UVU opens business resource center.

• Author: Cutler, Sarah
• Position: WASATCH/SUMMIT AREA - Utah Valley University

Summit & Wasatch - UTAH VALLEY UNIVERSITY (UVU) opened its Business Resource Center (BRC) in early January. The new center will not only have a new location, but also a broader role with regard to economic development. The center will serve as a one-stop shop for entrepreneurs and businesses in Utah, Summit and Wasatch counties, offering a variety of services that capitalize on the center's access to the numerous resources, programs and activities provided by UVU faculty, staff and students.

As a business incubator, the center will spur Utah's economic and business development by helping to create new enterprises, grow existing companies and produce new jobs. The center will be not only a business development incubator to bolster UVU's substantial economic impact to the state, but also to serve as a prime resource for individuals and entities throughout the region whose viable ideas, products and technology innovation can stimulate the state's economy.

"The Business Resource Center is a greenhouse where the seeds of economic activity are sown and nourished," says Steve Roy, UVU associate vice president for economic development. Housed within UVU's center are a wide array of entrepreneurial resources and business startup services...