Author Archives: Jeremy Chase

International Mining Expo

October 16-19, 2013, Acapulco, Mexico: Idaho Companies are invited to attend the International Mining Congress trade show with our Mexico Trade Office Manager and a Trade Specialist with the Idaho Dept. of Commerce. Our Mexico Trade Office Manager will be working to set up meetings for the participating companies with potential international buyers at the show. This show is one of

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AIMExpo

October 16-20, 2013; Orlando, FL: Idaho Commerce is teaming up with Idaho companies to exhibit at the AIMExpo. For any attending or exhibiting Idaho companies, Idaho Commerce will be working to set up some meetings with potential international buyers at the show. AIMExpo will include OEMs, distributors, parts and accessories manufacturers, dealers, consumers and the media.

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Changes at the Idaho Division of Tourism

From Idaho Commerce Director Jeff Sayer: “The Department of Commerce has recently announced a new organizational structure to support the agency’s ultimate goals and objectives of making the state of Idaho among the top states in the nation for doing business. Unfortunately, one element of this organizational change is that the Tourism Administrator, Karen Ballard,

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2013: A Summer of Success

Nothing but good news to report for lodging sales during the prime tourism season 2013. Lodging tax receipts for the months June-September, which represent sales for the months May-August came in a whopping 9.23 percent over the same months in 2012. The cumulative tax collection for these four months totaled $8,245,217.54, while the comparable figure

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TwentyTwo Designs Now Assembles All Bindings in Idaho

The Driggs company was founded in 2004 and moved from Wyoming in 2006 TwentyTwo Designs, a high-performance Telemark ski binding manufacturer, recently announced that 2013 was the first year the company has assembled 100 percent of its products in Driggs, Idaho.  Owners Chris Valiante and Collins Pringle have been steadily growing their business in the

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New McCall Lake Cruises Provides Luxury Lake Tours on Payette Lake

The company’s cruise vessel, THE IDAHO, was built in northern Idaho The newest attraction in west-central Idaho is McCall Lake Cruises – an Idaho-based, environmentally conscious company that offers visitors an experience on beautiful Payette Lake like no other. McCall Lake Cruises provides the perfect opportunity to view the lake and its natural surroundings from the

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Idaho’s Oldest Micro Brewery Releases “All Idaho” Ale

Victor’s Grand Teton Brewing Company continues to grow and increase production each year Grand Teton Brewing, known throughout the West for exceptional craft brews, announced the release of Ale 208 Session Ale last week. Ale 208 is the newest release in Grand Teton Brewing’s Signature Beer Series. Ale 208 is brewed to be Idaho’s session

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Yanke Machine Shop Looks to International Markets to Continue Expanding its Idaho-grown Business

Boise-based company values its employees and their years of experience   On July 26, Lieutenant Governor Brad Little, along with representatives from the Idaho Department of Commerce, welcomed a delegation from Cameroon at the Yanke Machine Shop facility in Boise. Officials from the Cameroon ministries of Defense, Finance, and Economy, along with Hoffman International and

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