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Indigo Impact Intiative

  • Posted On: 2/24/19 at 12:43 PM
  • Category: Economic Development
Secondary education is a key component to Economic Development, primarily in its capacity to initiate training with the future workforce of our county--thus allowing our youth to stay and work local! Indigo Impact Initiative is working with different organizations to bring Self-Awareness Education, Entrepreneurship Education and VR Technology to Navajo High Schools in San Juan County, Utah.

Online Initiative and Roving Forums Aim to Strengthen Rural Economy - SJR, 6 Feb 2019

  • Posted On: 2/6/19 at 08:39 AM
  • Category: Economic Development, Local News
The San Juan County Office of Economic Development has announced an online rural pilot program (ROI) that will be implemented by USU Extension thoughout Utah's southern counties, including San Juan County

GOED's Rural Economic Development Incentive

  • Posted On: 1/8/19 at 08:56 AM
  • Category: Economic Development
The Rural Economic Development Incentive (REDI) is a unique grant given to businesses located anywhere—whether urban or rural, remote or local—that will hire skilled workers living in rural Utah. The grant gives businesses $4,000 to $6,000 for each new full-time position paying at least 125% of the rural county’s average wage. Businesses other than construction, staffing, retail or public utilities are eligible.

Check this page for articles published about Utah's Canyon Country. Professional travel writers may contact us about opportunities for press trips. 

We are pleased to host writers with strong credentials and assignments to write about activities or attractions within southeastern Utah. For more details contact the staff at Utah's Canyon Country.

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Lamborghini Life - The Road

  • Posted On: 4/11/19 at 02:17 PM
  • Category: Utah's Canyon Country
Tag along as this group makes a trip through Utah's Canyon Country.

2,000 year old tattoo needle identified by archaeologists

  • Posted On: 3/7/19 at 01:09 PM
  • Category: Utah's Canyon Country
Once dismissed as an “odd-looking little artifact,” the tool pushes back evidence for tattooing in the U.S. Southwest by a millennium.

It’s About Time You Visit Utah’s Valley Of The Gods / Uproxx.com

  • Posted On: 2/27/19 at 09:06 AM
  • Category: Expert Advice, Things to Do, Utah's Canyon Country
Set your navigation for “Mexican Hat” and you’ll end up on the road toward Valley of the Gods. If you’re a film fan, this road is where Forrest Gump stopped his famous cross country run.

Check this page for our office's annual and quarterly reports. 

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Q1: Quarterly Newsletter, March 2019

  • Posted On: 3/22/19 at 04:16 PM
  • Category: Annual & Quarterly Report
The 2019 first quarter newsletter. Released March 22, 2019.

Q4: Quarterly Newsletter, Dec 2018

  • Posted On: 12/31/18 at 10:56 AM
  • Category: Annual & Quarterly Report
The fourth quarter newsletter released December 2018.

2018 Tourism Year in Review

  • Posted On: 12/28/18 at 01:18 PM
  • Category: Annual & Quarterly Report
As 2018 comes to a close, we are grateful to our partners who have helped us as we continue to grow and develop a successful tourism economy. This review includes a report of visitation numbers, Transient Room Tax and Restaurant Tax comparisons, overview of in-state marketing, overview of international marketing, overview of online marketing, overview of PR efforts, overview of Trade and consumer shows, overview of FAM tours, as well as an overview of funding mechanisms.

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