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• North Idaho College seeks event center funding

  April 26, 2013 in City on Page A5 Now is the time to build an event center in Coeur d’Alene for sports, trade shows and community gatherings, North Idaho College officials told the city’s urban renewal agency Thursday. … 10

• House committee rejects tighter rules for urban renewal districts

  February 15, 2013 in Idaho on Page A7 BOISE – An Idaho House committee overwhelmingly rejected legislation from state Rep. Kathy Sims, R-Coeur d’Alene, Thursday after urban renewal officials from around the state said it would cripple their …

• North Idaho rep’s anti-urban renewal bill killed

  February 14, 2013 in Idaho An Idaho House committee overwhelmingly rejected legislation from Rep. Kathy Sims, R-Coeur d’Alene, Thursday after urban renewal officials from around the state said it would cripple their economic development efforts. 5

• Recall pits rivaling visions

  April 28, 2012 in City on Page B1 The leader of an effort to recall Coeur d’Alene’s mayor and half of the City Council characterized his differences with the council as an ideological dispute over their vision for …

• Eye on Boise: Aging state equipment enters ‘duct tape’ stage

  February 26, 2012 in Idaho on Page B3 BOISE – Gov. Butch Otter’s state budget recommendation calls for zero funding for capital replacement items, but lawmakers are concerned that some equipment replacement needs are too critical to continue …

• Condo project reborn as rentals

  January 3, 2012 in Idaho on Page A5 A Coeur d’Alene condominium project postponed three years ago when the economy faltered has resurfaced as a rental housing proposal geared toward workers with moderate incomes. The city of Coeur … 3

• Road to college gets redo

  November 16, 2011 in Idaho on Page A5 The transformation of a former lumber mill site into landscaped roadways and a new intersection was celebrated Tuesday as the first step toward a long-envisioned education corridor in Coeur d’Alene. …

• Historic space goes high-tech

    November 4, 2011 in Business, City Several years ago Dean Allen was driving around Spokane in search of a site for a company office. He spotted an aging brick building along the banks of the Spokane … 1

• Officials break ground on higher ed corridor

  June 11, 2011 in City on Page B1 City and higher education leaders gathered Friday to break ground for the first stage of construction in Coeur d’Alene’s long-awaited education corridor. This phase will include $3.7 million worth of …

• Lake City board should have $11.7 million pot

  April 21, 2011 in City, Idaho on Page A6 The city of Coeur d’Alene’s urban renewal agency should have $11.7 million over the next 10 years to invest in public projects within its Lake District, according to a financial … 1

• Eye on Boise: Bills on urban renewal districts seek to fix management issues

  March 6, 2011 in Idaho on Page B3 BOISE – The Idaho House has passed four bills designed to trim the authority of local urban renewal agencies, and killed two others. The two that were rejected: HB 99 …

• Riverstone awaits final pieces

  February 17, 2011 in Business, City on Page A1 The final public improvements could be complete within the next few months at Riverstone, a 160-acre residential and commercial project along the Spokane River in Coeur d’Alene. “We will have …

• Idaho bills challenge urban renewal efforts

  February 3, 2011 in Idaho on Page A6 BOISE – Seven bills to limit the authority of urban renewal districts in Idaho were proposed Wednesday, including one from a lawmaker who said the state wouldn’t need urban renewal …

• Idaho legislators take aim at urban renewal

  February 2, 2011 in Idaho Seven bills to limit urban renewal districts’ authority in Idaho were proposed in a rarely-convened House committee on Wednesday, including one from a lawmaker who said if people just carry … 1