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Economic Development Association Winter 2018
President’s Award
Idaho Commerce Director
Bobbi Jo Meuleman received
IEDA’s Presidential Award for
Distinguished Service to the Organization
IEDA FALL CONFERENCE UPDATE
We had a great November fall conference in Boise with over 100 attendees, including speakers.
Presentations focused on community placemaking, household trends, downtown revitalization,
building public/community support for projects and businesses, workforce data, including veterans
in your talent pipeline and employee engagement. IEDA members can access all conference
presentations on the Members Only page on the IEDA website.
Idaho Economic Development Association Winter 2018
Idaho Commerce Business
Attraction Manager Susie
Davidson was awarded the Bob
Potter Economic Development
Professional of the Year award
given annually to recognize
Idaho’s premier ED leader who is
making a significant impact in their
community and furthering the
profession.
“I’m surprised and honored to be recognized by my economic development peers,” Davidson said. “This
award reinforces my love for the state of Idaho. My customers are the best part of my job, hands down.
They give me total fulfillment and allow me to experience new industries and businesses every day. I’ve
also been lucky to work with a talented group of people who bring their strengths to the table to create a
powerful team. I share this honor with each of them.”
APPRENTICESHIP IN IDAHO IEDA MOSCOW
CONFERENCE UPDATE
Registered Apprenticeship is a formal system of
employee training that combines on-the-job training with September’s economic
related technical instruction. It is designed to produce summit in Moscow was a
craft-workers that are fully competent in all aspects of an
success, with topics
occupation, including knowledge, skill, and proficiency
covering areas of
on the job. Registered Apprenticeship programs meet
the skilled workforce needs of American industry, broadband, housing, small
training millions of qualified individuals for lifelong business,
careers since 1937. For a list of apprenticeable entrepreneurship and
occupations, click here. workforce, along with a
state economic update
Registered Apprenticeship connects job seekers looking from Idaho Commerce
to learn new skills with employers looking for qualified Director, Bobbi-Jo
workers, resulting in a workforce with industry-driven Meuleman.
training and employers with a competitive edge. The
programs are customizable to match employers' needs The Moscow-Pullman
and highly flexible to meet employers' changing Daily News helped cover
requirements. media for this event:
Who Can Sponsor an Apprenticeship Program? In Click here to read the
Idaho, program sponsors represent all types of news brief announcing the
business and industry throughout the state. Most Idaho event
sponsors are individual employers employing less than
50 employees, are locally owned, and train one to four Click here to read the
apprentices at one time. Most have no training news article about the job
department or training personnel. growth and population
Idaho Economic Development Association Winter 2018
WE REACHED OUR GOALS!
The goal to have 100 members and 500 names on the marketing mailing list was a success! We
reached our goal of 100 members and 500 names on the mailing list. A special shout-out to Dave
Thornton for spearheading this effort in 2018!
Thank you to all who participated in helping to grow our organization.
Congratulations
Robin Collins to IEDA’s
Robin’s name was 100th Member
drawn for the $100
grand prize winner Jess Flynn
at the fall conference CEO & Owner
for participating in Red Sky
the 100/500 contest.
NEW YEAR…NEW GOALS CONTEST
The marketing and membership committee is looking to set some
new goals for 2019. We would like to add 25 new members from
the private industry sector and another 100 to our mailing list.
But we need a name for the campaign?
Click Here to submit your most creative and fun campaign title.
The committee will vote on the best title.
Winner will receive a $25.00 gift card.
2019 2019
Do you have events or training
that you want to add to the
IEDA 2019 SPRING IEDA LEGISLATIVE IEDA Calendar?
CONFERENCE RECEPTION
The IEDA spring conference The IEDA Legislative
Visit the website and Submit
will be held in McCall, Idaho Reception is scheduled for
Your Events.
at Shore Lodge. The dates January 15, 2019 from 4:30-
are April 9-11, 2019. 6:30 pm beside Bardenay.
More info to follow. Stay tuned for more
information.
Idaho Economic Development Association Winter 2018
IN THE NEWS…
More Flights in Lewiston!
Sky West and Delta airlines are adding four flights per week
connecting the Lewiston-Nez Perce County Regional Airport to Salt
Lake City, Utah, according to a news release from airport manager
Stephanie Morgan. Here are more details: Skywest Flights-
Lewiston
Great End to the Year in Twin Falls!
Downtown Twin Falls kicked off the holidays November 30 with a
Festival of Lights Parade, tree lighting, and opening of a synthetic ice
rink in the Downtown Commons.
