Nobody likes residential sprawl. It uses up vacant land on city outskirts that might otherwise be agricultural or green space, it requires new or extended infrastructure such as utilities and roads and in general it just makes everything less efficient ...
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Meridian companies help construct energy project at Yokota Air Force Base in Japan 
Meridian companies YMC and Lea Electric are hard at work on a unique construction project at Yokota Air Force Base in Tokyo, Japan. The Energy Savings Performance Project (ESPC) is the fourth largest of its type in U.S. Department of ...
Read More »Industry stakeholders share current, future look at workforce, growth, and more at Forum on the Future event 
Panelists tackled the (possibly) most pressing issues facing many, if not most, industries today — recruiting and retaining talent as Idaho continues to grow, with some pains — during Idaho Business Review’s annual Forum on the Future event, which intends ...
Read More »Pre-pandemic patterns return in the Idaho labor market 
Labor statistics for Idaho are continuing their return to normalcy, according to statistics recently released by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) and the Idaho Department of Labor (DOL). While the state’s job openings, hires and quits all showed ...
Read More »Custom RV storage and park coming to Mountain Home 
Read More IBR Headlines The city of Mountain Home will gain a new custom RV storage and park at a lot near exit 95. Ryan Rodney, owner of Mountainbound Custom Storage & RV Park, is planning the project, which will ...
Read More »Brundage Mountain Resort announces completion of employee housing project 
Brundage Mountain Resort employees have started moving into the historic, now-transformed former Meadow Valley High School that will now serve as resort employee housing. The now complete project, Meadows Haus, has dorm-style living with eight double rooms, each with its ...
Read More »Huckabay family donates $14M to provide doctors in rural Idaho 
Idaho ranks 51st in the nation in physicians per capita. John Huckabay wants to fix that. According to the Association of American Medical Colleges State Physician Workforce Data Report released in January 2022, Idaho has the lowest number of active physicians ...
Read More »2 credit unions focused on the technology industry open in Idaho 
Two credit unions geared toward the technology industry, each headquartered in San Jose, California, have expanded in Idaho, one with a brick-and-mortar branch and another online. They are First Tech Federal Credit Union, which opened a branch in Eagle, and ...
Read More »Officials break ground on Caldwell’s Sky Ranch Logistics Center 
Officials broke ground Nov. 30 on what will be Caldwell’s largest building to date, according to a recent press release. This project, Sky Ranch Logistics Center, is also developer LPC West’s first project in Idaho. Caldwell Mayor Jarom Wagoner, along ...
Read More »Mixed-use Main Avenue Lofts opens in Twin Falls 
Read More Construction News Credited as the first large-scale, mixed-use building in downtown Twin Falls, stakeholders cut the ribbon for Main Avenue Lofts Nov. 10 to open the commercial office, living, retail and restaurant spaces. The $15 million, six-story, 53,068-square-foot project was ...
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