• Success Story: City of HeyburnJanuary 20, 2023

  Following a $50,000 Gem Grant, the City of Heyburn was able to upgrade the sewer line at their industrial park, allowing the city to retain Worldwide Dehydrated Foods, a subsidiary...

• Support Local Gems This Holiday SeasonDecember 1, 2022

  Support Local Gems this holiday season! and the Idaho Department of Commerce today announced the third annual Support Local Gems: All Season Long initiative. Support Local Gems: All Season Long is a holiday...

• Internet for All Event Brings Together Broadband StakeholdersNovember 21, 2022

  Last week, the Idaho Department of Commerce, Idaho Commission for Libraries and the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), along with other state partners, held the Internet for All: Idaho...

• Idaho Commerce Welcomes New Broadband ManagerOctober 19, 2022

  Idaho Commerce is happy to announce the hiring of the state’s new Broadband Program Manager, Ramón S. Hobdey-Sánchez, who started last month. “We are excited to welcome Ramón to the...

• Next Week is Boise Entrepreneur Week!October 17, 2022

  Boise Entrepreneur Week is the largest entrepreneurial event in Idaho and one of the largest in the West.  The event takes place each year and brings together thousands of entrepreneurs...

• Have you Used the Employee Retention Tax Credit yet?May 20, 2022

  According to the IRS,  approximately 70% – 80% of small and medium businesses (as well as tens of thousands of charities) could be eligible to take advantage of the Employee...

• Rural ED Pro Grant Applications OpenMay 11, 2022

  Applications are open now for the Rural Idaho Economic Development Professional Grant Program. The intent of the Rural Idaho Economic Development Professional Grant Program is to build economic development capacity...

• Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Rural PlaybookApril 19, 2022

  Last week, the executive branch of the federal government launched a webpage to help rural communities understand and access the various programs associated with the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. The Bipartisan...

• Community Development Week: Challis Fire StationApril 15, 2022

  It’s our final post for Community Development Week! The North Custer Rural Fire District CDBG project consisted of the construction of a new fire station facility. The previous facility was...

• Community Development Week: City of FruitlandApril 14, 2022

  This CDBG job creation project was recently completed in the city of Fruitland. The project consisted of construction of new street (NW 7th Street) east of Highway 95 in Fruitland,...

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