Sven Berg
Idaho Statesman
Boise, ID, United States
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Businesses here. Housing there. What new city spending may bring to 2 areas of Boise
The city of Boise and its urban renewal agency, Capital City Development Corp., are planning urban renewal districts, Gateway East in the Eisenman area and Shoreline, to spur industrial and residential growth. → Read More
The Cabin will move to make room for Boise’s library. Where? Boise’s City Council balks
The Boise City Council voted to move The Cabin to make room for a new library building on Capitol Boulevard north of the Boise River. Three options are in or near Julia Davis Park and the Black History Museum. → Read More
Boise’s bike riders will get the Greenbelt-to-North End route they’ve always wanted
The Ada County Highway District picked 11th Street as a north-south connection from the Boise River Greenbelt, through Downtown and the North End, to Camel’s Back Park, because it is a mostly unbroken route. → Read More
Women will be a majority of the Ada County Commission. Here’s what to expect
The Treasure Valley’s growth was the key issue in Ada County commissioner elections. Some candidates criticized the approval of planned communities like Dry Creek. Others stressed cooperation with Boise. → Read More
Cole Road work is about to start in earnest. Here’s how it’ll affect the commute
Ada County Highway District plans to begin work Nov. 14 on Cole Road in Boise from Interstate 84 to Franklin Road. The project will widen Cole from three to five lanes and add medians, sidewalks, curbs and gutters. → Read More
If you got a vehicle-emissions reminder from Ada County, it may have this mistake
The Ada County, Idaho, Air Quality Board just sent 11,000 notices to car owners telling them they need to check their cars’ emissions in September instead of the correct month, November. → Read More
If you drive South Cole Road, prepare for a year of delays — or pick a new route
Ada County Highway District plans to start work Nov. 7 on a $6 million project to widen Cole Road between Franklin Road and Interstate 84, and add medians, sidewalks, bike lanes and pedestrian crosswalks. → Read More
Sven Berg: I almost died my first time on an e-scooter
Idaho Statesman reporter Sven Berg tested a Bird scooter a few days after Lime and Bird launched e-scooter service in Boise. He had a near miss when a car almost hit him near Ann Morrison Park in Boise. → Read More
This building in a redeveloping part of Garden City will house job trainers, apartments
Life’s Kitchen, a nonprofit that trains at-risk young people how to work in restaurants, hopes to move from a city-owned former motel on Capitol Boulevard in Boise to 34th and Clay streets in Garden City. → Read More
CWI wants you to pay for a new health-care building. Here’s why they say you should
The College of Western Idaho proposes a levy to pay for a $49 million health science building at CWI’s Nampa campus. Backers say the lessons of a failed 2016 bond measure inform their campaign. → Read More
Former Stampede owner, who opposes Boise stadium, banned from City Hall over altercation
Bill Ilett appears to have confronted the director of the Capital City Development Corp., Boise’s urban renewal agency. He’s accused of a “physical confrontation” and banned from City Hall. → Read More
Boise just inched closer to backing a baseball stadium in this Grove Plaza vote
Boise acquired The Grove Plaza from Capital City Development Corp., the city’s urban renewal agency. The city could sell it to Greater Boise Auditorium District and use the money to help build a West End stadium. → Read More
Meridian’s Lime scooters rollout was a debacle. Now the city will watch what Boise does
Scooter- and bike-share companies Lime and Bird both want to operate in Meridian and Boise. Lime suspended service in Meridian, its first Idaho market, until March. It’s working with Boise on an agreement. → Read More
Look what Boise has in mind for Quinn’s Pond: a pollinator garden and ... musical trees?
One of Boise Parks and Recreation’s two concepts for an undeveloped area near Quinn’s Pond has a fishing dock, floating wetland and a pollinator garden and musical instruments amid trees. → Read More
Affordable housing, health concerns behind denial of truck terminal near mobile homes
Boise Planning and Zoning commissioners voted 4-2 to deny R+L Carriers’ application for a truck terminal on Eisenman Road. Residents of mobile home park Blue Valley worried about diesel fumes and noise. → Read More
Bieter wants transit. State won’t let Boiseans tax themselves. Now Bieter sees end run
Cities like Boise, Coeur d’Alene, Twin Falls, Lewiston, Meridian and Garden City support local option taxing authority. The Idaho Legislature has not authorized these elections. A citizen initiative could. → Read More
The weed patch by Quinn’s Pond could get a makeover. Here’s what you could see there.
Boise Parks and Recreation plans to install grass and an irrigation system at Quinn’s Pond, south of Esther Simplot Park and west of the whitewater park. Other amenities, such as a playground, could follow. → Read More
Melba businessman, pilot owned plane that crashed near Silver City, killing three
The plane went down around 9:10 a.m., near Silver City in the Owyhee Mountains. A dog also died. The Cessna 210 crashed due to unknown circumstances, according to the FAA. → Read More
Bieter proposes smaller lots, more in-law units to fight housing-cost increases
Boise Mayor David Bieter is proposing to make it easier to build and rent in-law units, give developers more flexibility, reduce lot sizes and spend money to encourage affordable housing. → Read More
These Garden City grocers hope for a zero-waste ‘revolution’ in a burned-out hookah bar
Roots Zero Waste Market would not have plastic shopping bags. It would buy food with reusable buckets and burlap bags, or compostable paper, instead of single-use plastic packaging. → Read More