{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.crapo.senate.gov/media/newsreleases/crapo-hud-secretary-turner-visit-idahos-first-opportunity-zone-project-highlight-benefits-of-programs-permanent-expansion", "Crapo, HUD Secretary Turner Visit Idaho\u2019s First Opportunity Zone Project, Highlight Benefits of Program\u2019s Permanent Expansion", "2025-08-19", "2025", "2025-08", "Republican", "Senate", "ID", "Mike Crapo", "C000880", "www.crapo.senate.gov", "crapo", "https://www.crapo.senate.gov/media/newsreleases", "scraper", "Twin Falls, Idaho--U.S. Senator Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) and U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Scott Turner visited 2nd South Market, Idaho\u2019s first completed Opportunity Zone (OZ) project and Idaho\u2019s first food hall. During their visit to the Magic Valley, Senator Crapo and Secretary Turner met with Lisa and Dave Buddecke, owners of the 2nd South Market, discussed the benefits of the OZ program and highlighted the impact of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) for Idahoans.\n\nPictured from left: Idaho Senate Pro Tempore Kelly Anthon, Senator Mike Crapo, Secretary Turner, Dave Buddecke, Lisa Buddecke\n\nTo access downloadable photos from the event, please click HERE.\n\n\u201cPermanence of the 2017 Trump tax cuts was a top priority of mine when drafting the One Big Beautiful Bill. Permanency provides the consistency needed to help drive success for American businesses, communities, families and workers,\u201d said Senator Crapo. \u201c2nd South Market is a shining example of the Opportunity Zone Program at work in Idaho. It is a first-of-its-kind in the state, and I hope there will be more development like it in the Magic Valley soon. I could not be happier to be joined today by Secretary Turner, Lisa and her husband Dave, and other members of the Magic Valley community.\u201d\n\n\u201cThanks to President Trump\u2019s One Big Beautiful Bill, Opportunity Zones are now a permanent part of the tax code. This much needed continuity allows for the creation of more jobs, the construction of more homes, and the revitalization of more forgotten neighborhoods across the country,\u201d said Secretary Turner. \u201cI am delighted to join Senator Crapo and the Magic Valley community today in the great state of Idaho to witness first-hand how Opportunity Zone projects like 2nd South Market are transforming the lives of Idahoans and breathing new life into the state.\u201d\n\n\u201cWere it not for this building\u2019s location in an Opportunity Zone, developing Idaho\u2019s first food hall would not have been possible,\u201d said Lisa. \u201cWe hope our small success story serves as a catalyst for future projects \u2013 not just in Twin Falls and Idaho \u2013 but across rural communities throughout the country. Local business successes can happen when a great federal program like this make them possible.\u201d\n\n\"Southern Idaho has become one of the most successful rural regions in the country, and programs like the New Markets Tax Credit and the Trump Administration's Opportunity Zones are a big reason why,\u201d said Idaho State Senate President Pro Tempore Kelly Anthon. \u201cWith Senator Crapo\u2019s support of these important tools, we\u2019ve been able to attract investment, create jobs, and transform communities across the Magic Valley. The results speak for themselves\u2014Southern Idaho is thriving.\"\n\nBackground:\n\n2nd South Market is a 13,000 square-foot food hall restaurant in a refurbished 1926 blacksmith and machining building. The Market brings together small local business owners--including seven vendors--that collectively employ nearly 80 people. The project\u2019s first investment was launched in 2019, and 2nd South Market opened in January 2021. The business is the first completed Opportunity Zone project in Idaho. It boasts over 13,000 square-feet of food vendors and a full bar, as well as an additional 14,700 square-feet outside socializing area.\n\nOpportunity Zones were established by the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act to encourage private, long-term investments in low-income urban areas and rural communities with low economic activity. Within the first two years of the program, 54 percent of Idaho\u2019s Opportunity Zones saw investments. The One Big Beautiful Bill Act, signed into law on July 4, 2025, makes permanent the expanded OZ program, especially focusing on spurring investment in rural areas. It also enables governors to expand the map of targeted communities and creates new reporting and transparency requirements to evaluate the program\u2019s success.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T14:57:50Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.crapo.senate.gov/media/newsreleases/crapo-hud-secretary-turner-visit-idahos-first-opportunity-zone-project-highlight-benefits-of-programs-permanent-expansion"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.5179626643657684, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}