SVED’s Annual Economic Profiles for:
- Blaine County
and the cities of:
- Bellevue
- Carey
- Hailey
- Ketchum
- Sun Valley
are posted for download and use on the Economic Profiles page of its website.
SVED GDP estimate of $2.0 Billion in 2017 garnered front page coverage in the Idaho Mt. Express.
Read the full ARTICLE including sales, business, wage and real estate stats.
2017 saw growth in sales with some cities up and some slightly down.
Blaine County also saw increases in the number of jobs, businesses, wages and income from self-employment.
SVED estimates the Blaine County GDP to be $2.0 Billion in 2017, up from our last estimate of $1.8 Billion in 2014.
While economic indicators are up, the Blaine County population is flat with 0.3 growth per year over the last six years.
Introduction to the Sun Valley Culinary Institute version 3.0.
A more balanced economy could help reduce the gap.
https://www.idahostatesman.com/news/business/personal-finance/article215335440.html
Article by Paul Kenny in the Idaho Business Review
The US can’t keep up with demand for health aides, nurses and doctors.
The US will need to hire 2.3 million new health care workers by 2025 in order to adequately take care of its aging population, a new report finds.
But a persistent shortage of skilled workers — from nurses to physicians to lab technicians — will mean hundreds of thousands of positions will remain unfilled…
“In local economies, the retail industry could present one of the largest pools of labor for health care systems to effectively retain workers for jobs such as home health aides,” he said.
The SVED Board of Directors will meet this coming Wednesday July 18th at 11:30 am in the upstairs conference room at Zion’s Bank, 311 N Main, Ketchum.
SVED meetings are open to the public. The Board of Directors meet every other month at the time and location noted above.
The Supreme Court took a step toward leveling the playing field between bricks and mortar and online retailers. This is welcome news for our local business community.
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