Jack's Urban Meeting Place
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JUMP | |
.jpg) JUMP in 2019 | |
  Boise Location within the United States  Boise Boise (Idaho) | |
| Address | 1000 W. Myrtle St. |
|---|---|
| Location | Boise, Idaho, U.S. |
| Coordinates | 43°36′51″N 116°12′29″W / 43.6143°N 116.208°W |
| Operator | J.R. Simplot Family Foundation |
| Acreage | 7.5 acres (3.0 ha) |
| Construction | |
| Opened | December 15, 2015 |
| Construction cost | $70 million |
| Architect | Adamson Associates, Inc. |
| Builder | Hoffman Construction Company |
| Website | |
| jumpboise | |
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.
Planning 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]
