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Utah Intergovernmental Roundtable Annual Summit
The New Economy: Preparing Utah for the Future

November 4, 2009
Salt Lake City Radisson

Presentations and audio downloads coming soon.

Overview
The Utah Intergovernmental Roundtable Annual Summit explored how the current economic crisis will impact our communities on a long term basis. Presentations by national and local experts highlighted how the new economy influences decisions on housing, community planning, and transportation.  In addition, national trends in housing and growth patterns were discussed as well as how changing demographics will influence decisions.

Speakers included:

• Utah Governor Gary R. Herbert
• David Wyss, Chief Economist, Standard & Poor's
• Jeff Thredgold, Chief Economist of Zions Bank and President of Thredgold Economic Associates
• Arthur C. Nelson, Ph.D., FAICP, Presidential Professor, College of Architecture + Planning, University of Utah
• Kristen Cox, Executive Director, Utah Department of Workforce Services
• Pamela Perlich, Ph.D., Senior Research Economist, Bureau of Economic Business Research, University of Utah
• Alan Matheson, Envision Utah
• Ralph Becker, Mayor of Salt Lake City
• Chuck Chappell, Executive Director, Wasatch Front Regional Council

Thank you!

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For more information, please contact Sara McCormick at sara.mccormick@cppa.utah.edu

 

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