Ogden-Weber Chamber of Commerce

OGDEN — Top of Utah chamber leaders are at odds with Utah’s two U.S. senators over the pace at which Congress is developing a comprehensive immigration plan for the country.

“We are telling them we need to get the dialogue going,” Davis Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Jim Smith told the Standard Examiner on Wednesday.

Smith was one of eight Utah chamber leaders who gathered Tuesday at a news conference in Salt Lake City to urge Utah’s congressional leaders to solve the nation’s immigration problems.

OGDEN -- During her more than three decades of service, Vickie McCall has worn many hats with the Ogden-Weber Chamber of Commerce, even the prestigious Big Hat.

OGDEN — Mike Taylor would like people to understand a few things that are crystal clear to him:

People with disabilities need to know they can find employment if they work hard and get really good at a skill that interests them.

And employers need to know that disabled people make great employees because they love their job, they are rarely late or unfocused, and they know the value of a job, so they are loyal.

OGDEN – On Monday, Aug. 15, the Ogden Weber Chamber of Commerce, sponsored by Intermountain McKay-Dee Hospital, will hold its 23rd annual golf tournament. As the Chamber’s only fundraiser, for the past 23 years the Chamber has relied on the annual tournament to support the additional costs associated with keeping active in the community and helping to grow the economy and businesses in Ogden and Weber County.

OGDEN -- A group of stakeholders put the brakes on a proposed $156 million streetcar system Wednesday so a city council consultant can review a study associated with the project.

The stakeholders include representatives from the city, South Ogden, Weber County Commission, Weber Area Council of Governments, Wasatch Front Regional Council, Utah Transit Authority, Utah Department of Transportation, McKay-Dee Hospital, Weber State University and Ogden/Weber Chamber of Commerce.

The group agreed to delay work on the project at the city council's request so consultant GB Arrington, who works for PB PlaceMaking Inc., based in Portland, Ore., can determine the viability of federal funding for the project and its potential economic impacts.

OGDEN -- U.S. Sen. Orrin Hatch on Tuesday disputed the results of a recent poll that shows Utahns would prefer former Gov. Jon Huntsman over him as the 2012 Republican nominee for his seat.

Business and political leaders from the Top of Utah are working to pull together more often for combined political power in the next state legislative session and beyond.