The CORE Launch Release
Coalition Partners From Health Care, Education and Technology Launch THE CORE Enterprise Zone to Unleash Economic Development Fusion
MERIDIAN, Idaho – Idaho Governor C.L. “Butch” Otter today helped launch The CORE (www.thecoreidaho.com), a health care, education and technology enterprise zone that will add new emphasis to Idaho’s Project 60 economic development initiative.
The Governor was joined by Meridian Mayor Tammy de Weerd and health care and technology partners from Idaho State University and dozens of private businesses that operate within an approximately three- mile-long corridor straddling Interstate 84, just minutes from a major airport.
“The powerful spirit of partnership is what brings us here today, and it’s what will ensure Meridian and all of Idaho grows and prospers in the future,” Governor Otter said.
The CORE was launched today at a former information-technology manufacturing facility that has been retrofitted with private and public investments into a university campus, magnet high school and administrative center for Meridian School District.
