December 29, 2017
Comments Off on Marsing auto shop hits the road
Franklin Auto & Truck Repair is a man-and-wife operation that repairs cars in a four-bay shop in Marsing. Owner John Franklin, however, favors taking the mobile service truck on the road to tend to broken down big rig trucks. Franklin ...
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December 19, 2017
Comments Off on Homedale bowling alley/restaurant looks to expand after last year’s snow damage
Having fixed broken roof trusses after the heavy January snows of last winter, now the owners of Owyhee Lanes bowling alley in Homedale are expanding the banquet space at their business. “That would give us double the room we have ...
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September 27, 2017
Comments Off on Wild River Java will grow in McCall
The roadside Wild River Java coffee kiosk in McCall will give way for a larger Wild River Java now under construction on the same property. Wild River Java has been on Third Street (State Route 55) since 1998 in a ...
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Missoula-based Montana & Idaho Community Development Corp. and Boise-based Capital Matrix have set up a fund dedicated to loans for Idaho businesses. Both nonprofits specialize in financing “nearly bankable” business that can’t get bank loans. Capital Matrix supplied a $150,000 ...
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February 8, 2017
Comments Off on Montana/Idaho CDC loan volume soars in Idaho
In its first year with a one-man Boise office, the Montana & Idaho Community Development Corp. issued a larger volume of small business loans in Idaho than in its home state of Montana. The Missoula-based small business lender gave out ...
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December 7, 2016
Comments Off on Customedica Pharmacy opens a second shop in Boise
The independent, locally owned Customedica Pharmacy opened its second Treasure Valley location Dec. 5 at 1915 W. State St. at the west edge of downtown Boise. The second Customedica comes 14 years after owner Shah Afshar opened his first Customedica ...
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Read More »With five Boise Fry Company stores up and running, founder and co-owner Blake Lingle and his team dreamt up a ramen shop with ping pong tables for the basement under the Capitol Boulevard store. RamaPong expects a late September opening ...
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July 25, 2016
Comments Off on Waffle Me Up to start restaurant on Boise’s Capitol Boulevard
Waffle Me Up will likely be the first restaurant in Boise and Idaho to specialize in the Liège waffle, a denser, sweeter, chewier cousin to the standard Brussels waffle that is served everywhere. The Liège waffle only started gaining a ...
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July 22, 2016
Comments Off on Ketchum Interior/sound system designers bring manufacturing to Idaho
Leeds Look Listen mixes interior design with designing custom sound systems at its Ketchum showroom. Now the family operation is bringing its manufacturing operation to the Wood River Valley, too. Gary and Deb Leeds, with sons Daniel and Benjamin, opened ...
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June 24, 2016
Comments Off on Montana and Idaho CDC unveils its new name
The Montana Community Development Corp. formally changed its name June 6 to Montana & Idaho Community Development Corp. after informally adopting the Idaho name earlier this year already. Montana CDC had completed $93 million in five New Market Tax Credit ...
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