The Idaho Department of
Agriculture has recently Twin Falls Economic Development is working with the local URA to
developed a brochure – both in plan future improvements along Addison Avenue West to upgrade and
English and Spanish – on how to beautify this high traffic volume route into the city.
start a specialty food business.
Twin Falls, CSI and SIEDO announced that New Zeland-based
The handbook discusses the CropLogic, an international provider of digital agriculture technology
major considerations involved in and agronomy services for growers of irrigated crops, announced the
building a specialty foods opening of a regional sales office in Twin Falls. CropLogic
business in Idaho. It offers tips Announcement
on how to avoid pitfalls and
Chobani Twin Falls continues to make national news and support the
provide contacts in both the
local community on several fronts:
public and private sectors, and
is a valuable resource for any • Chobani’s Twin Falls plant announced in December its first foray
new business venture into kids’ yogurt with a new line of yogurt snacks, Chobani
Gimmies. This is Chobani’s biggest product launch since the
A great resource to share in
Chobani Flip. Products will hit shelves nationally in December.
your communities!
• The Twin Falls plant is making a new flavor of yogurt to bring
Specialty Food Business – awareness and raise money to help military families with the
English launch of “Hero Batch, Red White and Blueberry”. Chobani plans to
use the product sales to raise $1 million for Operation Homefront
Specialty Food Business – through a $500,000 company donation and additional company
Spanish match up to $250,000 for people who donate via
https://www.chobani.com/herobatch/
• Chobani Foundation also partnered with national Wholesome
Wave so that 150 Twin Falls families will receive fresh fruits,
vegetables and yogurt for six months.
• To say “thank you” to the community of Twin Falls, Chobani gave
away entire cases of yogurt to anyone while supplies lasted.
Idaho Economic Development Association Winter 2018
CONGRATULATIONS IN THE NEWS…
Will Fowler was named
associate state director of Pioneer Federal Credit Union Expands Headquarters in
operations, a position with a Mountain Home.
focus on strategic development.
He joined the SBDC in 2013 as Mountain Home is excited to announce the expansion of the Pioneer
marketing manager for the Federal Credit Union headquarters in Mountain Home. The
Nampa Business Accelerator groundbreaking, projected for 2019, introduces a campus style
and was recently the Boise concept to the existing main branch and administrative offices. The
regional entrepreneur initiatives campus includes a multi-level administrative office, with employee
manager. amenities proposed to include dedicated areas for nursing mothers, an
onsite gym for employees to promote healthy lifestyles, and a large
Laura Matthews was named the
break room/outdoor café with an employee courtyard.
associate state director of
finance. She will focus on Pioneer plans to incorporate its community minded focus into the
financial and grant design of the new building by incorporating a community room which
management and budgeting provides organizations throughout Mountain Home much needed
and regulatory compliance, as gathering space. Renovations to the existing branch and administrative
well as working as the financial offices are projected to begin in 2020.
liaison to the colleges and
universities throughout the Pioneer Federal Credit Union has grown to $500 million in assets with
state. 13 branch locations today. They employ 170 team members and serve
more than 50,000 members. Pioneer’s asset size places them among
Meredith Stead joined the Boise the top 10% of 5,600 credit unions across the nation.
Valley Economic Partnership in
July 2018 with more than ten This expansion reaffirms Pioneer Federal’s commitment to Mountain
years of experience in arts and Home, a commitment dating all the way back to 1954. The expansion
sports industry marketing and also reflects Pioneer’s desire to expand its work force as an employer
event production. She joins of choice in Mountain Home for many years to come.
BVEP from Ballet Idaho where NewCold in Burley Scheduled for Completion in Q2 – 2019
she served as marketing
director for more than four The NewCold project in Burley is well underway and should be
years. completed in the second quarter of 2019. The sub-zero freezer has a
storage capacity of 23 million cubic feet and has the capability to store
Kate Dondup joined the Boise up to 90,000 large pallets. Construction began last spring. The official
Valley Economic Partnership in announcement came at the Select USA Conference this past June.
June 2018. She has a deep Idaho Governor “Butch” Otter, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur
background working for Micron Ross, Jonas Swarttouw of NewCold and Doug Manning with the City of
in human resources and Burley, made the announcement to both members of the international
customer relations. Kate works and U.S. press. When completed, NewCold will employ 80 people.
part-time with BVEP on
administrative duties, events,
operations and managing
stakeholder relationships. She
is a great point of contact for
our partners for any questions
about invoices, upcoming
events, or what's going on at
BVEP.
