THE KNOW-HOFOR YOUR PRINTING REQUIREMENTS W Phone (801 ) 487-065- 1 OUR AIN 1952 West 1500 South Salt Lake City, Utah 84104 UTAHS BUSINESS CLIMATE The Utah business climate has been the prime subject of political debate during the past few campaign months and of even more interest in recent years. Some of the claims and counterclaims about the Utah business climate have been distorted to manifest absurdity. Contributing little to improve Utahs blurred image, either within the state or throughout the rest of the nation, these contradictory statements do serve one purpose: They accentuate the importance of a program for improving the business climate and for creating a broader public acceptance of proven facts. I recently had the opportunity to attend a Small Business Administration Advisory Council Meeting encompassing the entire state of Utah. From 15 different business leaders I Business is good, heard basically the same report: optimism is prevelant throughout the business community. TTie outlook for the future is extremely positive. Later that same day, while listening to a local radio station, I heard a learned university professor emphasize that Utah profits are down, business is slow, bankrupties are up because the oil shale development in the Uintah basin did not develop, eastern Utah is facing depression, the demise of the Kaparowitz project has spelled economic ruin for central and southern Utah, and a variety of other doomsdayer statements. Unfortunately, you get neither understanding, nor appreciation when documented facts are answered with hysterical exaggerations in an atmosphere of petulance. After listening to the learned expert, I recalled a statement made several years ago by Mr. Shephard of Look magazine, after hearing how this country was going to hell in a hand basket. Mr. Shephard said, If things are so bad, how come I feel so good? The same statement could be echoed throughout the state of Utah from the business community. The business climate in the state of Utah is indeed very good. We suffered, much less than the rest of the nation during the severe economic downturn. We have more industrial development prospects offering the possibility of needed jobs than we have had in years. Retailing is up, wholesaling is up. Unemployment is down. Business failures are down, business morale is up. In all, the business climate appears to be very, very good. What do we mean by business climate anyway? Business climate is the net result of all outside conditions, beyond the direct control of business, affecting the cost and ease of operating a business in a profitable way in any given location. These outside conditions are social, economic and political. They have their origins at the local, state and national level. They are tangible such as tax rates. They are intangible such as the general attitude expressed toward business. Contrary to certain politically inspired beliefs, reference to a favorable business climate has nothing to do with favoratism toward business establishments at the expense of other segments of society. A recent national survey conducted by the Fantas a Corporation, wholly owned subsidiary of Dunn & Bradstreet, indicates that Utah now ranks tenth in the nation in overall climate for business and number one of all the eleven western states. ' if things are all so bad. how come I feel so good? |
