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Boise
‘The Boise way’: McLean talks about COVID, growth, goals, and climate in State of the City speech
Boise Mayor Lauren McLean stood in front of a small socially distanced crowd of community members in the Boise City Council Chambers for her...
Growth
Meridian could add long-planned new downtown-area urban renewal district
The City of Meridian could have a new urban renewal district by the end of the year.
City Council read an ordinance that approved two...
Boise
Some Boise wells are drying up amid rapid development. What’s going on?
There’s only three feet of water left in the bottom of Sheryl Gaide Lundquist’s well.
A few months ago, Lundquist’s son and daughter-in-law, who live...
Boise
Boise’s airport isn’t “small” anymore. The change may cost some funding
Come fall, the Boise Airport will likely lose some funding.
Data from last year shows that Boise had the 61st busiest airport in the country...
Eagle
Thousands more homes in the foothills? Utah developer reviving Spring Valley
Another planned community with thousands of homes could rise in the foothills north of Eagle after languishing for over a decade.
Developers are again making...
Growth
Meridian hopes for another major project in rapidly changing downtown area
Developers now have an opportunity to contribute to the fastly growing, downtown Meridian.
The Meridian Development Corporation, or MDC, is looking for mixed-use project proposals...
Growth
‘Imminent peril’: Valley cities reevaluating development due to property tax legislation
Just shy of midnight on Monday, the Caldwell City Council declared "imminent peril" and enacted a six-month moratorium on residential development in response to...
Data
Most new Boise-area residents come from Idaho. The pandemic increased migration from California, too
As the Treasure Valley’s population keeps growing, the abnormality of 2020 only amplified the trends fueling the area’s boom.
The No. 1 state sending newcomers...
Data
Meridian’s growing fast – but Boise’s growing slow: New population estimates for Ada & Canyon counties
Have you heard?
The Treasure Valley is growing. Acording to the Community Planning Association of SW Idaho (which goes by COMPASS), Ada and Canyon Counties...
Growth
‘Highly amenitized’: New senior apartment complex planned for Meridian
An upscale senior living apartment complex with a number of amenities could soon come to Meridian.
Gramercy Commons, developed by Intermountain Pacific, would serve a...
Growth
Is Boise like Austin 20 years ago? Lessons from Texas’ capital city provide clues to Boise’s possible future
Above: BoiseDev photo illustration of the Idaho and Texas state capitol buidlings.
Boise’s growth boom is changing the City of Trees like never before and...
Growth
Will the long-delayed Overland Rd. Meridian WinCo happen? A proposed apartment complex may give a clue
In 2016, WinCo Foods applied to build a store off I-84 near Eagle Rd. on Overland Rd. in a fast-growing part of South Meridian.
But...
Growth
McLean: City could look at unwinding urban renewal areas if SB1108 became law
In an interview with BoiseDev Tuesday, Boise Mayor Lauren McLean said that if Senate Bill 1108 or some related measures ultimately become law, the...
Construction
Going up: Old Town Lofts in Meridian takes shape as downtown area begins to change
A big new project in Downtown Meridian is one of a number in the works that will reshape the area's core area in years...
Eagle
Avimor is growing, far from other SW Idaho cities. Who pays for emergency services – and how will it change?
A new planned community is taking shape in the shadow of the foothills off of Highway 55, far from the city centers of Eagle,...