Letter from President & CEO, Bill Connors
Welcome! It is a pleasure to welcome you to one of the most business-friendly metro regions in America where you will see business expansion throughout our Valley. Construction cranes in downtown Boise are raising a whole new skyline for one of the West’s most rapidly growing urban destinations. Boise has been a booming business center throughout its history and continues to be a hub for a growing tech industry as well as legacy industries in food, agribusiness, health care, state government, business and financial services.
This year, we're happy to share expansion in Boise is booming both in downtown and internationally. Our historic cultural links to the Basque Country in Spain are seen throughout our city, most specifically in our famous “Basque Block” in the heart of downtown. Our thriving tech sector has led to important business connections with Singapore, Japan, Hong Kong, and the greater Pacific Rim. Northwest Nazarene University’s growing Chinese language program is just one example of our growing relationships in Asia. Our Agri-business connections to Australia, Europe, Canada, Mexico and the rest of the Americas are equally significant.
Boise is also a welcoming city. Entrepreneurs looking for an affordable climate of innovation come from nearby coastal tech hubs. And, refugees come looking for a better life in a city that has welcomed hundreds of new citizens from Africa and the Middle East. Boise’s economic boom is increasingly driven by international trade, investment and a diverse entrepreneurial and human spirit. While we may be isolated, we are an internationally connected city on the rise in the beautiful American West.
Boise has been named in more “best of” lists. From our growing urban craft brewery scene to our increasingly respected winery trails, our hikeable and bikeable foothills trail system, our popular Boise River Greenbelt, our hip, happening downtown, our Boise State Blue Turf, our easily accessible state capitol rotunda, our professional hockey and baseball teams, our world class ski resort, our expanding convention facilities, as well as exciting hotel, restaurant, and arts scene, the Boise Metro area will surprise you.
On behalf of the nearly 2,000 Boise Metro Chamber member businesses, we welcome you to America’s most livable and likeable city!
This year, we're happy to share expansion in Boise is booming both in downtown and internationally. Our historic cultural links to the Basque Country in Spain are seen throughout our city, most specifically in our famous “Basque Block” in the heart of downtown. Our thriving tech sector has led to important business connections with Singapore, Japan, Hong Kong, and the greater Pacific Rim. Northwest Nazarene University’s growing Chinese language program is just one example of our growing relationships in Asia. Our Agri-business connections to Australia, Europe, Canada, Mexico and the rest of the Americas are equally significant.
Boise is also a welcoming city. Entrepreneurs looking for an affordable climate of innovation come from nearby coastal tech hubs. And, refugees come looking for a better life in a city that has welcomed hundreds of new citizens from Africa and the Middle East. Boise’s economic boom is increasingly driven by international trade, investment and a diverse entrepreneurial and human spirit. While we may be isolated, we are an internationally connected city on the rise in the beautiful American West.
Boise has been named in more “best of” lists. From our growing urban craft brewery scene to our increasingly respected winery trails, our hikeable and bikeable foothills trail system, our popular Boise River Greenbelt, our hip, happening downtown, our Boise State Blue Turf, our easily accessible state capitol rotunda, our professional hockey and baseball teams, our world class ski resort, our expanding convention facilities, as well as exciting hotel, restaurant, and arts scene, the Boise Metro area will surprise you.
On behalf of the nearly 2,000 Boise Metro Chamber member businesses, we welcome you to America’s most livable and likeable city!
BOARD OF ADVISORS
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Albertsons LLC
Alliance Title & Escrow Corporation Alsco, Inc. Amherst Madison AT&T Bank of America Merrill Lynch Bank of Idaho Banner Bank Commercial Banking Center Blue Cross of Idaho Boise Cascade Company Boise State University Bright Bank Bronco Motors Hyundai CenturyLink Chase Bank, N.A. Citi Clearview Cleaning Cloverdale Funeral Home, Cemetery & Cremation Cold Chain LLC Colliers International Corporate Office Installations CSHQA Columbia Bank Cushing Terrell D.L. Evans Bank Eide Bailly LLP Elam & Burke ESI Construction First Interstate Bank Gardner Company Hawley Troxell |
HDR
Holland & Hart LLP HP Inc. Idaho Associated General Contractors Idaho Capital Asian Market Place Idaho Housing and Finance Association Idaho Power Company Idaho Press Idaho Statesman Idaho Trust Bank Intermountain Gas Company J.A. & Kathryn Albertson Family Foundation J.R. Simplot Company KeyBank N.A. KPMG LLP KTVB News Group - NBC Lactalis American Group, Inc. Lamb Weston Larry H. Miller Chrysler Jeep Dodge McAlvain Companies Micron Technology, Inc. Midas Gold MotivePower, Inc. Mountain West Bank, Division of Glacier Bank MWI Animal Health Northwest Bank Northwest Nazarene University Oppenheimer Companies, Inc. Optum PacificSource Health Plans Perkins Coie LLP |
Plexus Corp.
Portman Square Group Regence BlueShield of Idaho Republic Services Saint Alphonsus Health System Scentsy, Inc. Scripps Media, Inc. Shaw Mountain of Cascadia Small Mine Development St. Luke's Health System Stoel Rives LLP SUEZ Sykes Enterprises, Inc. Sysco Idaho, Inc. Tandem Diabetes The Riverside Hotel Thornton Oliver Keller Commercial Real Estate T-Mobile USA T-O Engineers U.S. Bank UBS Financial Services Inc. United Heritage Insurance United Parcel Service University of Idaho Boise Washington Federal Washington Trust Bank Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. Whittaker & Associates, Inc. WinCo Foods, LLC Zions Bank |