Millcreek's Annual Community Choice Awards! 

The Millcreek Business Council is hosting the October Business Gala once again this year! At the Gala, we will be awarding businesses in Millcreek with Community Choice Awards, Mayor's Choice Awards, and recognizing the Business of the Year! Community Choice Awards gives the public the opportunity to nominate your business for one or several of the 5 categories: 1) Best Retail Business, 2) Best Restaurant/Bar, 3) Best Service, 4) Best Nonprofit, 5) Best Workplace. You can start the voting process by sharing this with your customers! Fill out the Community Choice Awards survey HERE!

Voting will close Friday, September 8th, 2023. Information about the October Business Gala and how to purchase tickets for the Gala will be available in the coming weeks. Watch out for more information about the gala in this newsletter! 

Millcreek Business Market Opportunity! 

The Millcreek Business Council will be hosting the Millcreek Business Market on Thursday, September 14, 2023, from 4:00 – 8:00 PM at Millcreek Common (1354 East Chambers Ave, Millcreek, UT, 84106). This is a great opportunity for businesses to connect, market, and hire. Set up will take place at 3:00 PM on event day. More details will come as the event gets closer.

The Millcreek Business Market has three purposes:

• Connect – we want local licensed Millcreek Businesses to connect with the Millcreek community. This will be a great opportunity to show the community what it is that you do. This event will be held during Food Truck Thursday, the Millcreek Common skate loop will be open, and we are inviting individuals from all over Millcreek and the Valley to join. We hope this event will be a fun celebration for your business and one that really draws a crowd.

• Market – along the lines of connecting with the community, this will be an amazing place to market your business. You can bring any sort of fliers, marketing materials, create a fun activity for the public, and sell your goods with no additional business license required! The Millcreek Business Council and Millcreek City will also help advertise this event with your company’s logos on our marketing. Marketing will go out in the Millcreek Business Council E-Newsletter, the Millcreek City E-Newsletter, go on the Digital District Sign at Millcreek Common, and fliers will be going out all over the valley including to universities in Northern Utah, local Millcreek Businesses, apartment buildings, and more! This is a great opportunity to reach the community.

• Hire – we are working with Granite School District and the Department of Workforce Services to bring in job seekers from around the valley. We would love it if your business were hiring to showcase that to the public and for your business to connect with potential employees during the event.

This event is an exclusive opportunity for licensed Millcreek Businesses. It is a NONREFUNDABLE $50 to register for this event.

• Your $50 registration fee includes 10 free skate passes around the Millcreek Common skate loop ($120 value) for the event night only! Invite your employees, families, and friends to help you with this event and enjoy some free skating that night!

• Don’t have your own event tent? Rent one of ours for an additional (and optional) $100! Bringing your own event tents are encouraged and a free option.

We only have 12 spots left, so REGISTER TODAY! Deadline to register by August 12th, 2023! 

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe8n9XT3UHHOe7TNeTZhT29WLCUf-aDtVapDltfhkCHCJ2LOA/viewform

If you have any questions, please contact Alyssa Henrie with Millcreek City at ahenrie@millcreek.us or call at 801-214-2765!

Looking forward to celebrating your local Millcreek Businesses!

Meet n' Eat Invitation!

You're invited to join the Millcreek Business Council at the August Meet n' Eat on Tuesday, August 8th from 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM at The Brickyard Bar (3000 S Highland Drive, Millcreek, UT, 84106). Come network with other small business owners and employees! You can register for the event HERE! 

THANK YOU FOR DONATING! 

Thank you to our donors who participated in this month's American Red Cross Blood Drive at Millcreek City Hall! We collected 29 units of blood. Lives are forever changed because of your generous donation. If you are interested in being involved with the next American Red Cross Blood Drive, there will be another drive October 17th at the new Millcreek City Hall building (1354 E Chambers Ave)! Thank you again for your support!  

Walmart in Millcreek Ribbon Cutting 

Please join us on Friday, July 28th at 10:00 AM for a ribbon cutting ceremony for the Walmart in Millcreek (4627 S 900 E, Millcreek, UT)! There will be a social event before that at 9:30 AM. Can't wait to celebrate all of the improvements Walmart has made to their location in Millcreek!

