Friday March 12, 2010 12:26 am  

Sandpoint attempts to drive mixed-use projects (access required)

By Dani Grigg

The northern Idaho city of Sandpoint wants to go further than most cities have gone to get people living downtown. A new zoning code would allow buildings over 35 feet in certain areas only if the building’s mass above that point contained a certain percentage of housing - 50 percent downtown and 100 percent in two [...]

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IDAHO FACES

ISU’s Feit given award from counseling association

Idaho State University interim dean of the Kasiska College of Health Professions Stephen Feit has been awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award by the Idaho Counseling Association for 2010. Feit is also a professor of counseling and former chair of the ISU counseling department. He graduated from the University of New Hampshire, with a degree in sociology. Feit [...]

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FOCUS ON BUSINESS

Former industrial sales rep opens Twig’s Cellar

By Gaye Bunderson

When Twig Munro decided she wanted to own a restaurant, she did her homework. In fact, she studied every tome she could get her hands on that would instruct her in opening a noshery. “I read every book the Boise Public Library had on operating a restaurant,” Munro said. Now, she’s the proprietor of Twig’s Cellar, [...]

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IBR COLUMNS

What's in a business name? A lot, it turns out

By Pete Butler

This is the first in a series of articles that will describe the trials and tribulations of starting a business - in this case, my new business valuation, litigation support and management consulting firm. If I do not get the name “right” and want to change it later, my future headaches could be substantial. Thus, I [...]

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Real Estate

Sandpoint attempts to drive mixed-use projects (access required)

The northern Idaho city of Sandpoint wants to go further than most cities have gone to get people living downtown. A new zoning code [...]

Resources

Energy Resources announces grants to municipalities

The Idaho Office of Energy Resources on March 8 announced the award of second-phase Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant program funds to 17 municipal [...]

Technology

Hoku receives $50 million from Tianwei loan to finance polysilicon plant

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For years, the Idaho Supreme Court has been a leader in management practice for the justice system in its innovation and constant improvements to serve the people of Idaho.


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It seems like a magic bullet. Out of payroll money? Just furlough some folks and the money comes back to you. That is the University of Idaho’s plan, and they are not alone.


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