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Rivers proposes Water Cooler business incubator in Boise, Idaho

June 9, 2007 /

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Bear Paw Development Corporation is a private non-profit organization created for the purpose of administering programs to help improve regional economic conditions in Hill, Blaine, Liberty, Chouteau and Phillips Counties and the Fort Belknap and Rocky Boy's Indian Reservations.

Developer Mark Rivers hopes to create a business incubator called The Water Cooler, Boise’s Creativity Business Development Center, with the help of CCDC.

The Water Cooler would sublease office space to small businesses, especially those in software and other technology, film and the arts, entertainment, media, venture capital, advertising and marketing, law and urban life, as well as nonprofits and government entities, according to Rivers’ proposal. It would provide copying, printing, wireless service, information technology, and meeting and seminar space, as well as mentoring and a collaborative environment.

by Lora Volkert

Full Story: http://www.idahobusiness.net/archive.htm/2007/06/08/Rivers-proposes-Water-Cooler-business-incubator

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BoDo developer Mark Rivers wants to turn old Boise Heating & Cooling building into ‘creative factory’

"That becomes fertilizer for Ideas," Eberle said. "We can’t rely on our old companies. We need to foster the next generation."

By Joe Estrella – [email protected]

Full Story: http://www.idahostatesman.com/business/story/87670.html