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Evolve or die. The mantra applies to business as much as nature, and at Coldwater Creek it’s a way of life.

"We now have three legs to our economy — the Air Force base, agriculture and manufacturing," said Mountain Home Mayor Joe McNeal. "This project gives us an economic boost that will help us accommodate any future developments at the base."

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Beck said the SBA’s transition from district to centralized loan processing will speed up loan approval, as all lenders will be required to conform their applications to SBA standards, rather than having district personnel guiding them through the process. That means bankers will need to learn the SBA process, Beck said, and they will be trained in large part by the National Association of Government Guaranteed Lenders.

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”In our minds it’s much broader than just IsoRay coming here,“ Burstedt said. ”It opens industry to all types of companies who will need this same service from the laboratory. All of Eastern Idaho will benefit.“

Both would lessen the tax burden of low-income Idahoans, and either shift the costs to sales and income taxes or to businesses, farmers and folks who own more expensive homes.

"Every company spends thousands of dollars in benefits on health care per employee," Kemper said. "If you’re going to spend so much on sick care, why not spend a lot on helping employees become healthier?"

"Boise has sold itself within 24 hours of them getting off the plane," Wiskirchen said. Most job candidates are impressed with the access to recreational sports and low housing prices, he said.

Local experts speculated that the number of jobs lost eventually could approach 600, based on a multiplier formula that says a lost information services job typically results in another job lost in the service sector of the economy.