Thank you to everyone who joined us for Envision Utah’s 2023 Common Good Awards!
This year we celebrated two incredible organizations doing amazing things to make life in Utah great—now and in the future: Giv Group, Ivory Innovations, and the Utah Women & Leadership Project
2023 Common Good Award Recipients
GIV Group
Fostering vibrant, sustainable, and affordable communities in Utah
Ivory Innovations
Inspiring creative solutions to local and national housing affordability challenges by supporting outstanding individuals and teams
Utah Women & Leadership Project
Strengthening the impact of Utah girls and women through research, resources, and advocacy
Guiding Our Growth: Continuing the Conversation
Guiding Our Growth, A Statewide Conversation about Utah’s Future has engaged some 29,000 Utahns in shaping a strategy for the future of the state. This year’s Common Good Awards featured presentations from experts on the four Guiding Our Growth topics: housing, water, transportation, and open space and recreation. Meet these four experts below!
Erin Talkington
Housing Managing Director RCLCO
LaNiece Davenport
Transportation Director
Mountainland MPO
Brian Steed
Water Executive Director
Utah State University’s Janet Quinney Lawson Institute for Land, Water, and Air
Great Salt Lake Commissioner
Tara McKee
Open Space & Recreation
Deputy Director, Grants & Planning
Utah Department of Natural Resources
Division of Outdoor Recreation
Our live audience then voted on which panelist made the most convincing pitch for why their topic stood out. Despite ALL the topics being equally important for the future of our state, the conversation on water, by Brian Steed, took the majority of the audience votes.
