September 12, 2018
Comments Off on Gene Harris Bandshell restoration could start in January
An architect will be hired soon to design the repairs for the Gene Harris Bandshell at Julia Davis Park, which was damaged in an April 23 fire set by an arsonist. A structural engineering report by Belfor Property Restoration of ...
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June 18, 2018
Comments Off on Downtown park destined for 11th and Bannock
A $3 million public park and gathering space will be included in a new office tower development in downtown Boise. Boise Plaza owner Rafanelli & Nahas plan recently proposed a 10-story tower on an existing surface parking lot at 11th and ...
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April 12, 2018
Comments Off on Cities look for ways to provide more soccer fields
Soccer is huge in Idaho, among kids and adults. Even the Portland Timbers professional soccer team in Major League Soccer appreciates the soccer talent in Idaho. The Timbers have claimed Idaho as its development territory for potential players and in ...
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February 9, 2017
Comments Off on Ann Morrison Park set for decades of upgrades
Boise Parks & Recreation likely will take small steps over many years to revise Ann Morrison Park for modern sensibilities, its director said. Parks & Rec is already experimenting with the first feature in the new Ann Morrison master plan, ...
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A new experience awaits those making the steep ascent up the chute at Camel’s Back Park in Boise’s North End. Boise Parks & Recreation has spent the fall and winter stabilizing the upper third of the 464-foot-long chute that had ...
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A driving route across Ann Morrison Park from Americana to Capitol boulevards could be in the future. With input from some 1,500 residents, Boise Parks & Recreation has drawn up a basic concept to update Ann Morrison Park for 21st ...
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July 22, 2016
Comments Off on Ann Morrison Park is getting its first new master plan since 1959
Ann Morrison Park hasn’t changed much in the last 20 or 30 years, and hasn’t had a master plan rewrite since the original was created in 1959, the year the park opened. Boise Parks & Recreation is taking a comprehensive ...
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February 4, 2015
Comments Off on Royal Boulevard likely will bust through small park
With as many as 1,500 new residents living in the Lusk Street neighborhood later this year, plans are in the works to extend Royal Boulevard through a sliver of park space and create new intersections at Ninth Street and Capitol ...
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