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Provo, Orem officials respond to area's tumble in best-performing cities ranking
Though the Provo-Orem metropolitan area dropped in the Milken Institute’s Best-Performing Cities Index for 2025, city officials remain optimistic about the community’s economic growth. Provo-Orem placed 15th in the rankings for large cities in the U.S., a high mark compared to the entire nation but below a fifth-place finish last year and three consecutive first-place finishes from 2021 to 2023. Maggie Switek, senior director of the research department at Milken, said a slowdown in the high-tech industry impacted job and wage growth in the area. Provo City Communications Director ...
