There's a new Tri Cities in town, baby.

Mention "tri cities" and many north county area natives think of the big three -- American Fork, Pleasant Grove and Lehi.

With a slight shift in focus, Tri Cities has come to mean Lehi, Saratoga Springs and Eagle Mountain, at least for members of the Lehi Area Chamber of Commerce.

"That is going to be my little plug in the "area" in Lehi Area Chamber of Commerce," said Diane Bradshaw. "To let people know there is a lot going on out there. There are businesses booming and there is a lot of opportunity."

Bradshaw is the new chair of the Lehi Area Chamber, an active chamber with a synergy that has attracted members from Draper, Midvale, Sandy, Provo, Orem, American Fork, Highland, Pleasant Grove, Lindon and Lehi as well as Cedar Valley business owners and Saratoga Springs.

"Diane brings professional wisdom to the Lehi Area Chamber in her ability to bring all three communities together," said Heather Miller, chamber president. "Her push is basically to include the Tri City area. It's great working with her and the board appreciates her willingness to carry on the (chamber) growth."

Bradshaw became the chamber chair when Kris Belcher, after seven months of service as the organization's chair, stepped down for health and personal reasons in August.

Although new to serving as chair, Bradshaw is no stranger to the chamber board.

"The more we get people involved in that area, the more the demand will be," she said. "That's why I got involved in the first place was to promote Eagle Mountain and Saratoga Springs, especially in Eagle Mountain we need to emphasize the positive in our town, not the negative."

Bradshaw isn't just a bystander watching Eagle Mountain politics make headlines, she was one of the first City Council members and held the office for three years and a Planning and Zoning Commissioner for a few more.

Her move from the city's telecommunications to Direct Communications was a natural one when the company bought out the city's utility.

As an administrator for Direct Communications, she represents an independent communications company specializing in rural areas and providing customers with telephone, high-speed Internet, cable television, satellite and long distance services.

She and her husband, Wayne Bradshaw, have lived in Eagle Mountain before it became a town 11 years ago. They have four children, ages 7-16. They own five acres, seven chickens, two pygmy goats, a cat and a dog.

"That's the whole reason we moved out to Eagle Mountain was to have a place to raise our family," she said.

Bradshaw believes the momentum found in Lehi is also building in the entire Tri City area with Saratoga Springs is seeing a Super Wal-Mart being built at its crossroads.

"That will be a big boon to Redwood Road and Eagle Mountain City is emphasizing economic development even more," Bradshaw said.

Until Eagle Mountain gets its own big box store, the city and Direct Communications are the biggest employers in Cedar Valley.

But that doesn't mean business is at a standstill in the city of 14,000.

Eagle Mountain residents have jumped on the trend to work at home and a large portion of the city's small businesses are created by entrepreneurs with home offices, more than 100, who could benefit from being involved in the chamber network, she said.

"That's where the luncheons are important," Bradshaw said of the monthly chamber meetings. "You are able to network and sit and talk and make connections you normally wouldn't have."