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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Two companies that received Idaho’s new Tax Reimbursement Incentives said that the tax credits were a key part of their decision to expand in Idaho. Andy Kopral, treasurer of Amy’s Kitchen, which bought the former Heinz plant in Pocatello for ...

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Capital Matrix is accepting grant requests from nonprofits and local governments for economic development projects in southwestern Idaho and eastern Oregon. Capital Matrix has $120,000 for grants. The money comes from the earnings from the certified development corporation’s U.S. Small ...

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Convenience food maker Amy’s Kitchen is buying a former H.J. Heinz plant in Pocatello and plans to hire 200 full-time workers when it opens in December. Amy’s, which makes organic and non-GMO convenience food, announced Oct. 29 it would purchase ...

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