"Boise is growing – but it is coming in industries that don’t penetrate beyond the area’s borders. Instead of high-tech computer chips, potato products or even supermarkets – the jobs are coming in healthcare, hospitality, and government. These sectors only serve the population – they don’t export anything."
"It says Boise has a “limited capability to support advanced, technically sophisticated industries” like computer manufacturing (H-P) or semiconductor manufacturing (Micron). That either company exists today in Boise is a result of the path-dependent nature of industrial development, an inertia partially resulting from HP’s investment nearly 50 years ago.”
A couple interesting notes from the article.
"Boise is growing – but it is coming in industries that don’t penetrate beyond the area’s borders. Instead of high-tech computer chips, potato products or even supermarkets – the jobs are coming in healthcare, hospitality, and government. These sectors only serve the population – they don’t export anything."
"It says Boise has a “limited capability to support advanced, technically sophisticated industries” like computer manufacturing (H-P) or semiconductor manufacturing (Micron). That either company exists today in Boise is a result of the path-dependent nature of industrial development, an inertia partially resulting from HP’s investment nearly 50 years ago.”