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® 2019 Winners Directory OFOF Best of the Best ® BESTBEST ®® STATESTATE LEARN MORE ABOUT EDGE STEAKHOUSE, WESTGATE RESORT IN PARK CITY ON PAGE 16 BEST OF THE BEST® IN DINING ESTABLISHMENTS 2020 Call for Entries - Deadline March 15, 2020 UTAH’S #1 NEWSTEAM UTAH’S #1 NEWSTEAM ® 4 © 2020 BEST OF STATE our awesome dentists have Over 145 combined years of experience! Winner! 2018 Best of State FREE superhero* cape! PRESENT THIS COUPON AT YOUR FIRST VISIT TO RECEIVE YOUR SUPERHERO GEAR! *Call for details. Must present coupon. Our Awesome Locations! Bountiful • Cottonwood • Lehi • Lindon • Murray Park City • Salt Lake • Sandy • Stansbury Park West Jordan • West Valley Visit our website for location details 6 www.burgchildrensdentistry.com© 2020 BEST OF STATE © 2020 BEST OF STATE 7 Thanks to the Best of State Sponsors 2019 ® ® BEST OF STATE Excelling and Surpassing All Else ® Best of State Staff Mark Layton Colin Schmutz Mallory Layton Best of State Supporting Staff Mallory Layton Chief Operating Officer Matthew Hamby Executive Judges Director Lynn Gilbert Gilbert & Stewart, CPA, PC Jamie Kregger Copy Editor Nate Fairclough Director of Advertising Matt Monsen Database Manager Webb Audio Visual Audio and Visual Services Layton Productions Staging and Event Production Issimo Story Agency Video Graphics & Editing Wallaroo Media Social Media & SEO SymbolArts Web Store Cassidy Oldham Front of House Manager Shayla Fairclough Advertising Manager Best of State P.O. Box 970548 Orem, UT 84097-0548 (801) 361-7300 www.bestofstate.org 8 © 2020 BEST OF STATE BEST OF STATE® WINNERS DIRECTORY Table of Contents The Premier Recognition and Awards Program ® BEST OF STATE CALL FOR ENTRIES 10 BEST OF STATE LEGACY COUNCIL 12 BEST OF STATE STATUE WINNERS ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT - Hale Centre Theatre 14 DINING - Edge Steakhouse 16 SPORTS & RECREATION - Club V Volleyball 18 PRODUCTION & MANUFACTURING - SymbolArts 20 EDUCATION - Odyssey House of Utah 22 SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY - Blackrock Microsystems 24 BUSINESS SERVICES - Webb 26 MERCHANDISING & CONSUMER SERVICES - Harmons Neighborhood Grocer 28 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT - Mayor Brent Taylor (1979-2018) 30 HOSPITALITY, TRAVEL & TOURISM - Western River Expeditions/Moab Adventure Center 32 BUSINESS INNOVATION AWARD WINNER 34 BEST OF STATE WINNERS - CATEGORICAL LISTING 35 2019 GALA - PHOTO HIGHLIGHTS 52 BEST OF STATE GOLF TOURNAMENT - PHOTO HIGHLIGHTS 54 Registered Trademarks and Patents ® cover photo courtesy: Edge Steakhouse Best of State ® Excelling and Surpassing All Else ® Best of the Best The Premier Recognition and Awards Program® The BOSS (Best of State Statue)® ™ The Best of State Statue, the BOSS U.S. Patent NOS. US 7.045.218 and US D520.408 S © 2002-2019 Best of State © 2020 BEST OF STATE 9 Best of State® 2020 Call for Entries Your accomplishments deserve recognition. Nominate yourself, your business, or your organization for a Best of State award. ® ELIGIBILITY Nominees must either live, work, or do business in Utah. A nominee may be an individual, business, or other organization. Anyone associated with the individual, business, or organization may nominate. Best of State encourages self-nomination, as nominees are often best qualified to describe their own achievements and successes. Nominator identity is not available to judges. All judging is based solely on information provided in the nomination and is done by a panel of independent GENERAL AWARD DIVISIONS judges. Nominees may be nominated in multiple categories. Best of State reserves Arts & Entertainment the right to change nominee category placement. Business Services Community Development Dining Establishments HOW TO NOMINATE Education Enter online at www.bestofstate.org. Entry deadline is March 15, 2020. Category listings Hospitality, Travel & Tourism and specific entry requirements for each category can also be found online. Merchandising & Consumer Services Production & Manufacturing ENTRY FEES Science & Technology A nominal entry fee applies to each nomination. See website for entry fee details. Sports & Recreation DEADLINE March 15, 2020 Save The Date AWARDS GALA 2020 Best of State Awards will be presented 2020 Best of State Awards at the black-tie Best of State Gala on will be presented at a Friday, June 12, 2020 black-tie gala on at the Salt Palace Convention Center. JUDGING CRITERIA Friday 50% Overall excellence and achievement June 12, 2020 30% Innovation and creativity 20% Making Utah a better place to live Nominate at www.bestofstate.org Deadline March 15, 2020 10 © 2020 BEST OF STATE ® Sponsored by: © 2020 Best of State U.S. Patent Nos. US 7,045,218 and US D520,408 S © 2020 BEST OF STATE 11 Best of State Legacy Council Kevin Guest, USANA taking care of one of the many employees Best of State Kevin Guest is the or customers, he is with his very supportive Legacy Council Chief Executive Officer wife and four beautiful daughters. of USANA Health The Best of State Legacy Council is comprised