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While several rural Idaho cities have turned to mixed-use developments in the hope of revitalizing the downtowns, they aren’t a panacea. The success of a mixed-use development is tied to how successful the city itself is, said Deanna Smith, program ...

Organizations such as the Centers for Disease Control and the Urban Land Institute encourage mixed-use development as a means of improving health. “Residents of mixed-use livable communities with transit options weigh less, are more physically active, and experience less chronic ...

As Idaho’s largest city, Boise is probably most out in front when it comes to mixed-use development. But even in Boise, mixed use faces challenges. Mixed use is one of the most fundamental concepts in Boise’s comprehensive plan, according to ...

They’ve been living together for two years, but the Boise Convention and Visitors Bureau and the Boise Metro Chamber of Commerce finally tied the knot in November, merging the two nonprofit organizations. Operationally, the organization will be similar to the ...

If you saw it in a movie, you’d roll your eyes: A boy and girl go on a blind date. He asks her what she’d do if she could do anything she wanted. She tells him she’d open an art ...

You wouldn’t know it to look at her, but Nancy Napier is a gang leader. The Gang is the original “learning group” of multi-spectrum people that Napier first put together while at Boise State University to research business creativity and ...

While Autumn Kersey’s first theater production was when she was 4 years old, she was on stage even earlier: Her mother was in a play while pregnant with her. As the only child of a single mother with three jobs, ...

When Nampa’s old Mercy Hospital burned down recently, economic development director Beth Ineck literally saw three years’ worth of work go up in smoke. “That was disappointing,” Ineck says. “That’s a project I’ve been somewhat involved with since I started ...

This is actually Ashley Ford-Squyres’ second time as one of IBR’s Women of the Year. “I got this award in 2009,” she says. “One of the things the story said was that I wanted to be on the City Council ...

With the start of the Idaho Legislative session, executive director of the nonprofit Idaho School Boards Association (ISBA) Karen Echeverria is wondering what it’s going to be like. “I think it’ll be a little slower year,” Echeverria says. “Of course, ...