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Welcome to the Vest Pocket Business Coalition

Based in Salt Lake City, Utah, the Vest Pocket Business Coalition works to preserve the choice, texture, and vibrancy of our local neighborhoods by recognizing the importance of local business and community members.

As a membership organization, Vest Pocket seeks to promote community activism, raise public awareness, and provide networking opportunities and support to its member businesses. Read more about us.

 
Congratulations Vest Pocket Members: BEST OF City Weekly

The following VP members were named BEST OF in the City Weekly’s Best of Edition.   
  • Best Deli: Tony Caputo’s Market & Deli - Tony Caputo  
  • Best I-Spy Dog Boarding: Dogmode - Jon Campbell  
  • Best Day Spa: Kura Door - Mark & Alison Kulmer  
  • Best Customer Service: Xmission - Pete Ashdown  
  • Best New Location: Blue Boutique – Laura Martinez  
  • Best Boutique Grocery Store: Emigration Market – J.T. Martin  
  • Best Sunday Afternoon Diversion: Moriarty’s Antiques -  Mary Corporon, Fred Hightower 
Congratulations for raising the bar and being THE BEST!
 
Monthly Breakfast Meeting: Bring a Friend

May 21, 7:30am-9:00am

  • Guest Speaker: Mayor Ralph Becker, Salt Lake City Update regarding Planing Department, Conditional Use Ordinance, and Economic Development Department

Come at 7:30am to network with other Members. Meeting begins promptly at 8:00am.

Where: Lamb's Grill 169 South Main; 364-7166; (parking validation for Walker Parking)

RSVP to Ellen Reddick by Monday, May 19th ( This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it ) or 581-0369.
Members & Guests: $10.00 cash or check at the door to Lamb’s Grill.

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The Economic Burden of Providing Health Insurance

How Much Worse Off Are Small Firms?

By Christine Eibner

RAND Corporation
April 4, 2008
Technical Report


Health-insurance burdens borne by employers grew substantially between 2000 and 2005, regardless of firm size. While growth was highest for small firms (<25 employees), medium-sized firms (25 to 99 employees) did not face higher growth in health-insurance burdens than larger employers did. Our results suggest that targeting health reforms that build on the employer-based system solely to large firms may be unwarranted, given that large firms do not face lower health-insurance burdens than moderately small firms do.

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Generation Celebration

Vest Pocket and Local First are combining efforts to celebrate the locally owned businesses that have been in business for two or more generations at an event to be held in the spring of 2008.

If you are a local business (51% locally owned and operated in Utah) and have more than one generation involved in working with the current business, your application is needed!

pdf Application for Celebrating Multi-Generational Businesses

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