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Jack's Urban Meeting Place
Jack's Urban Meeting Place (JUMP) is a creative activity center in downtown Boise, Idaho, with facilities for public meetings, workshops, and exhibition space. An amphitheater and multi-purpose studios for art, physical activity, and cooking are included.[1] A collection of 52 tractors are on display at various locations in the facility. HistoryPlanning for JUMP began in 1999 as a museum of agriculture sponsored by Boise agribusiness magnate J. R. "Jack" Simplot.[2] 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.[3] 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.[4] The foundation proposed a combined museum and new Boise Public Library, but again the plan was rejected.[5] In 2012, city planners approved construction of a $70 million facility that included an urban park, a 57,000-square-foot (5,300 m2) building, and the tractor exhibit.[6][7] More than three years after groundbreaking, Jack's Urban Meeting Place opened in December 2015.[8] ArchitectureThe architectural firm of Adamson Associates 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.[9] Hoffman Construction Company, the main contractor, encountered delays attributed to the design, perhaps the most complicated project in Boise construction history.[10] In 2018, JUMP received the best overall project award by the City of Boise and the Building Owners and Managers Association of Idaho.[11] References
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