The Utah Legislature recently passed House Concurrent Resolution 7, which now awaits the signature of Gov. Gary Herbert. The resolution passed both the House and Senate without a single dissenting vote.
The sponsors of HCR 7, Rep. Robert Spendlove and Sen. Evan Vickers, are making an important point — one that we in the tech sector understand and agree with: Utah’s outdoors are critical to our state’s economy, and their economic value extends far beyond tourism and outdoor recreation. In fact, Utah’s natural assets are a critical underpinning of the burgeoning tech sector, which now provides directly or indirectly 15.