Idaho Economic Development Association Winter 2018
Idaho’s Top Legislative
Leaders Retain Positions
IN THE NEWS…
The top legislative leaders in
the Idaho Statehouse have New Entertainment Complex Launches in Ketchum
retained their positions for the Argyros Performing Arts Center, a multi-purpose entertainment
upcoming legislative session. campus on the corner of Main and First streets, opened on
Rep. Scott Bedke Thanksgiving weekend. In addition to presenting music, theater,
Speaker of the House dance, lectures and children’s activities, the Argyros will serve as a
venue for local arts organizations such as the Sun Valley Summer
Rep. Mike Moyle Symphony, Sun Valley Center for the Arts, Ballet Sun Valley, Sun
House Majority Leader Valley Film Festival, Sun Valley Opera and others. Argyros is available
for rent for individual and business events. For the full story, click
Rep. Jason Monks here.
Asst. House Majority Leader
Pocatello is on the Verge of Major Northgate Home, Tech, Retail,
Rep. Mat Erpelding Office Project
House Minority Leader
Olympus Drive now reaches north into the ambitious Northgate
Rep. Ilana Ruble development that proposes as many as 10,000 new homes and a 1-
Asst. House Minority Leader million-square-foot technology park along with an array of retail and
office opportunities for the north edge of Pocatello and east edge of
Rep. Elaine Smith
Chubbuck. Northgate is an unprecedented public-private partnership
House Minority Caucus Chair
in Idaho involving Millennial Development Partners, the project leader,
Rep. Megan Blanksma Portneuf Development on the private side, the cities of Pocatello and
Majority Caucus Chairwoman Chubbuck, Bannock County, and the Idaho Transportation Department
on the public side. For the full story, click here.
Senator Brent Hill
Senate President, Pro-Tem West Central Mountains Economic Development Council – The
West Central Mountains Economic Development Council recently
Senator Chuck Winder completed research with the Idaho Policy Institute at BSU that helped
Senate Majority Leader them determine what the difference is between what students want to
do after they graduate and what industry needs them to do. They
Senator Steve Vick surveyed over 100 business partners across the region, over 140
Senate Asst. Majority Leader
students, and will form a strategy for enhanced career and technical
education (CTE) across their school districts in 2019 and beyond.
Senator Kelly Anthon
Senate Majority Caucus Leader More info and the full report: https://wcmedc.org/workforce-data/
Senator Michelle Stennett
Senate Minority Leader new FORMAL MENTORING PROGRAM
Senator Cherie Buckner-Webb
Asst. Senate Minority Leader
Check out the NEW formal mentoring program offered by IEDA.
Senator Maryanne Jordan Sign up to be a mentor or mentee today.
Senate Minority Caucus Leader
Idaho Economic Development Association Winter 2018
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
CONFERENCES, TRAINING, TRADE SHOWS AND CONVENTIONS
Fancy Food Show – Winter Interop19
January 13-15, 2019 – San Francisco, CA May 20-23, 2019 – Las Vegas, NV
SHOT Show
BIO Biotechnology International Convention
January 22-25, 2019 – Las Vegas, NV June 3-6, 2019 – Philadelphia, PA
IEDC 2019 Leadership Summit IFT19 – Food Expo
January 27-29, 2019 – Fort Lauderdale, FL
June 2-5, 2019 – New Orleans, LA
Outdoor Retailer Snow Show Area Development Consultants Forum 27
January 30-Feb 1, 2019 – Denver, CO June 3-5, 2019 – Charlotte, NC
Pacific Northwest Sportsmen’s Show
IEDC Economic Future Forum
February 6-10, 2019 – Portland, OR
June 9-11, 2019 – Salt Lake City, UT
Main Street NOW Conference Fabreo Expo – Food & Beverage Expo
March 25-27, 2019 – Seattle, WA ***Dates not out yet***
Site Selectors Guild – Annual Conference SelectUSA Investment Summit
March 25-27, 2019 – Salt Lake City, UT June 10-12, 2019
IEDA Spring Conference
Outdoor Retailer Summer Market Show
April 9-11, 2019 – McCall, ID
June 18-20, 2019 – Denver, CO
IEDC Fed Forum Fancy Food Show – Summer
April 14-16, 2019 – Washington, DC June 23-25, 2019 – New York City, NY
OU EDI Spring Institute
Site Selectors Guild – Fall Forum
April 27 – May 2, 2019 – Indianapolis, IN September 9-11, 2019 – Dallas, TX
OU EDI PLUS Spring Training Women in Economic Development Forum
April 29 – April 30, 2019 – Indianapolis, IN
October 6-8, 2019 – Chicago, IL
International Downtown Association Economic IEDC Annual Conference
Development Summit October 13-16, 2019 – Indianapolis, IN
May1-2, 2019 – Oklahoma City, OK
OU EDI Fall Institute
IAMC Spring Forum October 19–24, 2019 – Denver, CO
May 4-8, 2019 – Santa Barbara, CA
International Downtown Association 65th Annual
Eds Summit (electronic component manufacturers)
Conference and Trade Show
May 7-10, 2019 – Las Vegas, NV
October 28-30, 2019 – Baltimore, MD
National Restaurant Association Show Outdoor Retailer Winter Market Show
May 18-21, 2019 – Chicago, IL November 5-7, 2019 – Denver, CO
ICSC RECon
Area Development Consultants Forum 28
May 19-22, 2019 – Las Vegas, NV December 8-10, 2019 – Houston, TXIdaho Economic Development Association Winter 2018
Below are some of the typical components you may
see in an Economic Development Strategic Plan.
