Southwestern Idaho’s Boise Valley is comprised of more than a half dozen fast-growing communities, including Boise, the state capital and third largest city in the Pacific Northwest. Once a hub for extraction industries, the Boise Valley has blossomed into a center for high tech, agribusiness, food processing, shared services, manufacturing, state government and other thriving industries.
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The Valley's rich history of business success—often a surprise to newcomers—includes giants like Micron Technology, Hewlett-Packard's LaserJet division, Albertsons grocery stores, Morrison Knudsen Company (now URS), and the J.R. Simplot Company, among others. You'll find that the same advantages that helped these companies excel still exist here today:
- Low cost of doing business and low cost of living
- Pro-business climate that welcomes and supports you
- An ample, highly trained workforce epitomized by a "can do" attitude
- Extraordinary quality of life for attracting and retaining talent
- An infrastructure of talent and expertise from a legacy of large corporate headquarters
It's no surprise that these qualities captured the attention of companies like Microsoft, parts of which now call the Boise Valley home. Nor are they a secret to national publications like the Wall Street Journal, Kiplingers, Forbes and others who rank the Boise Valley in their Top 10 lists of places to live and start a business.
We invite you to come visit the Boise Valley for yourself. We think you'll see the same thing visionaries like J.R. Simplot and Harry Morrison recognized long ago: Big ideas grow here.
Bill Whitacre, President and CEO, J.R. Simplot Company
“In so many other places, you feel like there’s literally a wet blanket thrown over potential opportunities; you don’t get that feeling in Idaho and particularly in the Boise Valley. Government leaders at all levels are here to assist, not hinder, the growth of business and jobs. You're wanted here.” Read on.>>
K. Frank Morehouse, Exec. VP and General Manager, Intermountain Gas Company
"We chose the Boise Valley for a number of reasons, the first being that we find Idaho one of the most "business friendly" states we operate in. Beyond that, we found attractive pricing in the land and building property we needed, a well educated and available workforce, great communities in which our employees can live and raise their families, fabulous support from the city facilitating our project and a vibrant community to be a part of."
To learn more about the Boise Valley, read the latest Boise Valley Spotlight, a publication from the Boise Metro Chamber of Commerce.
