Brice Wallace 

The state’s corporate recruiters are halfway through their fiscal years, with generally strong numbers as they head into 2024.

The Governor’s Office of Economic Opportunity and its contracted partner, the Economic Development Corporation of Utah, presented their half-year stats during the GOEO board meeting in December.

GOEO’s 11 project wins halfway through its July-through-June fiscal year are expected to create a total of 6,183 jobs over the next few years, including 866 in rural Utah. The total already surpasses the entire fiscal year 2023, which is projected to create 3,630 jobs, including 1,380 in rural Utah. Fiscal 2022 was the agency’s record year, with Please log in to see the rest of this story.