February 8 2022 Update

I hope your day is going well.  Mine has been busy.  I was able to meet with three of my directors today for our regular bi-monthly meetings and get updates on key things their departments are working on.  It always reminds me of all the good work that is going on - sometimes behind the scenes - that makes life in Provo better.  I love the long term focus of our directors, but also the personal touch that lets them have influence in the lives of their employees.  They really do have your best interests at heart, as we do.

We also had an opportunity to meet today with two officials of the Federal Aviation Administration to talk about the future of the airport and the need to significantly step up our game with the new terminal building and all the additional activity at the airport.  We were able to look at some best practices at airports that work like ours around the western states, which always gives us something better to shoot for.  We appreciate our federal partners who have brought so many resources to Provo.

UPCOMING CITY EVENTS

Conversaciones I February 8 7:00 pm

BYU Cougarettes in Concert I February 9 - February 12

The Audacity to Write a Great Story: Tips to Ignite and Sustain Your Writing Practice This Year I February 10 7:00 pm

Valentine's Ball I February 12 6:00 pm

'Signatures' by Central Utah Ballet I February 15 7:30 pm

West Side Story and YA Utah Valley Symphony I February 17 - February 18

Sherma Andrews Concert I February 19 7:30 pm

Lifehouse Performing Arts Academy Presents: It Started with a Mouse I February 22 - February 24

MUOTeen 2022 I February 25 - February 26

Coppelia by Utah Metropolitan Ballet I March 3 - March 5

Provo Women's Day I March 5

Provo Women's Day Y2K Afterparty I March 5 7:00 pm

Excellence in the Community presents: Mariachi Sol de Jalisco - tribute to Selena I March 14 7:30 pm

NEWS YOU CAN USE

• The Clean Air Caucus, a bipartisan group of lawmakers, met last week to discuss the set of bills they’re sponsoring this session to improve air quality in Utah. The measures include placing a tax on vehicle emissions, making public transportation more accessible and creating an air quality impact study.
• Meta, the parent company of Facebook, took a battering in the stock market last week after the social media behemoth forecast lower-than-anticipated earnings for the upcoming quarter. The plunge in shares is likely to cleave $200-plus billion from Meta's market value. Meta also fell short of fourth-quarter earnings estimates. Meanwhile, for the first time since its creation in 2004, Facebook lost daily active users. Meta attributed the losses and gloomy forecast to market forces such as inflation and supply chain issues, as well as privacy changes to Apple's operating system.
• Doctors have found a potential way to cure leukemia. Carl June and Joseph Melenhorst, immunologists from the University of Pennsylvania, treated Doug Olson in 2010 for leukemia using an experimental chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy, and after 10 years, Olson has remained cancer-free, together with another trial participant. "We can now conclude that CAR-T cells can actually cure patients, based on these results," said June, adding that the next challenge is figuring out "how to make this work in solid cancers."

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FUN STUFF

So, this is a little less traditional fun stuff since it isn't a music video or a meme collection, but it is an amazing article from the Daily Herald about the growth of murals in our central city.  This is a heart-warming story about an idea that sprung out of the South Franklin Community Center to help build relationships in the South Franklin neighborhood.  Take a minute to click on the link and read this article about a homegrown project to help neighbors engage and support each other.  

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Hope you have a great day.  I feel so lucky to be associated with you and to live and work in a community like Provo!  

Wayne