Lauren Mamola joins CSHQA
[caption id="attachment_268852" align="alignleft" width="175"] Lauren Mamola[/caption] CSHQA has announced that Lauren Mamola has joined the firm as a proposal coordinator. She is responsible for responding to requests for proposal and other marketing efforts at CSHQA. She brings five years of experience in proposal and technical writing, communications development and social media optimizati[...]
Saltzer opens Meridian surgery center
[caption id="attachment_268731" align="alignright" width="300"] One of the surgery suites at the Saltzer Health surgery center at Ten Mile Crossing in Meridian. Photo courtesy of Saltzer Health[/caption] Saltzer Health opened its new surgery center on June 16 at its Ten Mile Medical Campus in Meridian, at 875 S. Vanguard Way, just off the Ten Mile Road interchange on I-84. Saltzer opened its fo[...]
US selects new cleanup contractor for Idaho nuclear site
IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (AP) — The U.S. Department of Energy has awarded a new $6.4 billion contract to clean up nuclear waste at its sprawling site in Idaho, which includes a national laboratory that does nuclear research. The Energy Department announced Friday that the 10-year Idaho Cleanup Project contract went to the Tullahoma, Tennessee-based Idaho Environmental Coalition, replacing Fluor Ida[...]
Is the red-hot housing market finally starting to cool down?
[caption id="attachment_268674" align="alignright" width="300"] Home price appreciation for Idaho, Utah and the United States over time. Click to enlarge. Image courtesy of Zions Bank[/caption] After over a year of record-breaking price increases and record-breaking low inventory, it almost seems like there is no new news in Idaho residential real estate. More record-breaking price increases [...]
Electronic Cash Systems opens Boise branch
[caption id="attachment_268728" align="alignleft" width="300"] ECS held a grand opening for its new branch in downtown Boise. Photo by Royce McCandless[/caption] ECS hosted a grand opening for its Boise branch on June 8 that will offer a variety of payment options and in-person support for businesses in the Treasure Valley. ECS’s new branch will be located at The Owyhee in downtown Boise. [...]
Lauren Mamola joins CSHQA as proposal coordinator
[caption id="attachment_268530" align="alignleft" width="175"] Lauren Mamola[/caption] CSHQA has announced that Lauren Mamola has joined the firm as a proposal coordinator. She is responsible for responding to requests for proposal and other marketing efforts at CSHQA. She brings five years of experience in proposal and technical writing, communications development and social media optimizati[...]
Adler builds new Amazon delivery station in Meridian
[caption id="attachment_268515" align="alignright" width="300"] Artist's rendering of the Amazon last-mile delivery station under construction off W. Franklin Road in Meridian. Image courtesy of Karis Industrial[/caption] Amazon announced it would build a large last-mile delivery station on W. Franklin Road in Meridian on May 5. On June 1, Adler Industrial LLC of Boise revealed that it had star[...]
Sarah Taylor named to head Idaho Smart Growth
[caption id="attachment_268571" align="alignleft" width="151"] Sarah Taylor[/caption] The Idaho Smart Growth (ISG) board of directors has announced the promotion of Sarah Taylor to executive director. She most recently served as ISG’s administrator and will succeed Scot Oliver, who retired in October of 2020. Since 2018, she has overseen the organization’s main educational program, the Citi[...]
Magic Valley ropes in hemp manufacturer
[caption id="attachment_268373" align="alignright" width="300"] Sustainable building insulation product HempWool. Photo courtesy of Hempitecture Inc.[/caption] Hempitecture Inc. is a Sun Valley company that manufactures and distributes sustainable building materials. It announced its plans on June 1 to build a 20,000-square-foot facility to make its trademarked HempWool product, which can repla[...]
SEL breaks ground for Moscow manufacturing plant
[caption id="attachment_268409" align="alignleft" width="300"] A rendering of the SEL facility in Moscow. Image courtesy of SEL[/caption] Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories’ (SEL) presence just got larger in Idaho, with ground broken June 2 in Moscow for a 140,000-square-foot circuit board manufacturing facility. “It was a great turnåaout and a happy occasion,” described Ed Schweitze[...]
Wheat Commission building sprouts rental space
[caption id="attachment_268192" align="alignright" width="300"] Artist's rendering of the new Idaho Wheat Commission Building at 821 State St. in downtown Boise. Image courtesy of the Idaho Wheat Commission[/caption] Boise commercial real estate listings rarely get better than this: downtown retail and office space for lease, two blocks from the Capitol with an unobstructed view of the stateho[...]
11th & Bannock Boise park to be named for Buckner-Webb
[caption id="attachment_216692" align="alignleft" width="300"] This park on 11th and Bannock streets is going to be named after former Sen. Cherie Buckner-Webb. Image courtesy of GGLO Design[/caption] Boise Mayor Lauren McLean announced on June 4 that the city's newest park will be named in honor of political trailblazer and fifth-generation Idahoan Cherie Buckner-Webb. The park is located at 1[...]