Twisted Sugar One Year Celebration and Food Truck Ribbon Cutting!

Come celebrate Twisted Sugar on Saturday, July 29th at 1:00 PM - close! There will be a food truck ribbon cutting at 1:00 PM, and we would love to see all of you there! Twisted Sugar will also be doing $0.99 24 oz drinks, $25 dozen cookies, the first 100 people get a free cookie, $6 smoothies, half off boosters, and giveaways!

Wellness Corner -The Magic of Public Commitment 

By: Ben Fogel 

I have been doing a lot of reading, thinking and learning recently, and the most common theme that comes up when the talk is about reaching a particular goal or outcome is this:

When you commit yourself to putting the work in on a particular goal, and when you make that commitment public, you are going to be much more likely to reach the outcome you are looking to reach.  

I want to give an example.  There was a study performed where they looked at two groups that used the “MyFitnessPal” calorie and food tracking app. Group one used the app and tracked their daily nutrition and had targeted calorie goals.  Group two did all the same tracking with one minor difference:

Group two shared their calorie goal and weekly data with a friend or family member and let them know about their commitment to their goal.  

The outcome? Group two had a 50% increase in reaching their goals from literally just doing that one extra part – sharing their commitment to their desired outcome to someone – having another person that they knew they were going to report back to changed their outcome dramatically.  

What can we learn from this?  Well, a lot, in fact!  

Warm Winter Coat Drive - Does Your Business Want to Be Involved?

Our Warm Winter Coat Drive (hats, gloves, and scarves will also be accepted) will take place during the month of November. We are looking for businesses willing to host a box for Millcreek residents to drop off their donations. If you're interested in being involved with the Warm Winter Clothing Drive, please contact Alyssa Henrie at ahenrie@millcreek.us or call at 385-252-7541!

The Millcreek Youth Council Needs Your Help!

The Millcreek Youth Council needs your help! There are hundreds of elementary and secondary school students in Granite School District that don't have the means to get the supplies they need for school. With that in mind, we’ve teamed up with @granitekids to hold a backpack and school supplies drive!
 
Our goal is to collect 100 filled backpacks by Friday, August 4th. Please take a look at the two lists in this post (one for elementary students, one for secondary students) and donate what you can. You can drop off donations to Millcreek City Hall (3330 S 1300 E), Monday-Friday from 8 AM to 5 PM through August 4th.
 
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ECCS Grant Opportunity! 

Hello! This is the Employer Childcare Startup Grant with the Childrens Service Society of Utah.  

We have a new resource for business to review childcare benefit options. This was created to show businesses the minimum and maximum input you can build your childcare benefit options to support your working families! These are what we have seen work in the past and we can build a plan that works best for your business needs.  

Meet with us: Are you interested in a 1:1 meeting, to learn more about the Employer Childcare Startup Grant? Here is our appointment link: calendly.com/eccsgrant   

Help us spread the word about this amazing grant by sharing this information with your friends, family, HR representatives, business partners, CEO's etc. We appreciate any contacts you could share, or networking events you can think of. 

 Show your support by following and sharing our social media for updates.    

1. LinkedIn page: Employer Childcare (ECCSG) Startup Grant | LinkedIn  
2. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ChildrensServiceSociety  
3. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cssutah/   

No matter the size of your company, there are high-quality childcare provider partnerships we can connect you with, all over the great state of Utah.   

The total grant pool is 4 million dollars and ends September 2024.   

We look forward to connecting with you,  

Employer Child Care Startup Grant (ECCSG)  

Employee Liaison's 

Amariah 385-499-6166, Beka 385-499-0386, Monica 385-499-6164 

Children's Service Society of Utah   

655 East 4500 South #200 | SLC, UT 84107   

eccsgrant@cssutah.org | www.cssutah.org    

Caring for Utah’s families since 1884   

Schedule a meeting with us here: calendly.com/eccsgrant   

ECCS Grant Application: https://cssutah.org/buildingblocks/employer-childcare-startup-grant/  

Funding Provided by the Employer Child Care Startup Grant through the Department of Workforce Services, Office of Childcare, ARPA Discretionary Fund

Have a great weekend!