Hayden-dwellers might find drive-through grocery handy
As Coeur d’Alene spreads north and Hayden spreads west, new businesses are needed to serve that expanding population. To help with this, a convenience store called C&C Grocery is under construction in the minimall on the southwest corner of Prairie Avenue and Atlas Road.
Constructed for, well, convenience, the 1,500-square-foot store will include a drive-up window for customers not wanting to leave their car (because, say, they have children inside) and buying simple things such as milk, bread or coffee. It will also be completely handicapped-accessible friendly and offer the normal convenience store items, including beer and wine.
Owners Lonnie and Chris Chase came to North Idaho from Grants Pass, Ore., after discovering the area while traveling where his father went as a truck driver. They are anticipating opening around Jan. 1; hours probably will be 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Saturday.
Aces mental health services moving
An outpatient mental health agency, Aces Community Services plans a December move from 1221 Ironwood Drive to the former Inkwell building at 1417 N. Fourth St., Coeur d’Alene.
Aces’ services to adults and children include individual, family, couple and group psychotherapy, service coordination, psychosocial rehabilitation, medication management and court-approved anger-management classes.
With 30 employees in Coeur d’Alene, the company also has five employees in its Wallace office and 50 in its Pioneer Co. offices in Boise and Nampa. Coeur d’Alene hours are 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 8 a.m.-2 p.m. Fridays (phone 208-292-2188), and Wallace hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays (phone 208-556-0960). Their Web site is www.aces-id.com.
Originally from Spokane, Don Gross has owned the company since 2002. A reason for the move, he said, was the improvement of the Fourth Street corridor.
This week’s tidbits
•What was Hayden’s Toro Viejo Restaurant before it moved to 9075 Government Way is now the Barista Sports Bar at 9510 Government Way.
•The Brody Mack designer clothing store at 513 Sherman Ave. closed its doors to become an online-only store at www.brodymack.com. It offers men’s, boys’ and girls’ clothing.
•Next door at Terra Sports, new owner Adam Haeusler today will change from wheels (bicycle sales and rentals) to snow sports (skis and snowshoe sales and rental and clothing). Originally from Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, he came to North Idaho last month. Call (208) 209-5446.
•Plans to open an indoor corner flea market at 1104 N. Fourth St. have been canceled as the building that formerly housed an antique store and originally a Fossum Paint Store evidently has been sold.
•The most common color of vehicles in the U.S. is silver or gray. Boring, but it doesn’t show dirt much. Sigh. I just bought a silver pickup. Maybe I’ll put on gold and copper racing stripes so it’ll be the University of Montana colors of copper, silver and gold.