Provo City

Relocating to Provo


Provo Values Business

Authentic Values are those by which a life can be lived, which can form a people that produce great deeds and thoughts.
Allen Bloom
Provo prides itself on being a community with a strong emphasis on family values. Home to over 116,000 residents, Provo is consistently receiving high marks for its livability which is reflected in what the community values: Family, Education, Safe Neighborhoods, Quality Health Care, and Business Opportunities.

Bring your Business Family to Provo

When asked to describe Provo the words used would be family oriented, safe, and wholesome. People are highly involved in their government, schools and church communities. An abundance of recreational activities in the area include easy access to outdoor activities such as excellent skiing and mountain biking. First class cultural arts events including musical performaces, live theatre, and the visual arts are readily available.

Valuing a Prepared Work Force

The value of achievement lies in the achieving.
Albert Einstein, American Physicist
Utah is a right-to-work state with a hard working, well educated work force. Drive and enthusiasm are apparent in the way we work and play. Provo’s work force is approximately 70,000 and the labor pool for Utah County is over 198,700 strong. Current unemployment in Utah County is 6.2%.
 
In a Sprint productivity study Provo was among the top 10 most productive cities in America. The key measurements were business sector diversity, population growth and employment growth. Each of the top ten cities were noted for having diverse economic bases and highly skilled labor forces.

What makes our work force unique?

I learned the value of hard work by working hard.
Margaret Mead

A strong work ethic and quality education.

Provo Public School District received a "Gold Medal" from Expansion Management Magazine and was named one of the top 100 school districts in the nation by Offspring , a magazine from the editors of the Wall Street Journal. It is apparent that we value education and it is a priority at an early age in our community. With average ACT scores of 22.4, above the national average of 20.8, quality education is working in Provo. An impressive $901,798 was awarded in scholarships to Provo students during the 2001-2002 school year.
 
Provo is home to one of the country’s largest private universities with 59,637 students representing 100 countries in 2009. Brigham Young University is third-best in the nation in terms of value for each tuition dollar, according to rankings in a April of 2005 book by the Princeton Review. BYU continues to receive national recognition for both its undergraduate and graduate programs. U.S. News & World Report ranks BYU's Marriott School of Management and the J. Reuben Clark Law School in the top 40 in the country. The Chronicle of Higher Education, July 2002, recognized BYU as the best in the nation at turning research dollars into inventions and new companies. Seventy-five percent of the student body speaks a second language and during any given semester, roughly twenty-five percent of the student body may be enrolled in language courses—a rate three times the national average. BYU is renowned for its foreign language and linguistic training, offering courses in 67 different languages. BYU is also the headquarters of the National Middle East Language Resource Center.
 
Also within Utah County is Utah Valley University with an enrollment of 27,000 students and offering both degree and trade programs. There are also a variety of technical schools in the area that teach everything from certification as a helicopter pilot to medical and dental professional training. Whatever an employer is looking for it is available as students of various training and academic levels prepare to join a hard working, well qualified, enthusiastic work force.

Valuing Business

Personal Leadership is the process of keeping your vision and values before you and aligning your life to be congruent with them.
Stephen Covey, Leadership Consultant & Writer
Successful business requires more than producing and nurturing an exceptional work force. Provo City is working hard to provide a business climate that encourages business to locate in Provo and provides the infrastructure businesses need to grow and compete in today’s world.

Why do business in Provo?

  • In 2008 Farmer's Insurance listed Provo, Utah as the 6th most secure city to live in America.
  • Provo is making decisions to insure the infrastructure to accommodate business growth. Provo owns it’s own utility company and as a result can provide very competitive ulitity prices.
  • An advanced Telecommunications network infrastructure owned by Veracity Communications assures fiber accessibility to every resident and business in Provo.
  • Mountain Vista Business Center - With the completion of the redevelopment of Ironton, 325 acres of industrial/commercial area has become available for new development.
  • Entrepreneurial Spirit. The National Commission for Entrepreneurship ranked Provo as the No.1 entrepreneurial city among comparable areas for most of the 1990’s.
  • Utah is part of an Economic region that is currently outperforming the rest of the nation. Top Employers - Brigham Young University, Provo School District, Intermountain Health Care, Novell, NuSkin.
  • In 2008, Forbes Best Places for Business and Careers, ranked the Provo/Orem metro area 11th best. Common themes for the business-welcoming metros include solid job growth, an educated labor supply, and low business costs.
  • In 2008, Kiplinger's ranked the Provo Metro area #10 on it's list of Best Cities of 2008 (The Nation's Top Spots to Live, Work, and Play.) Kiplinger's selected locales that offered strong economies, abundant jobs, reasonable living costs and fun things to do.

Value of the Right Location

There is no value in life except what you choose to place upon it and no happiness in any place except what you bring to it yourself.
Henry David Thoreau
Provo is often described as the "Family Place". With the beauty of Utah Lake on the west and the Wasatch Mountains to the east as the backdrop, Provo provides a healthy place to work and play. Not only is it a short commute to the city's major employers, you are also minutes from world class fly fishing, skiing and snowboarding.
 
Thanks to the hard work of the Provo Parks and Recreation Department, Provo boasts 37 parks, 33 miles of paths and trails, 2 swimming pools with a slide, a recreation center, Teen Center, skate board parks, golf course;and even a Frisbee golf course. City league sports include baseball, football, basketball, and soccer.
 
Provo’s positive and healthy lifestyle, highly valued by it’s residents, will quickly change your life too.

Valuing the Arts

Art is the signature of civilizations.
Beverly Sills
Beyond the outdoors you will find those enjoying art and culture at the Covey Center for the Arts, local theater companies, and productions at BYU. There are concerts in the Park and the Historic Provo Tabernacle and don't forget the gallery strolls, shopping, and excellent dining. All the benefits of a much larger city without the problems often associated with big cities.
It’s not hard to make decisions when you know what your values are.
Roy Disney