Three Cities Honored For Their Projects

The cities of Plummer, Cascade and Twin Falls have been honored by the state’s development agency for community development projects.

“These projects represent community innovation, cooperation, initiative and commitment,” said Department of Commerce Director James Hawkins.

Hawkins presented the awards at the two-day Idaho Rural Community Development Conference that ended Wednesday in Boise. Development experts from the Pacific Northwest discussed public facility needs in rural Idaho.

Plummer city officials and the Coeur d’Alene Indian Tribe were recognized for working together to develop a medical clinic. The city received a $185,000 state grant toward the $1.7 million cost.

Today, the Plummer Medical Clinic provides health care to more than 4,000 people from Plummer, Worley, Tensed, Desmet, Chatcolet and the Coeur d’Alene Indian Reservation.

Cascade residents were able to put together a downtown revitalization project that filled vacant buildings with businesses.

The city of Twin Falls and the Idaho Migrant Council worked together to turn the dilapidated Twin Falls Labor Camp into a planned community.