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Commentary: Utah’s tech sector understands importance of the outdoors

The Utah Legislature recently passed House Concurrent Resolution 7, which now awaits the signature of Gov. Gary Herbert. The resolution passed both the House and Senate without a single dissenting vote.

The sponsors of HCR 7, Rep. Robert Spendlove and Sen. Evan Vickers, are making an important point — one that we in the tech sector understand and agree with: Utah’s outdoors are critical to our state’s economy, and their economic value extends far beyond tourism and outdoor recreation. In fact, Utah’s natural assets are a critical underpinning of the burgeoning tech sector, which now provides directly or indirectly 15.