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Money talks, cheese company walks from possible move to Idaho

Hilmar Cheese, the world’s largest single-site producer of cheese and whey products, is building its first satellite plant in Dalhart, Texas, not Mini-Cassia.

Hilmar officials joined with Texas Gov. Rick Perry to announce Wednesday that the company will build its new plant in the small Texas town located about 20 miles from Amarillo, according to a news release on a Hilmar Cheese Web site.

Mini-Cassia’s economic development officials said they were extremely disappointed to lose the bid for the company, which had eyed the Burley-Heyburn Industrial Park, but they are encouraged by the fact that only Dalhart and Burley were on the company’s short list.

"We had a great deal to offer the company at our industrial site in the way of infrastructure and facilities, and that is what made us a runner-up in the bid," said Mini-Cassia Economic Development Director Bob Shepard. "We just could not compete with the monetary incentives which were extended by Texas and the communities surrounding Dalhart."

By Renee Wells
For the Times-News

Full Story: http://www.magicvalley.com/articles/2005/12/03/news_business/business.2.txt

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