Robin Collins, who joined the city of Kuna in December as economic development coordinator, has left that position to become the economic development director for the city of Eagle, effective June 18. Before joining Kuna, Collins was assistant economic development ...

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While business and economic development has typically been the purview of governmental and quasi-governmental organizations, increasingly utility companies are playing a role. “Across the country, utilities like Idaho Power have business development teams, providing that single point of contact,” said ...

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A new federal program may bring investment money to up to 28 low-income census tracts in Idaho. Opportunity Zones are a community development program established by Congress in the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. The purpose of the program ...

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It’s a great time to be an economic development professional in Idaho. While regions, counties, and some cities have had economic development staff for some time, an increasing number of cities are hiring these professionals. “A lot of cities are ...

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Eastern Idaho has unified on the economic development front. Pocatello is the last of the region’s larger cities to join the Idaho Falls-based Regional Economic Development for Eastern Idaho, or REDI. Rexburg joined REDI in January and Chubbuck joined it ...

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The city of McCall will expand its community development department Oct. 1 to formally include economic development. “It better reflects some of the work we are already doing,” said Michelle Groenevelt, McCall’s community development director. “We will be more intentional ...

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Century-old warehouse districts across the country have found renewed life, largely as popular entertainment districts, and now Twin Falls has its own ideas for empty warehouses at downtown’s southern edge. Twin Falls wants to fill warehouses with small manufacturers, especially ...

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Jan Rogers paints a picture of eastern Idaho as the state’s education, research and high-tech powerhouse. “We own higher education,” said Rogers, executive director of the newly established Regional Economic Development Eastern Idaho, a merging of the economic development agencies ...

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Newly minted Twin Falls City Manager Travis Rothweiler got a 10:15 p.m. phone call late in May 2011. “Would you meet with a food manufacturer tomorrow morning?” the caller asked. The late-night call was from Jan Rogers, who was then ...

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A small change to a tax rebate for businesses that move to Idaho or expand in the state and add high-paying jobs won’t lower the criteria for what counts as a high-paying job. The Idaho House Revenue and Taxation Committee ...

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