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New CEO takes over Bannock Development, to focus on digital footprint
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POCATELLO, Idaho (KIFI/KIDK) - There s a new face at the helm of Bannock Development, a nonprofit focused on the continued growth of the county.
MiaCate Kennedy was recently named the new CEO of Bannock Development. She hails from the Seattle area, where she led the Greater Kingston Chamber of Commerce. Her background in IT and business development are guiding her focus in the job.
Kennedy plans to enhance the area s digital footprint by developing a better use of Google s features. She will begin working on that project with the Pocatello Chubbuck Chamber of Commerce at the start of new year.
Jim Johnston
In contrast to what Teresa McKnight, the CEO of Regional Economic Development for Eastern Idaho, or REDI, told the Pocatello City Council during a quarterly update in November, itâs not high property taxes but rather prospective sellers massively inflating the value of their properties thatâs served as a larger impediment to growth in the Gate City, Jim Johnston, the interim CEO of Bannock Development Corp., recently told the Pocatello City Council during a meeting at City Hall.
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âOn July 24 we had a site visit from a company who looked at some wonderful locations,â Johnston told the City Council. âThe site (this company) liked the best was not a property that was listed but one we were introduced to. (The sellers) initially wanted $2,000 per acre for that property, but when this company expressed an interest in it, they shot that price up to $40,000 an acre. Now, it is not our tax structure that keeps people fro