of business Jeff Young, YESCO Sciences, where he and community leaders committed to supporting the Jeffrey S. Young is recognition of excellence, achievement, and community has overseen record service through the Best of State Awards Program. Senior Vice President company growth as of Young Electric Sign well as new product Mary Crafts-Homer, Company. YESCO, as development, strategic marketing, and MARY CRAFTS INC. the company is known USANA’s audio, video, and event productions today, is a remarkable Legacy Council worldwide. He is also a member of the board story of the American Chairperson of directors for the Direct Selling Association, dream come true. Jeff’s grandfather, Thomas and a member of the CEO Council for Young, founded the company in 1920 in As the founder of the World Federation of Direct Selling Ogden. YESCO is a family-owned provider of Culinary Crafts, Utah’s Associations. Prior to joining USANA, Kevin a full spectrum of custom sign and lighting largest off-premise was a managing partner at FMG, a video and systems from simple wayfinding plaques to caterer and recipient of 19 Best of State awards, events production company. Kevin earned towering, spectacular displays. YESCO and Mary is integral to making Utah a great place a BA in Communications from Brigham its 1,400 employees serve customers in Utah to celebrate. Mary has received numerous Young University and is an accomplished and throughout the country and Canada. awards including the Silicon Slopes Hero musician, playing at venues like the Grand The founder enjoyed the saying, “The Award, the Salt Lake Chamber of Commerce Ole Opry with rock and country superstars. Pathfinder Award, UVU’s Kirk Englehardt difficult we do immediately; the impossible may take a little longer.” Ethics Award, and Mary was named One of Kent Crawford, Utah’s Coolest Entrepreneurs by Business Q KUTV Magazine. Currently Mary is devoting herself Steve Webb, Kent Crawford began his to improving life for others through her Webb Audio Visual media career in 1980, scholarships, mentoring, keynotes, and Steve Webb is the and has had numerous podcasts, as she continues to guide Culinary President of Webb sales management Crafts to even greater levels of success. Audio Visual Event positions since that Technology. Established time. He has been in in 1955, Webb Audio Kurt D. Christensen, broadcast/internet sales management for Visual has a long DDS, Burg Children’s more than 20 years. Kent is currently the history of providing award-winning audio, Dentistry and General Manager at KUTV Ch. 2. Kent’s focus video, lighting, and production service for Orthodontics has always been to aid clients in achieving corporate business meetings, conventions, their marketing goals and objectives with the and special events throughout the U.S. and Dr. Kurt D. Christensen, effective use of television and the internet. the world. Steve and his wife, Angie, are the DDS, has been He has created numerous public service and parents of 5 children. providing dental care commercial campaigns. in Salt Lake Valley for almost 20 years. He grew up in Sugar House and graduated with Kent is a past board member of the Utah Beth Colosimo, MBA, honors from the University of Washington Advertising Federations. He is a graduate Salt Lake School of Dentistry in Seattle. Currently, he of the University of Utah. He resides in Salt Community College is acting as CEO and managing partner of Lake City with his wife and two children. Beth Colosimo is an Utah’s largest pediatric dental group, Burg Executive Director at Salt Children’s Dentistry and Orthodontics, Bronson Sulser, Lake Community College. while seeing patients 3 days a week. Deeply Kentson Car Company Beth manages a variety of committed to equal access to dental care, programs that help entre- he has actively lobbied on behalf of Utah’s Bronson Sulser is preneurs and small businesses get started and underserved population. Kurt and his wife, President of Kentson expand through a variety of training and educa- Heather, enjoy youth sports, Lake Powell, Car Company. He tion workshops, mentoring, and conferences. good Thai food, and raising their 4 children. started the company out As director of the Small Business Development of a closet office back in Center, Beth and her team counsel and mentor 2000. Bronson believed that he could change those looking to start their own companies. She the way people felt about buying a used car. also oversees a business incubator where start The idea has grown into a company that is up companies work together in a shared space nationally known for customer satisfaction to learn about being entrepreneurs and how to and high quality product. When he’s not grow their businesses. 12 © 2020 BEST OF STATE Best of State Legacy Council Troy Olson, Kade Hendershot, all covered by a lifetime service guarantee. Les Olson Company Wallaroo Media Dan considers himself a “video game junkie” Troy Olson began his days Kade Hendershot is and has been programming video games at the family business as a the President and Co- since he was 6 years old.