GBAD backs off convention center plans, has $30 million it can spend on Boise 
POSTED: Wednesday, January 2, 2013 at 03:23 PM PTBY: Sean Olson
Tags: baseball stadium, Boise Hawks, City of Boise, convention center, Greater Boise Auditorium District, JUMP project
The Greater Boise Auditorium District board has switched gears after more than a decade of trying to develop a new convention center, voting last month to open up its nearly $30 million in available funds to an array of possible projects. The board has $11 million in available cash for a capital project and bonding [...]
Multi-state study says Boise impact fees are high
POSTED: Wednesday, January 2, 2013 at 09:06 AM PTBY: Scott Ki
Tags: Ada County Highway District, City of Boise, David Wali
Road impact fees for new retail and office developments in Ada County are among the highest in the West, according to a Boise consulting firm. Ada County Highway District representatives maintain that the fees are necessary for the region’s continued growth. Boise officials, though, think they discourage downtown development. ACHD has agreed to a request [...]
New parking meters for downtown could be on the horizon
POSTED: Tuesday, October 9, 2012 at 04:07 PM PTBY: Sean Olson
Tags: BoDo, Boise City Council, City of Boise, parking
The city of Boise wrapped up its parking meter experiment in September, paving the way for a potential permanent upgrade of Boise’s downtown parking technology. The trial began in mid-April, when the city installed a meter that served numerous spaces in Bodo, as well as a series of individual meters by the downtown post office. [...]
Boise’s glass recycler must work to keep its symbiotic relationship with the city alive
POSTED: Friday, July 13, 2012 at 09:51 AM PTBY: Sean Olson
Tags: City of Boise, Environmental Abrasives, glass, Power Wash Plus, recycling, Society for Protective Coatings
It seems like a win-win situation for the city of Boise and its recycled glass contractor, Environmental Abrasives. But while the symbiotic relationship saves Boise residents some cash and provides free material to the company, Environmental Abrasives has to convince customers its glass powder is a viable product. After spending years burying disposed glass bottles [...]
Brewforia moves beer festivals to Meridian after rocky relations with Boise
POSTED: Monday, May 14, 2012 at 10:20 PM PTBY: Sean Olson
Tags: Ann Morrison Park, beer, Boise Music Festival, Brewforia, City of Boise, Expo Idaho
Brewforia Beer Market is breaking up with Boise. While the two have worked together in the past for various beer festivals or other events on city property, Brewforia owner Rick Boyd says he won’t be working with Boise again anytime soon. Sealing the deal is a lawsuit, filed by the city in Ada County District Court [...]
Boise planners adopt new software to speed up permitting process
POSTED: Wednesday, August 3, 2011 at 11:15 AM PTBY: Jennifer Gonzalez
Tags: City of Boise, Planning Department
As a project manager at Boise architecture firm CSHQA, John Irvine knows how much paperwork is generated throughout the planning and permitting process for new buildings and developments. “There are huge volumes of paperwork involved between the originals and all the copies,” Irvine said. However, it’s entirely different as he works with Boise’s Planning Department to [...]
Boise P&Z to consider coffee drive thru and oil change shop in SE Boise
POSTED: Monday, June 6, 2011 at 03:00 PM PTBY: Jennifer Gonzalez
Tags: City of Boise, development
(Updated to include residential-office rezone and information on development agreement) A long vacant parcel in Southeast Boise near Parkcenter Boulevard could become home to a coffee drive thru and oil change center. Boise’s Planning & Zoning Commission could either approve or deny an application to rezone property at 916 E. Park Boulevard for construction of a Dutch [...]
Quintana announces candidacy for Boise City Council on Twitter
POSTED: Tuesday, May 24, 2011 at 02:23 PM PTBY: Jennifer Gonzalez
Tags: Boise City Council, Boise Metro Chamber of Commerce, City of Boise
(Updated to include comments from Bill Connors) Using social media to announce his candidacy for Boise City Council, Ben Quintana will be leaving the Boise Metro Chamber of Commerce July 1 to focus on his election campaign. Quintana, who is been the director of public relations and leadership development, said he chose to make his announcement via Twitter, [...]
Oklahoma City is an example of redevelopment done right
POSTED: Thursday, May 19, 2011 at 10:57 AM PTBY: Jennifer Gonzalez
Tags: City of Boise, Construction, development, Oklahoma City
I am really impressed with cities that make a commitment to revitalizing areas that might be considered blighted or in need of a little tlc. During lean economic times, cities in Idaho and everywhere else have less money to work with. That means projects are downsized, put on hold, or shelved altogether. This scenario played [...]
Stadium move for Yakima Bears could be wake-up call for Boise
POSTED: Wednesday, May 18, 2011 at 12:54 PM PTBY: Jennifer Gonzalez
Tags: Boise Hawks, City of Boise, development
(Updates to clarify that the city will decide whether or not to study the stadium issue further) A decision this month to move the Yakima Bears baseball team to Vancouver, Wash., because of stadium problems could serve as a wake-up call to Boise officials who could decide the future of the Boise Hawks stadium. K.L. [...]
