Jeff Edwards, the development corporation's president and chief executive officer, told the Governor's Office of Economic Development Board recently that his organization is handling 335 total projects, including 150 they consider serious, or "active." Thirteen were added to the list in April alone. "This is the most we have ever had in our history," he said. "This is a new record this month, and it's just a really interesting trend that we are continuing to be contacted and our proactive efforts are actually generating some of that, as well.
The job-creation potential is huge. Those 150 active projects involve 35,578 jobs, including 26,298 in the so-called industry "clusters" that state officials have identified as areas of strength in Utah.April's new active projects include one that could mean 500 new information technology jobs and another with 200 life sciences jobs. The Deseret News
