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The very fact that there are so many complimentary organizations working toward that effort makes it clear… there is no shortage of passion to see a thriving tech community!

When C3 announced plans to reopen the call center, the company predicted it would hire 650 to 1,200 people. The center replaces jobs lost when the Dell center closed in January.

Xtreme Consulting Group, which purchased Blackfin Technology Inc. for an undisclosed sum, was drawn to the company’s staff, experience and presence in the Boise market, said Jefferson Jewell, who co-founded Blackfin a decade ago.

"We’re in the process of adding 75 new direct employees to the maintenance organization, and about another 25 contract employees, 100 overall."

“Some smaller producers think of themselves as ‘small businesses’ and don’t know how to plug in.”

To borrow a phrase from my experience in the U.S. Navy, the rising tide lifts all boats.

That has never been truer than right now, within the high technology community of Idaho. Here, a rising tide of energy and collaboration is elevating a unified, statewide voice for high tech in our fearless, ambitious state.

“You guys need to know that you have a very strong team in place in the Mini-Cassia area,” Rogers said, adding that without Burley Economic Developer Doug Manning and City Administrator Mark Mitton, as well as an active council, the growth would not have occurred.

"We were looking for manufacturing space, and required (existing) 45,000 square feet, plus 3,000 to 4,000 square feet of office space," said Rand Lewis, chief executive officer of ATAV Inc., a subsidiary of Transnational Strategic Solutions. "We were not interested in capital investment."

Alternative and renewable energy development is a big part of my Project 60 initiative.

During the Great Recession, Idaho borrowed $200 million from the feds to cover payments to idle workers. Now businesses have to foot the bill.