• Introduction – Include previous or current economic development Initiatives
• Functions of the Economic Development Program
• Executive Summary & Overview
• Economic Development Vision Statement and Development Goals
• Economic Landscape: Population growth and demographics, age and ethnicity, income
comparisons, educational attainment, labor force and employment by industry/occupation, top 10
employers, worker inflow and outflow.
• Competitive Assessment (SWOT Analysis): Once a thorough understanding of the area’s economy
is obtained, the SWOT analysis is an exercise to further refine and prioritize the strengths,
weaknesses, opportunities, and threats of the municipality from an economic development
perspective.
• Human Resources: addressing education achievement, higher education and career technical
education.
• Infrastructure: potable water delivery, water sustainability, irrigation, wastewater collection,
wastewater treatment, wastewater reuse, vehicular transportation, railroad transportation, aviation,
pedestrian transit, non-vehicular transportation, fiber service, electric service, natural gas/propane
service.
• Sites and Buildings: data on existing inventory, rates, and what prospects are looking for. This
should be for industrial, office, and retail.
• Marketing and Promotion: provide why, how and what for?
• Incentives and Programs Available
• Retail Market Analysis: This provides detailed information about the demographic makeup of
various populations and their lifestyles and buying behavior as well as information about
businesses in a defined market area.
• Targeted Industry Analysis and Site Suitability: Based on the findings from the above steps and
economic data, this either reaffirms targeted industries and projects that have already been
considered or suggests new industries to pursue. Specific strategies for targeting the identified
industries are provided along with a description of synergies with local and regional strategies that
offer opportunities, growth potential in targeted areas, gaps, innovation opportunities, partners, etc.
Include data on community’s cluster industries and key occupations.
• Strategic Plan: provides framework for aligning decisions amongst departments and directing
investment necessary to grow employment (based on the information above). This will provide the
key initiatives and the associated goal
• Action Plan and Implementation Schedule: include focus area, strategies, short-term (1-2 years) or
long-term (3-5 years) and lead and supporting organizations, along with performance
measurements.Idaho Economic Development Association Winter 2018
For Economic Developers
*Source: Catalina Valencia, Global Location Strategies
1. Align key stakeholders around a common vision: Companies canvassing locations for a new location
expect an inviting attitude. It begins with the state and local economic-development teams, but if it isn't
carried forward with representatives from affected jurisdictions, business groups, local utilities, workforce
organizations, educational institutions and others, you stand to be eliminated from consideration.
Educating local stakeholders on the purpose and value of your organization is a critical role of the
economic developer. Their buy-in of your mission is the fuel that makes the economic-development
engine run.
2. Know and develop your available sites and buildings: One of the first things site selectors will
request is a list of available sites or buildings. More than a list of addresses, your spreadsheet should
contain all parcels and existing facilities, each characterized by size, zoning restrictions, proximity to
relevant infrastructure and utilities, the sites' advantages and shortcomings, and mitigation plans to
address issues. For example, if gas service is not available at a site, the spreadsheet should explain what
is needed to secure it along with an estimated cost and timeline. If funding allows, communities should
proceed to develop available sites to an extent that it lessens start-up time for potential users.
3. Assume the role of gatekeeper: Whether an inquiry comes directly from a site selector or from a state
agency, the local economic developer should serve as the gatekeeper for the proposal, gathering all the
necessary information and compiling it into a response that is complete and accurate. With the
gatekeeper's guidance, everyone has their assignment, there is no duplication of effort, and if the first two
tips above are followed most of the information should already be available.
