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Explore recent business and economic development updates from Jerome and Jerome County in Southern Idaho’s Magic Valley. This page features news about business expansions, new investments, infrastructure improvements, and initiatives that support the region’s key industries, including dairy, food processing, agribusiness, manufacturing, and logistics.
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An engineering company announced that it’s interested in potentially building a manufacturing plant in the Magic Valley.Officials with Janicki Industries visited dozens of cities Montana and Idaho to determine the location of a new manufacturing campus. Nick Lavacca, the Community Relations and Educational Outreach Manager for Janicki Industries said in...
Off-roaders now have new terrain to explore at Snake River Canyons Park, where members of the Southern Idaho Off-Road Association have spent years developing trails and an obstacle course on public lands north of the Snake River Canyon.Ray Sheen, Skyler Nelson and Jeff Trammell are among the association members who...
Nelson-Jameson
Mar 4 2026Nelson-JamesonNelson-Jameson (Marshfield, WI), a single-source distributor for food, dairy and beverage processing plants, opened its fifth U.S. distribution center in January in the south-central Idaho town of Jerome, ID.Built to support the company’s year-over-year growth and strategic reach across the U.S., the Jerome facility is located at 2423 South Garfield...
Northbridge Junction
Mar 4 2026Northbridge JunctionNorthbridge Junction, an industrial subdivision, is located just north of the Flying J Truck Plaza on U. S. Highway 93 adjacent to the I-84 interchange – Exit 173 in Jerome County, ID. Utah based IronVista Development Group, is the developer on the project. Investor, Chris McKay, has worked with...
True West Beef
Mar 4 2026True West Beef, a division of Idaho-based Agri Beef, connected with Jerome 20/20 in the early summer of 2020. Agri Beef had spent some time searching for the ideal place to build a large beef processing plant. Jerome, with its solid cattle industry and qualified workforce, appeared to be a...
Scoular is an international corporation with $5 billion in annual sales. The company has had a livestock feed ingredients facility in the Jerome area for a number of years to support the local dairy industry, but wanted to find a location for a 15,000-square-foot facility to manufacture barley protein concentrate...
What We Do: A Look Inside Jerome 20/20
Jan 11 2026NORTH SIDE JOURNAL, DECEMBER 2025 By Camille Barigar, Jerome 20/20 Executive DirectorEconomic developers are often asked what exactly it is they do. For Jerome 20/20, it comes down to helping build a healthy, resilient local economy by attracting new businesses and supporting the ones already here. Strong employers pay the...