Jack's Urban Meeting Place (JUMP) is a creative activity center in
Boise
Boise (, , ) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Idaho and is the county seat of Ada County. On the Boise River in southwestern Idaho, it is east of the Oregon border and north of the Nevada border. The downtown area' ...
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Idaho
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, with facilities for public meetings, workshops, and exhibition space. An amphitheater and multi-purpose studios for art, movement, and cooking are included. A collection of 52 tractors are on display at various locations in the facility.
History
Planning for JUMP began in 1999 as a museum of agriculture sponsored by Boise agribusiness magnate
J. R. Simplot. The museum was envisioned to include some of the 150 pieces of
farm equipment Simplot had purchased in 1998 from the collection of Oscar O. Cooke. The plan evolved into a creative facility, and after Simplot's death in 2008, the J.R. Simplot Family Foundation proposed building a $100 million park and museum with studio space and meeting facilities. City planners rejected the idea as incompatible with development goals.
The foundation proposed a combined museum and new
Boise Public Library, but again the plan was rejected. In 2012, city planners approved construction of a $70 million facility that included an urban park, a building, and the tractor exhibit. More than three years after groundbreaking, Jack's Urban Meeting Place opened in December 2015.
Architecture
The architectural firm of
Adamson Associates Adamson Associates is a Toronto-based architectural firm founded in 1934.
Gordon Adamson, Gordon Sinclair Adamson (1904-1986) started the firm in 1934 after working for a number of other architects (F. Hilton Wilkes and Edwin Kay), as well as noted ...
designed JUMP with five intersecting grid patterns, with components of a 6-story main building slightly skewed around a central ramp area in the parking garage.
Hoffman Construction Company
Hoffman Construction Company is a privately held construction founded in 1922. It is headquartered in Portland, Oregon. It also has an office location in Seattle. With a revenue of US$1.4 billion in FY2017, Hoffman was the 4th largest privatel ...
, the main contractor, encountered delays attributed to the design, perhaps the most complicated project in Boise construction history.
In 2018, JUMP received the best overall project award by the City of Boise and the Building Owners and Managers Association of Idaho.
See also
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Downtown Boise
Downtown Boise is the central business district of Boise, Idaho, located north of the Boise River. It is the largest city center in the state of Idaho.
Economy
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References
External links
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Infrastructure, Jump & Simplot HQCapital City Development Corp.
* Mark Mendiola
''Western Livestock Journal'', August 13, 2018
Boise, Idaho
Buildings and structures completed in 2015
Event venues in Idaho