Natalie Gochnour, associate dean at the David Eccles School of Business and director of the Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute, discusses the importance of turning Salt Lake City into an inland port. Listen to the podcast or read the transcript below: Podcast Transcript: Nick Thiriot: Good afternoon and welcome. My name is Nick Thiriot, a communications specialist at the Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute [...]
The land opening up once the Utah State Prison moves from its Draper site could be one of the most important real-estate ventures in state history, according to The Salt Lake Tribune. Eccles School Associate Dean Natalie Gochnour is one of a chorus of voices urging Utah leaders to dream big about the development of the area. "There is a risk of thinking too [...]
Utah’s economy is the strongest in the nation, according to a report by the Deseret News. Reporter Morgan Jacobsen turned to one of the top experts on the state’s economy, Natalie Gochnour, associate dean at the Eccles School and executive director of the Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute. Gochnour touts the contributions of the University of Utah, and the article also points to the [...]
Congratulations to Associate Dean Natalie Gochnour, who was listed as the No. 1 most influential person in building downtown Salt Lake City by Downtown Magazine. You can read about her incredible contributions to the city here. We are so lucky to have her as part of our school, and as head of the Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute, where we know she will continue to [...]
Natalie Gochnour, an associate dean, was quoted in this Deseret News story about newly chosen Salt Lake City economic development director, Lari Fritz. Mayor Jackie Biskupski chose the candidate out of over 150 applicants at the recommendation of the EnterpriseSLC report, which Gochnour wrote last year. Read the full story here. After a three-month national search, Mayor Jackie Biskupski has chosen a candidate to lead Salt Lake [...]
Natalie Gochnour, an associate dean, was quoted in this article about the revitalization of downtown Salt Lake City. Read the full article at the Deseret News. Ten years into the campaign to revitalize Salt Lake City's once disparate and crumbling downtown, local leaders applauded the strides that have been made as well as work that remains to be done. Marking the initiative's 10-year anniversary, [...]
The Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute and Hinckley Institute of Politics will produce a series of 2016 election products that will help Utah voters make informed decisions. Called “Informed Decisions 2016,” the collaboration will identify the most important issues on voters’ minds, analyze these issues, and host candidate conversations to engage and inform the public. The University of Utah institutes will deliver a series [...]
The latest installment in the #EcclesExperience film series is all about impact – how the David Eccles School of Business impacts the lives of students, our community and the world around us. First Ascent Scholar student Florecita Martinez Torres shows us how students who are trailblazers can carve a path to a new future at the Eccles School. We highlight how the Kem C. [...]
Utahns are seeing raises for the first time since the Great Recession began, and it's leading to economic optimism in the Beehive State. Natalie Gochnour, director of the Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute, said the raises were "a long time coming." Find out what else she had to say about Utah's economy by reading The Salt Lake Tribune's full article here.
The middle class is shrinking, and that has some big impacts on the economy. Natalie Gochnour, director of the Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute, discusses the importance of the middle class to economic stability, and what is happening here in Utah. Check out the full article in the Deseret News.