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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.

 
Vest Pocket welcomes Three New Board Members

Vest Pocket is please to announce the addition of three new dynamic board members: Wendy Caron, Karin Palle, and Camille Winnie.

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Generational Business Spotlight

This year we are celebrating our multi-generational businesses. Each month we will recognize a business that has served our community for two or more generations. We want to honor their commitment to our community and their success. 

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Tony Sweet & Rachel Sweet, Fourth and fifth Generations

1892: The Sweet Beginning

Leon Sweet started the Sweet Candy Company in Portland, Oregon. The early varieties Leon offered for sale had two distinguishing characteristics: they were made mostly by hand, and people loved them. Customers loved Sweet’s candies back then for the same reason they love them today—quality.

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SL Tribune Public Forum Letter: Eating Us Alive

I own a small business in West Valley. Like many small businesses, the recession has forced us to tighten our belts due to the reduced level of business. We have worked hard to control our costs and hold down our prices in order to remain competitive.

I was horrified to learn that the annual renewal premiums for my company's health insurance plan for 2009 have shot up 19 percent. This increase follows significant increases in the past two years and comes at exactly the worst time. It appears that the lion's share of increased insurance costs are in administration and overhead expenses.

Read complete letter at sltrib.com.

 
SL Tribune Editorial: Find What Works

Just give me the treatment that works best, doc.

But what if the doctor doesn't know?

That's where comparative effectiveness research comes in. It studies vast numbers of patient records to determine which treatments work best for a given disease. The federal stimulus bill is pumping $1.1 billion into it, and that's a good prescription for what ails American health care.

Read the SL Tribune's complete March 20, 2009, editorial.

 
 

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