Margaret Carmel

Boise-based Micron Technology is stepping up its pitch for government help to expand in the US — and the Idaho Legislature might help. Two sources familiar with the negotiations tell BoiseDev that the City of Boise and State of Idaho has been in negotiations with the chip giant to expand manufacturi…

A bill aimed at protecting renters from unscrupulous landlords during the application process is headed to the House floor despite a mixed reception from some renters’ advocates. HB 617, co-sponsored by Rep. James Ruchti, D-Pocatello, and Rep. Joe Palmer, R-Meridian, aims to require a set of practi…

Facebook’s parent company Meta announced this week it’s bringing a new data center to town and with it came a slew of questions. Two years after Governor Brad Little signed legislation giving a tax break for data centers, Meta announced to great fanfare its plans to bring a facility to Kuna and brin…

Legislators are hoping for some changes to last year’s property tax reform bill after hearing back from local governments and constituents. This week, two separate bills were introduced with the aim of allowing more Idaohans back onto the circuit breaker program, which provides property tax relief f…

Idaho could change voter consent for jails  boisedev.com

The mother of a man shot by Boise Police officers during a mental health crisis last fall filed a tort claim for half a million dollars last month. On December 17, Clarkston, Washington resident Melissa Walton filed a claim with the City of Boise through her attorney Steven Fisher claiming $500,000 …

Another mixed-use apartment building is on its way in Garden City. At the corner of 43rd and Adams Street, a 70-unit, a four-story multi-family apartment building is set to be completed by the end of the year. This is part of a growing number of dense developments popping up in Garden City as the Tr…

The City of Boise is hoping to put an end to the years of lease negotiations with the Boise Art Museum by summertime. On Tuesday, BAM Executive Director Melanie Fales and members of the museum’s Board of Trustees appeared before Boise City Council to make their case and try to hammer out a lease wi…

Boise City Council is heading back to the drawing board on a proposed ordinance to license short-term rentals in city limits. On Tuesday, city council heard hours of testimony from frustrated neighbors and Airbnb hosts alike on Mayor Lauren McLean’s pitch to require a license for short-term rentals …

Mountain Home Air Force Base’s time pumping drinking water out of the ground will soon be coming to an end. In the next three and a half years, the military installation is working with the Idaho Water Resources Board to bring online a new project to pipe water up from the Snake River into a […]

Nothing says changing of the guard like an acoustic guitar performance. The latest resurgence of COVID-19 might have kept attendance numbers at Boise City Council chambers down, but the mood was still jubilant as Boise City Council said goodbye to three-term City Council Member TJ Thomson and hello …

Marcus Lyons wasn’t sure how he felt about remote work before the pandemic. Lyons, 34, worked for companies in and around Boise for years, but he always wondered about what it be like to take the plunge into the far more lucrative world of remote work. Through his professional contacts, he met peopl…

Interfaith Sanctuary is optimistic about the likelihood of relocating to State Street as its application moves to Boise City Council. After getting turned down 5-1 at Planning & Zoning on Monday night, Interfaith Sanctuary Executive Director Jodi Peterson-Stigers told BoiseDev her nonprofit is appea…

Millions of square feet of industrial space could come to the Boise Airport over the course of the next decade. The City of Boise selected Adler Industrial to develop 153 acres of industrial land near the airport for a two-part industrial park, which could include up to 31 buildings. Documents obta…

Originally published March 1, 2021. There aren’t many cities where you see someone fly fishing a few hundred feet from a downtown office building. Winding through the heart of town, the Boise River is a central piece of life in Idaho’s largest city. It’s home to floaters in the summer, dogs chasing…

Originally published March 11, 2021. A new planned community is taking shape in the shadow of the foothills off of Highway 55, far from the city centers of Eagle, Boise, and Meridian. It might be small now, but at full build-out Avimor expects to include roughly 10,000 homes spread across 23,000 ac…

Garden City could get an 18-story condominium tower after all. After a roller coaster of approvals and denials, Garden City Council voted 2-1 last month to give Boise developer Michael Talbott the green light to build the final piece of his plans to redevelop the end of 41st Street along the Boise …

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The state ended its partnership with a company providing services for more than 100 Idahoans with developmental disabilities after seven years of what the state calls fraudulent claims, incomplete paperwork and other improper billing for reimbursement from taxpayer funding. In mid-September, the Ida…

Boise’s homeless community will have a new place to warm up this winter. Starting this week, anyone in need of getting out of the elements can go to the new Warm Up Day Shelter on at 511 S Americana Boulevard next door to CATCH to warm up, get a shower and access case management. The […]