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Monte Deere, CEO of Utah-based shoemaker Kizik Design LLC, has a theory about why his state has seen so much business and corporate growth in recent years.
The workforce available in the state is getting smarter and bigger as people move from California and Oregon, he said. That has drawn a lot of development in the past 15 years — and Utah is now filled with corporate…