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After disruption due to the pandemic, PEP is excited to announce that the Economic Summit is back!  This immensely popular event (sold out and to rave reviews) will be held all day on May 11, at the University of Idaho Sandpoint Organic Agriculture Center, and will be limited to 90 participants, so save the date and watch for future announcements for further details! 

Lead entirely by the PEP (previously knows at BCEDC), three qualifying zip codes were applied to be considered as Opportunity Zones, targeting Downtown Priest River, Hope, and Downtown Sandpoint. If approved, these zones would be privy to tax incentives and more. In the end, the Sandpoint downtown zone was accepted.

Since the establishment of Property Tax Exemptions and lowering of the capital limit to a $500,000 threshold, the PEP is working directly with the county to navigate applications. Companies now under 63-602NN include: Litehouse, DAHER, Tamarack, Pape Machinery, and Cryptorock, among others.

Through this project, Litehouse exemplified its dedication to the community and Bonner County, undertaking their $6.2 million expansion in February of 2018. The 26,000-square-foot addition includes a new cooler, shipping and receiving center, loading docks, updated employee break rooms and facilities, and a 4,000-square-foot wastewater treatment facility.