4. Implement a business retention program: Existing businesses are usually your greatest resource for
attracting new jobs and investment and your best ally when it comes to advocating for your community. A
strong business retention program can nurture this. An effective program might include hosting roundtable
discussions and one-on-one meetings for key employers and municipal leaders, as well as providing
regular networking events to encourage community-wide engagement. A business retention program can
also serve to groom the local business community for employer interviews, which help site selectors
understand how companies deal with local and state laws or restrictions, infrastructure and labor issues,
and costs of business. If a particular business doesn't allow site visits due to privacy policies or other
concerns, providing even limited access to site selectors is perfectly acceptable.
5. Benchmark: Envious of a particular region that doesn't compete with yours but always seems to land big
projects? Visit them to learn how they do it. Ask questions regarding their vision and goals; how their
economic development team is structured; how they manage the flow of information during the site-
selection process; how their business retention program works and who participates; and what trends they
are seeing. You should also ask similar questions of the site-selection consultants you visit with, so you
can compare their answers to those of the local economic-development team and government leaders.
Conclusion: Conducted with passion and a sense of communal camaraderie, the business of attracting
business can reap tremendous rewards for your region. Following these best practices will go a long way
toward ensuring that you land a prize catch with each cast.Idaho Economic Development Association Winter 2018
2018 THOUGHTS AND REFLECTIONS
Dear colleagues and friends,
As we wrap up 2018, I wanted to share a few thoughts and reflections about what a wonderful year we
had as an organization.
We began the year in very good shape because of the leadership of those that have gone before us;
Doug Manning, Kristin Jensen, Jolie Turek, Debbie Baker and others. I cannot thank them enough for
sharing their time, talent and perspectives with this organization.
In January, we held our 4th Annual Legislative Open House and strategic planning session for the
Idaho Economic Development Association (IEDA) board that laid out some goals and objectives for
2018 of what we wanted to accomplish as a team. So how did we do? Here are some of the results:
• Increased our membership and met our goal of 100 members
• Improved our marketing list and met our goal of 500 prospective conference attendees and
future IEDA members
• Increased our number of sponsors and supporting organizations (Emsi, Intermountain Gas,
SWIMA, NewFields) – thanks Steve Fultz!
• Revamped and significantly improved the IEDA website
• Recognized Presidential award winners;
o Lisa Buddecke, Kelsar Communications
o Robin Collins, City of Eagle
o Bobbi-Jo Meuleman, Idaho Commerce Director
• Presented at the Association of Idaho Cities (AIC) and Idaho Association of Counties (IAC)
annual conferences
• Held our first IEDA regional summit in Moscow, ID at Emsi and the University of Idaho with
more than 85 people attending – thank you Jana Jones, Kim Glineski, Bobbi-Jo Meuleman,
Paul Kimmell, Gina Taruscio, Debbie Baker, Marty Walker and others for making it so
successful!
• Delivered a fantastic IEDA Fall Conference in Boise, ID – thank you Tri-Chairs; Beth Ineck,
Jana Jones, Jolie Turek and Sari David!
• Awarded our 5th Bob Potter Award for Excellence in Economic Development to Susie
Davidson, Idaho Commerce.
We all have a lot to be proud of as we look back on the work we accomplished as a team!
I wanted to thank all our IEDA members, committee chairs, board members and Sari David for
everything you have done to make 2018 so successful. Organizationally we are well positioned for
2019 with Steve Fultz, City of Caldwell coming in as our next president and then Jana Jones, University
of Idaho slated for 2020.
It has been a privilege being involved and serving in the Idaho Economic Development Association.
This organization is first and foremost about the people and you are a wonderful group of dear friends.
Wishing you all a healthy and prosperous new year!
Cheers,
DaveIdaho Economic Development Association Winter 2018
Meet Your IEDA Officers
David Thornton, President Steve Fultz, President Elect
Past President, Jan. 2019 President, Jan. 2019
Region 3 Region 3
Idaho Power City of Caldwell
PO Box 70 PO Box 1179
Boise, ID 83707 Caldwell, ID 83606
208-388-5691 208-615-6135
dthornton@idahopower.com sfultz@cityofcaldwell.org
Connie Stopher, Treasurer Jana Jones, Director
Region 4 President Elect, Jan. 2019
Southern Idaho Economic Region 3
Development University of Idaho
PO Box 1238 322 E Front St
Twin Falls, ID 83303 Boise, ID 83702
208-731-9996 208-364-4568
connies@southernidaho.org janajones@uidaho.edu
Doug Manning, Past President Kathy Ray, Secretary
Region 4 Region 5
City of Burley Four County Alliance of Southeastern
PO Box 1090 Idaho
Burley, ID 83318 PO Box 32
208-878-2224 Malad, ID 83252
dcmanning@pmt.org 208-317-1827
fourcasi@hotmail.com
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