July 21st, 7:30am-9:00am

Join us at Lamb's Grill, 169 South Main, 801-364-7166, at 7:30 am for networking and 8:00 am for meeting. Validations provided for the Walker building parking lot.

Guest Speakers:

Bob Farrington : Economic Development Director, Salt Lake City Corp. 

Robert Farrington Jr. is the Director of Salt Lake City’s Economic Development Division.  He has been a part of Mayor Ralph Becker’s administration since March 2008.  Prior to joining the City, he was the Executive Director of the Downtown Alliance of Salt Lake City, Utah; a position he held since 1992.  He was the first Executive Director of that organization.  Over the past decade, downtown Salt Lake City has seen record setting growth and development, with the addition of over $2.5 billion in public and private investment, and other significant new public and private development initiatives underway.  He served as Chairman of the Cabinet of “Downtown Rising”, a major community visioning effort for Downtown Salt Lake City, and helped lead the efforts generating support for Trax, Salt Lake’s new light rail system.

In addition to major economic and community development initiatives, he has been instrumental in creating major new events and festivals in Salt Lake City that are now community institutions and draw hundreds of thousands into the City, including the Downtown Farmers Market, (one of the largest in the West), First Night Salt Lake City, Lights On!, Salt Lake City Music Festival, and Downtown Dine O’Round.   One of the milestones of that decade of progress was the successful hosting in downtown Salt Lake City of the 2002 Winter Olympics, in which Farrington was deeply involved.

June 4, 2010
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Camille Winnie
Organization: Vest Pocket Business Coalition
Phone: (801) 333-1106
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Following the resignation of President Ellen Reddick last month, Reese will serve as interim president until the Annual Vest Pocket Board retreat in February where officer elections are held. Reese, Communications Director for Gastronomy, Inc., has been a member of the Vest Pocket Board for the past year. Reese has been actively involved in Vest Pocket, as a representative of Gastronomy, for many years. She also is involved on the boards of other organizations that promote local business, including the Mayor’s Business Advisory Board, Downtown Merchants Association, and the Downtown Alliance Marketing & Events Committee.

The board also elected Pat Holmes to the position of treasurer which has been vacant for some time. Holmes, vice president of partner development for the Salt Lake Convention and Visitors Bureau, also joined the Vest Pocket Board a year ago. In her SLCVB role, Holmes supports the local business community’s contribution to Utah’s ability to attract convention business.

The Vest Pocket Business Coalition consists of locally owned and operated independent businesses that are passionate about their community and about their unique contributions to it. Its members are residents as well as business owners who value the choice, diversity, and physical characteristics that make our community unique.

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