Kootenai County at your fingertips

COEUR d’ALENE - A website providing data about Kootenai County that is intended to help businesses, individuals and organizations make more informed decisions was unveiled Tuesday to the public.

The site includes information related to the people and demographics of Kootenai County and the specific areas of health, education, environment, recreation and tourism, economic vitality, housing and transportation.

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Retain and nurture

It takes three years to recruit a company to North Idaho.

That’s what Steve Griffitts says, and he should know. Since August 2003, Griffitts has directed Jobs Plus, Inc., the region’s public-private economic development agency, bringing dozens of companies, hundreds of jobs and millions of dollars in payroll and property taxes along the way.

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Idaho friendliest state for small businesses

There is no better place for a small business to set up shop than Idaho.

Rankings were determined by having companies rate the way their state supports small businesses. Firms participating in the poll were also asked to assess how easy they think it is to start a new business in that state, and if they’d recommend others to start a new business there.

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