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OPPORTUNITIES IN EVERY in every direction

Today, Taylorsville is a vibrant and medical
community with 58,65 residents. The esti
mated market populati on within a fi ve-mile
radius is 390,301. Taylorsville has a thriving
business base. With over 1,800 businesses
and 58,652 residents, Taylorsville is the 9th
largest city in the state. And, Taylorsville is
no longer a bedroom community. With over
17,000 jobs, there is now one job per household
in Taylorsville.
The City of Taylorsville has experienced
growth in its high-tech/medical faciliti es with
ICU Medical (medical device manufacturing),
Nelson Laboratories, and the Unifi ed State
Laboratories. The City ranks high in customer
service jobs with American Express (fi nancial
services), RBS Securiti es, Inc. (fi nancial services)
and Convergys (inbound call centers).
Educati on plays a prominent role in preparing
the workforce through Salt Lake Community
College, the University of Phoenix, and ITT
Technical Insti tute.
In additi on, many government services
faciliti es are located in Taylorsville, including:
Bureau of Criminal Identi fi cati on BCI), Calvin
Rampton Government Center, Utah Department
of Transportati on (UDOT) Headquarters,
and the Utah Department of Workforce
Services. Finally, the City of Taylorsville has
the Robert G. Sanderson Community Center
of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing and Sorenson
Communicati ons, providers of VRS (video
relay service) to allow communicati on for the
hearing impaired.

The City of Taylorsville is nestled in the
heart of the Salt Lake Valley. One of Utah’s 10
largest citi es, Taylorsville is eight miles south of
the Salt Lake Internati onal Airport and 15 minutes
southwest of downtown Salt Lake City.
Two convenient Freeway Interchanges provide
easy access to I-15, I-80, and I-215 Freeways.
Taylorsville’s central valley locati on is one
of the City’s greatest assets. In every directi on
one fi nds great recreati onal and cultural ameniti
es that support a high quality of life. The
City’s thriving business climate and excellent
employers augment the excepti onal quality of
life.

VIBRANT HIGH TECH/
MEDICAL COMMUNITY

BUSINESS RETENTION AND EXPANSION
Taylorsville conti nues to work with its
local businesses on business retenti on and
expansion. American Express recently

surpassed Salt Lake Community College as the
City’s foremost employer, with over 2,000 employees.Convergys call center, with over 1300
employees, avoided a reducti on in workforce
by helping with the 2010 US Census. The City
conti nues to work with owners of shopping
centers and offices to keep them full:

 

New Construction/Increased Tax Base
• The Carpet Guy Warehouse
6200 S. 3200 West – 8,744 sf
• SilverCrest Senior Apts.
2209 West 4700 South – 186 units
• Utah Non Profi t Housing
2209 West 4700 South – 61 units

‘Bout Time Pub & Grub is a very clean and reputable sports themed, neighborhood
oriented restaurant off ering a variety of

delicious hand-craft ed sandwiches,

oven-fired pizzas, made to order burgers and cold beverages. Their family friendly atmosphere is a great spot to watch your favorite sports team
on big screen TV’s, challenge your friends to
a round of video golf or just relax. ‘Bout Time
is located next to Einstein’s at 5592 South
Redwood Road, Suite 260, in the DDR Family
Center at Taylorsville. ‘Bout Time has state of
the art TV and audio systems, NTN trivia, and
a billiards area with comfortable VIP and pati o
seati ng in an inviti ng, urban-casual setti ng.
We welcome these new businesses to the
City of Taylorsville. We congratulate each of
them on their new beginnings and wish them
conti nued business success.

BUSINESS ATTRACTION
In these tough economic times, the City
of Taylorsville is pleased to announce the arrival
of the following new businesses:
RBS Securiti es Inc. is part of the Royal
Bank of Scotland. Founded in 1727, Royal Bank
of Scotland is one of the world’s great fi nancial
insti tuti ons serving more than 40 million customers.
RBS Securiti es now occupies a porti on
of Sorenson Building VII at 4246 South Riverboat
Road, in the Sorenson Research Park. RBS
Securiti es will initi ally hire 75 employees this
year and eventually grow to 260 employees.
“We are excited about the opportunity
to establish a new IT and Operations support
servicing center in Salt Lake County, Utah.
This locati on will be a key component of our
ongoing geographic and ti me-zone

diversification eff orts and will help to enhance the reliability of our operation in the Americas and
enable us to better support our client base,”
said Michael Geller, RBS Marketi ng Director.
Delta Health Systems is a national provider
of third party administrator (TPA) services
for insurance claims for large employers who
are self-insured. With more than 200,000

participants, Delta Health Systems is recognized
as one of the leading third party administrators
in the country with a reputation for flexibility,
innovative services and outstanding customer service. Delta Health Systems recently relocated to Center Pointe Plaza, 6577 South Redwood Road with 55 employees.

JOBS — JOBS — JOBS
EMPLOYER JOBS
RBS Securiti es 265
Utah State Laboratories 185
Nelson Labs (Expansion) 185
Legacy Village Memory Care 118
Delta Health Systems 60
Sonic Innovati ons 50
TOTAL NEW JOBS: 863

QUALITY OF LIFE
The City of Taylorsville has an excellent quality
of life with a wide variety of housing, shopping,
restaurants, and city parks. Jordan River Parkway,
Valley Regional Soft ball Park, Taylorsville Senior
Citi zens’ Center, Taylorsville-Bennion Heritage Center,
and the Taylorsville Recreati on Center and Pool
are just a few of the great recreati onal and cultural
ameniti es that the City of Taylorsville has to off er.
Baseball is at the forefront, with our youth baseball
teams consistently winning nati onal championships.
Volunteerism and respect for traditi onal
family values are important community traits. Taylorsville
Dayzz Celebrati on, held the last weekend
in June at Valley Regional Park, is a wonderful community
event for the whole family.

OPPORTUNITIES IN EVERY
DIRECTION
Taylorsville is recognized as a city on the move!
The City has a strong cluster of laboratories and
medical-related businesses. While much of the City
is already developed, there are a few excellent site
locati ons for economic development, including the
100-acre UDOT property at 6200 South Bangerter
Highway and 24 acres at Sorenson Research Park,
815 West 4500 South.
As Taylorsville’s economy rebounds from the
recent economic downturn, building is booming in
Taylorsville. The City of Taylorsville plans to conti nue
eff orts to att ract, to retain, and to expand quality
businesses.
Enjoy the advantages of Taylorsville! The City
of Taylorsville is at the center of it all. Taylorsville is
very pro-acti ve in creati ng economic development
and desires everyone to know that in Taylorsville
there are “opportuniti es in every directi on.”