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Merchants at Park City's Tanger Factory Outlet to hold job fair

About 50 merchants at the Tanger Factory Outlet Center near Park City are holding a job fair Friday and Saturday.

Applications may be completed in person Friday from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at outlet stores with window decals signaling interest in hiring.

Full- and part-time positions are available as managers, assistant managers, sales associates, key holders and supervisors. The Tanger Outlet is just off Interstate 80's exit 145 at 6699 N. Landmark Dr.

3 Utah companies among teams that will participate in Cleantech Open

Three Utah companies — Reef Life Restoration, iLumens and Helios Products — are among 13 entrepreneurial team from the Rocky Mountain region selected to participate in the Cleantech Open.

In its 10-year history, the Denver-based Open has helped 1,036 startups accelerate their business development, raised $1.1 billion and created 3,067 jobs.

The six-month program helps startups make connections with people and resources and gives them the exposure needed to succeed, said Korri Stainbrook, Cleantech Open regional co-director.

Cleantech's primary sponsors are Wells Fargo, Coca-Cola and Ford.

Rocky Mountain Power gives $7,500 grant to Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater SLC

The Rocky Mountain Power Foundation has given a $7,500 grant to the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Salt Lake to bolster their "Academic Success" programs.

Aimed at helping ensure participants graduate on time with a plan for the future, the Academic Success program emphasizes tutoring, mentoring and homework help, education in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) subjects, financial literacy and preventing summer learning loss.

LeAnn Saldivar, the local Boys & Girls Club president and CEO, said these programs benefited more than 6,000 youth ages 6-18 last year in Salt Lake and Tooele counties.

Two-thirds of the participants were from low-income families, 58 percent were ethnic minorities and 43 percent were from single-parent households, she added.

Among current club members, Saldivar said 92 percent expect to graduate from high school and 73 percent intend to attend college.

Eccovia to provide cloud technology in Connecticut

Eccovia Solutions of Salt Lake City will provide cloud-based technology to help a Connecticut state agency track its provision of affordable housing to low- and middle-income people, families with children, seniors and people with disabilities.

The contract, whose terms were not disclosed, is with the Elm City Communities/Housing Authority of the City of New Haven.

One feature of Eccovia's technology gives clients access to a computer portal where they may find out if they're eligible for programs and get application forms, said company CEO Carl Champagne.

Skullcandy signs on as audio partner of skateboard promoters

Skullcandy has signed on as the audio partner of The Berrics, a group dedicated to promoting skateboarding wherever and whenever possible.

The Park City-based provider of headphones and audio products is celebrating June as skateboarding month, running a .SkateWithBuds social-media campaign until July. "The campaign encourages skating with friends," said Skullcandy President and CEO Hoby Darling, noting people who share photos of themselves skateboarding are eligible for prizes.

Skateboarding is "part of our heritage," he said. "From the day Skullcandy was founded, skateboarding and action sports have been an important part of who we are. We remain invested in that community and in the sport's future."

Health Equity earned $8.1M for quarter ending April 30

Health Equity, Inc., a non-bank health savings account custodian based in Draper, earned $8.1 million for the quarter ending April 30, up from $5 million for the same period a year earlier.

Those earnings, which amounted to 14 cents per share, compared to 9 cents a share a year ago, was based on revenues of $44 million. A year ago, quarterly revenues amounted to just $29.9 million, 47 percent less.

In its release, Health Equity raised its revenue outlook by a few million dollars — from a range of $170-174 million to $173-177 million. Prospective earnings also were increased by about $2 million.

Utah business people on the move

• Six attorneys in the Salt Lake City law office of TraskBritt, an intellectual property firm, were listed in "Managing Intellectual Property's" 2016 edition of IP stars. They were Joseph Walkowski, H. Dickson Burton, Allen Turner, J. Jeffrey Gunn, William Britt and David Trask.

• The law firm Snell & Wilmer has added attorneys C. Blake Steel and Sean Mosman to its Salt Lake City staff. Both BYU graduates, Steele received his law degree from the University of Utah while Mosman went to UCLA.