Thank you for joining us for this year’s legislative breakfast!

Each year, Envision Utah meets with Utah lawmakers over breakfast during the legislative session to ensure they understand and rely on the Your Utah, Your Future Vision. This year, Envision Utah CEO Ari Bruening, Senate President Stuart Adams, and Speaker Brad Wilson spoke about a couple of the top issues impacting Utahns today, including:

• The need to improve disaster resilience statewide. Utah is due for a major earthquake which could completely devastate our quality of life. That’s why, in partnership with the Utah Seismic Safety Commission, Envision Utah has worked to identify a few key strategies to improve our state’s resiliency, including retrofitting URM buildings, including schools, and investing in seismic improvements for the four major aqueducts that bring water to the Wasatch Front.

• More than ever before, Utahns are worried about growth. So Envision Utah and other partners are working on Guiding Our Growth: a statewide conversation about growth to help Utahns understand the effects of our growth decisions and empower us to own our future. Take the Guiding Our Growth Survey →

Thank you to everyone who joined us for making the morning such a success! And a special thank you to our stakeholders, board members, legislatures, and other Utahns for your continual support in making Utah a beautiful, prosperous, healthy, and neighborly state!

Congratulations to the winners of Envision Utah's #GoToCollege Video Scholarship Competition 🥳

Watch the highlights from the submissions!

This year, Envision Utah partnered with Keys to Success to host the #GoToCollege Video Scholarship Competition! High school and college students from around the state made videos about the benefits and myths of college to help encourage fellow students to pursue education beyond high school. They shared the videos on social media, and the three students were awarded scholarships for their amazing entries!

Congratulations to Jiwon Kang, Alayana Richins, and Kolton Bosshardt on your incredible videos and your scholarships!

First Place Winner, Jiwon Kang

Second Place Winner, Alayna Richins

Third Place Winner, Kolton Bosshardt

(Represented by his parents)

Don't forget to stream the first episode of the Your Utah, Your Future Podcast series on education!

Part one in our Your Utah, Your Future Podcast series is your overview of our education systems. How they work, who manages them, how they’re funded, and more. We’ll talk about why education matters and what some of the biggest challenges are facing education today. It’s everything you need to know to be ready for our next episodes about teachers, early brain development, and college.

In the news

The Globe and Mail

The pandemic brought a flock of home buyers to Utah who were seeking the outdoor recreational space and lighter COVID regulations that Utah offered. It accelerated the growth this state was already experiencing. As a result, housing became less affordable. "A study released last year by Envision Utah... showed for the first time a greater number of people who believe growth will make the state worse, compared with those who believe the continued expansion will bring change for the better."

Deseret News

Pamela Atkinson, one of Envision Utah's founding board members, was honored on February 24th, 2023 by Gov. Spencer Cox for her lifelong service to poverty and homelessness in Utah.

The governor signed a declaration which read, "Pamela Atkinson has devoted her life to serving others, donating countless hours to personally provide people in need with bedding, clothing, food, shelter, and medical care." Miss Atkinson currently resides on Envision Utah's Executive Committee.

Herald Extra

As Utah grows the administration of Gov. Spencer Cox is spearheading a campaign to get a handle on the expansion, in partnership with Envision Utah. As Envision Utah's President and CEO Ari Bruening sees it, the aim of the Guiding our Growth effort — spearheaded by the Governor’s Office of Planning and Budget — is to come up with strategies to accommodate growth “that maintain the qualify of life we all enjoy.”

For 25 years, Envision Utah has brought Utahns together to tackle some of the biggest challenges related to growth — and you have made that happen. But whether we’re talking about air quality, water use, transportation, education, disaster resilience, or a host of other issues, there’s more work to be done. When you support Envision Utah, you’re helping to create a bright future for our state.

Thank you for your support!