In 1847 the first Mormon pioneers settled in Salt Lake City, which is nestled between the Wasatch Mountain Range to the north and east and the Oquirrh Mountains to the west.
Time does change things.
More than 150 years later, the home of the Olympic Winter Games 2002, is experiencing a tremendous amount of business development and expansion along with a prosperous job market. Company growth and relocation have been key to Salt Lake's phenomenal economy. Several companies such as TheraTech Inc., Gateway, Nestle and Pagenet have all made the move or increased in size. Intel is planning to build a research and development center here which could provide more than 8,000 jobs. Due to all of this advancement, the construction industry has lead in employment growth with approximately 2,900 jobs created during 1998.