As part of building healthier communities in Idaho we have been looking at ways to promote the use of renewable energy. Idaho Power’s Green Power Program provides a way of offsetting the power produced by dams and coal with solar and wind energy. We decided to partner with Radio Boise, Read more…
The summit will take place on April 20th and 21st at the Boise State Student Union. This year’s facilitator is Tyler Norris, vice president of Total Health Partnerships at Kaiser Permanente, and the keynote speaker is Jay Connor, CEO and founder of Learning Ovations. Registration opens soon! Click here for more Read more…
Watch for a meeting announcement in the next week to determine how we can best support an increase that leads to a transportation system that has good travel choices for all Idahoans. In the meantime…as the conversation heats up Idaho Smart Growth will be participating in the discussion with a coalition of Read more…
Senate Bill 1044, sponsored by Sen. Jim Guthrie, R-McCammon would prohibit cities and counties from using eminent domain to acquire property “for trails, paths, greenways or other ways for walking, running, hiking, bicycling or equestrian use, unless adjacent to a highway, road or street.” In the introduction, Sen. Guthrie characterized Read more…
Idaho Smart Growth board member and past president Doug Fowler was recently honored by Partners for Livable Communities with the Bridge Builders Award: “Harris Ranch Development Corporation, led by Doug Fowler of LeNir Ltd, is developing Harris Ranch, a 1,300 acre site on a former ranch in east Boise, as a sustainable Read more…