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Boise’s successful west end project

Jeffrey Hill | Fri, Feb 8th, 2008 | Category: Commentary | Tags: jeffrey hill, eminent domain, boise, boise west end project, jason stotts, ada county highway district | 0

They get it in Idaho: multi-use urban developments are a concept that everyone, not just high-brow academics, can understand and contribute to. Renovating under-developed and deteriorating neighborhoods doesn’t have to involve the threats of “eminent domain” or the public relations facade of concern for “the greater good.” In Boise’s West End, a low-income neighborhood sandwiched between an ambitious downtown area and the Boise River, developers are sitting at the same table with…
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