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Up for sale: Historic chairs from Wildcat lift in Snowbasin
Fans of Snowbasin Resort now can buy a piece of the Ogden-area resort's history.
Triple chairs from the Wildcat lift, to be replaced this summer by a high-speed six-seater, are being sold for $150 — or four chairs for $500.
The triple chairs represent the third generation of Wildcat lift, which was installed in 1946 and ran through 1973. A Wildcat double chair ran parallel to it starting in 1964, then ran side-by-side with the triple chair, which followed the single-chair's line up the mountain. The double chair was retired in 1985.
Doppelmayr USA will build the new chair, which can go from bottom to top in six minutes and carry 3,000 passengers per hour — 10 times the original Wildcat's capacity.
To honor the lift's role in resort history, Snowbasin has created a picture montage that will be on display through April 15 in the Huntington Room in Earl's Lodge.
Cicero Group opens a new office in Gateway shopping center
The Cicero Group, a strategy consulting firm that acquired Dan Jones & Associates in 2010, recently had the grand opening of its new office building at 35 N. Rio Grande St. in The Gateway shopping center.
The company moved into the building last fall, occupying 19,000 of its 65,000 square feet. Cicero Group spokesman Jeff Swift said the company attracts 60 to 100 people daily to Gateway and that its office-building investment "provides an anchor for existing tenants ad attracts more potential office space tenants."
"The company's frequent focus groups bring dozens from all over the state to the Gateway mall, reintroducing them to the area," he added, noting that Gateway is getting a $100 million renovation for its owner, Phoenix-based real estate company Vestar.
Clearlake Capital Group closes deal to buy NetDocuments of Lehi
Clearlake Capital Group of Santa Monica, Calif., has finished buying NetDocuments of Lehi in a partnership with the company's management.
Terms were not disclosed.
A cloud-based software provider for document and email management and collaboration to the legal industry, NetDocuments was founded in 1999 and boasts hundreds of thousands of users in 140 countries.
NetDocuments CEO Matt Duncan and chief technology officer Alvin Tedjamulia will join the board of Clearlake, a private investment firm founded in 2006.
Four Foods Group closes on $33M in capital to expand its operations
Four Foods Group of American Fork, owner of Kneaders and other restaurants, has closed on nearly $33 million in capital that will be used to expand its operations.
A day after making that announcement, the company said it had acquired 48 Little Caesars restaurants in Alabama and Louisiana. The purchase will add 800 employees to the Four Food Groups payroll, which will now number more than 3,000 at 97 restaurants in seven states, said co-founder and chief executive Andrew Smith.
CIT, a New York City bank that provides lending, leasing and management services to small and mid-sized businesses, supplied $22.7 million of the funding. The rest came from private investors and current Four Foods shareholders, a news release said.
Four Foods operates 44 Kneaders restaurants in the western United States. Four more are under construction. It also owns majority interests in the R&R Barbeque and Soda Shops. The company expects to generate $150 million in annual revenues.
Smith's donated nearly $6M to various nonprofits in Utah
Smith's Food & Drug stores made donations totaling $5.75 million to Utah food banks, schools and nonprofit charities in Utah during 2016.
The donations, outlined in the company's annual "Report to the Community," were part of $14.4 million in donations Smith's made to 4,000 nonprofits in its seven-state Western region last year. The report may be read at http://www.smithscommunity.com.
"Our associates help us to reach out in meaningful ways within the community," said Marsha Gilford, Smith's vice president of public affairs.
A division of retail grocer Kroger Co., Smith's has 140 stores, including 53 in Utah. It is based in Salt Lake City.
Office of Economic Development names managing director
Ginger Chinn is the new managing director for urban and rural business services at the Governor's Office of Economic Development (GOED).
Previously the Davis Applied Technology College's vice president of external engagement and economic development, Chinn will direct a strategic growth plan for Utah's industry cluster program and manage GOED's rural programs and workforce development initiatives.