Press/News Category Archives: Business

Off-Grid Home Solar System in a Box

Off-Grid Home Solar System in a Box NEWS RELEASE:For Immediate Release Contact: Megan Hill Idaho Commerce 208.334.2470 megan.hill@commerce.idaho.gov Off-Grid Home Solar System in a BoxPocatello-based Inergy Solar launching a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo on Tuesday, November 17, at 9:00 a.m. PST to help fund the mass production of its innovative and portable home solar system

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Athlos Academies Has a Vision for the Future in Boise

Athlos Academies Has a Vision for the Future in Boise FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Camille Wells, Athlos Academies | (208) 908-5641 |cwells@athlosacademies.org Megan Ronk, Idaho Department of Commerce | (208) 334-2470 |megan.ronk@commerce.idaho.gov Nic Miller, City of Boise | (208) 994-1209 ||nmiller@cityofboise.org Athlos Academies Has a Vision for the Future in Boise Expecting 50 additional full-time

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Paylocity Chooses Boise, Creating 500+ Jobs in Next Five Years

Paylocity Chooses Boise, Creating 500+ Jobs For Immediate Release Contact: Jana Jones, Boise Valley Economic Partnership | (208) 921-4686 | jjones@bvep.org Nic Miller, City of Boise | (208) 994-1209 |nmiller@cityofboise.org Megan Ronk, Idaho Commerce | (208) 334-2470 | megan.ronk@commerce.idaho.gov Rebecca Everding, Paylocity | (222) 254-0088 | reverding@paylocity.com Paylocity Chooses Boise, Creating 500+ Jobs in Next

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INL Expands Partnerships with Idaho, Small Businesses

INL expands partnerships with Idaho, small businesses INL News Release  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Nov. 3, 2015 NEWS MEDIA CONTACTS: Lori McNamara, 208-520-6066, lori.mcnamara@inl.gov  Laura Scheele, 219-381-8672, laura.scheele@inl.gov  INL expands partnerships with Idaho, small businesses Note to editors: A graphic depiction of the funds awarded throughout Idaho is attached for your use. In the past fiscal

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Idaho Logging, Wood Product and Paper Industries Hang Steady

Idaho logging, wood product and paper industries hang steady Idaho’s logging and wood products industries struggle with volatile prices and a sharply reduced amount of timber available for harvest on federal lands compared with a generation ago. But Idaho wood is still a moneymaker, and recent trend lines are mostly positive, said Philip Cook, research

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Fabri-Kal Opens Burley Plant

Fabri-Kal Opens Burley Plant BURLEY | A test run of Chobani yogurt cups was rolling off the production line Thursday as an overhead door at the new Fabri-Kal plant opened to reveal its proprietary production of containers  made from a process using wheat and soy straw, not petroleum. The $50 million first phase of the plant

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New Chair and Vice Chair Elected to Idaho Economic Advisory Council

New Chair and Vice Chair Elected to Idaho Economic Ad NEWS RELEASE: For Immediate Release Kayla Church Idaho Commerce 208.334.2470 kayla.church@commerce.idaho.gov New Chair and Vice Chair Elected to Idaho Economic Advisory Council Idaho Economic Advisory Council (EAC) advises the Governor and Idaho Commerce on economic development policy, grant and tax incentive awards BOISE, Idaho—October 19,

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Statesman Editorial: When Investing In Talent Trumps Tax Cuts

Statesman Editorial: When investing in talent trumps tax cuts As Idaho Department of Commerce Director Jeff Sayer prepares to depart for a new career destination, he leaves behind a quote that we hope resonates all over Idaho and especially in the Legislature. “We do need lower taxes some day, and not today,” Sayer said two

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Idaho Economic Advisory Council Announces October 15 Meeting

Idaho Economic Advisory Council Announces October 15 Contact: Kayla Church Idaho Commerce 208.334.2470 kayla.church@commerce.idaho.gov Idaho Economic Advisory Council Announces October 15 Meeting BOISE, Idaho—Thursday, October 8, 2015— The Idaho Economic Advisory Council (EAC) will meet and review various programs and applications on Thursday, October 15, 2015, at 2:00 p.m. MST. The meeting will consist of

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Idaho featured in October Issue of United Airlines Hemispheres Magazine Dossier

Idaho featured in October Issue of United Airlines He NEWS RELEASE: For Immediate Release Contact: Kayla Church Idaho Commerce 208.334.2470 kayla.church@commerce.idaho.gov Idaho featured in October Issue of United Airlines Hemispheres Magazine Dossier The magazine receives over three million unique views each month through both online and print editions BOISE, Idaho—Friday, October 2, 2015— Idaho and

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