Archive for the ‘St George Growth’ Category

Family Dollar, a popular chain of discount stores, has chosen Ft. Pierce Industrial Park as its newest distribution facility. The 800,000 square foot facility will provide over 350 jobs to the St. George area with full benefits and will be in operations by Summer 2013. This will be the 11th distribution center of its kind and will serve the western Family Dollar retail locations.

In just 50 years of operations, the company is now in 45 states, has 7,100 stores, and employs over 50,000 team members.

Amongst all the controversial discussions amongst local and national economists, there have been several debates on when things will turn in the economy. There has been a glimpse of good news as home sales are slightly up this year over last year in St. George, the stock market has been inching up, but consumers are still timid in spending money.

Locally there is some positive news- According to CNBC, Utah is rated the 5th Best State for Doing Business in 2009. Utah’s national unemployment rate is 6.1% whereas the national average is 9.7%.

If you have ever considered opening a new business, you soon realize that coming up with a “great product” is only half the battle. You have to either use your own cash, or do what most people do who are trying to create and live the American dream; you barrow other people’s money to make money. Read More…

For the past three years, St. George Utah has been ranked either first or second place for Inc.com’s “Best Cities” awards for smaller metro cities. Read More…

State is pulling in workers from around the country

Utah’s economy clearly was supposed to be slowing down in 2007 after years of unparalleled prosperity. Instead, job growth registered 4.5 percent for the year that ended in March, the Utah Department of Workforce Services reported Tuesday. Although that rate is down significantly from a peak of 5.4 percent last June, it remains one of the highest in the country – much higher than the national rate of 1.5 percent. Read More…