Ribbon-cutting event announced

SANDPOINT — Gov. Butch Otter will among those helping Kochava celebrate at a ribbon-cutting for its new downtown campus in Sandpoint.

Otter and his wife, First Lady Lori Otter, are scheduled to be at the ribbon-cutting, slated for 1:30 p.m. on Monday, July 25, at 201 Church St.

The ribbon-cutting caps renovation of the downtown building, which allows Kochava to use the downtown itself as its corporate campus, and where their staff can enjoy the local action and restaurant scene. Kochava currently employs 70 people worldwide of which 55 are located in Sandpoint. The company projects that they’ll have a staff of 120 by the end of the year and plan to have 200 employees by some point in 2017.

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