Boise City Council kicked the can down the road on Ball Ventures Ahlquist’s zoning request for a proposed double-tower mixed-use building on 4th between Bannock and Idaho Streets in Boise. At the city council’s Jan. 5 meeting, the public hearing and ...
Read More »Boise defers decision on BVA tower project at 200 N. 4th St.
Little offers Boise Young Professionals timeless advice 
Work hard, make good choices and always keep learning. That’s the advice that Governor Brad Little gave at the first Boise Metro Chamber of Commerce Young Professionals Lunch of the new year on Jan. 6. The fact that it was ...
Read More »indieDwell lands Washington affordable housing contract 
The Washington Department of Commerce has awarded Caldwell’s indieDwell a $3.23 million contract for 24 units of affordable housing for two communities for a partnership between Grays Harbor County and the Coastal Community Action Program. This is the second recent contract ...
Read More »Idaho’s Federal stimulus: Where it went, where it’s going 
For eight months, the Governor’s Coronavirus Financial Advisory Committee did its best to spend Idaho’s $1.25 billion in federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act funding. It did so following the guidelines issued by the U.S. Department of the Treasury. ...
Read More »Idaho updates its COVID-19 vaccination rollout plans 
In back-to-back statements, Governor Brad Little and officials with the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare announced important updates on the distribution of COVID-19 vaccines in Idaho. The most important item was that Idaho has established an order of group ...
Read More »Amazon rings the Treasure Valley with buildings, jobs 
Retail behemoth Amazon made the decision to develop its own in-house delivery services back in 2013. Since then, the company has built its own logistics facilities and vehicle fleet for getting packages from its warehouses to customer doorsteps. By 2019, ...
Read More »Idaho’s Melaleuca expands into Missouri with purchase 
Harley-Davidson closed its Kansas City plant in May and laid off hundreds of workers. It then put the 507,729-square-foot plant and its 314 acre site on the market $26.5 million. Melaleuca Inc. of Idaho Falls finalized its purchase of the former Harley-Davidson ...
Read More »Idaho’s vanishing farmland follows Idaho’s vanishing farmers 
The nation is in the middle of one of the greatest wealth transfers in its history and it will affect Idaho’s agricultural landscape significantly. Baby boomers own most of the nation’s assets. The majority of Idaho’s aging farmers belong to ...
Read More »A word with Laurel Sayer, CEO of Midas Gold Corp. 
Late last year, Laurel Sayer, who was already CEO of Midas Gold Idaho CEO, was promoted to CEO of Midas Gold Corp. and Midas Gold Idaho, becoming one of a few female mining CEOs nationwide. The British Columbia, Canada-based company is seeking ...
Read More »Building on Idaho: Construction in 2021 
Idaho has growing pains, especially for roads. The many projects around the state are the most visible symptom of Idaho’s business and population explosion. Because these projects have been announced or are already in process, it doesn’t take a crystal ball ...
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