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It’s a genuine pleasure to drive through downtown Coeur d’Alene, as I did last week, for a business meeting (read: income tax return) and see the sharp new look in the store fronts, building remodeling and upgrading. The whole area has a “new” look to it. Drive a few blocks farther north out toward the freeway and get a good look at what John Stone has visualized for Riverstone. It’s beginning to take form. It’s a testimony to the lack of vision shown by a group of our elected officials that they failed to accept the gift of a world class botanical garden for downtown. Coeur d’Alene and a massive clean-up of the southern entrance to the city. Maybe — just maybe — the next good idea that comes along that has the potential to waken our esteemed decision-makers will be accepted before the end of the century — Bob Paulos/Coeur d’Alene Press.
DFO: Talk about beating a dead horse.
Question: How would you rate downtown/waterfront redevelopment?
D.F. Oliveria is a columnist and blogger for The Spokesman-Review. Huckleberries Online was judged the best 2008 Idaho newspaper blog by the Idaho Press Club. And the best 2007 news blog in the Pacific Northwest by the Society for Professional Journalist. Print Huckleberries is a past winner of the Herb Caen Memorial Column contest by the National Association of Newspaper Columnists. The Readership Institute of Northwestern University cited this blog as a good example of online community journalism.
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