Community development, Urban
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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 26 Collections and/or Records:
Joe Simunich, March 15, 2014
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Joe Simunich, son of Eastern European immigrants. His father (Mike Simunich) worked for Boise-Payette lumber company and bought many acres of land in the Central Bench. Joe went to Franklin School from the first grade through his junior year, then transferred to St. Teresa’s his senior year. Joe’s father owned a 15-acre farm near Franklin and Garden and moved several homes there from Barber after the sawmill closed around 1935 or 1938. Joe talks about his father and mother, their...
Dates:
March 15, 2014
John Bertram, June 16, 2014
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John Bertram discusses moving to the River Street neighborhood in 1969 as a AmeriCorps VISTA volunteer.
Dates:
June 16, 2014
Joy Buersmeyer , July 12, 2010 and July 27, 2010
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Joy Buersmeyer served on the Boise City Council during the 1970s and 1980s, which was the heart of the urban renewal era. By 1976 few developments in the downtown core were occurring, and the BRA was continuing to fight for an enclosed mall to locate into the downtown. It was not until 1986 that this vision for downtown changed. Dirk Kempthorne was elected as mayor, and many council members were voted out.In two interviews with Brandi Burns on July 12 and 27, 2010, Joy Buersmeyer...
Dates:
July 12, 2010 and July 27, 2010
Kent Proesch , February 12, 2021
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Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection contains recorded interviews with Boise citizens. Notable topics include Boise Bench history, Greenbelt history, Foothills Levy history, Boise Fire Department history, Boise Police Department history, and personal and political histories of former mayors and councilmembers.
Dates:
February 12, 2021
Marjorie Ewing, July 2, 2010 and July 16, 2010
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Marjorie Ewing served on the city council during the urban renewal era. When she came onto the council urban renewal was well under way, and there was still support for it. As the years waned on, support for the idea of an enclosed downtown mall diminished, and the community was angered at the slow nature of development in the downtown.In two interviews with Brandi Burns on July 2 and 16, 2010, Marjorie Ewing discusses her personal history, involvement with the Boise Little...
Dates:
July 2, 2010 and July 16, 2010
Mary Tate , November 10, 2010
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Mary Tate served on the council when urban renewal was unpopular, partially due to the long delay in development of the downtown and loss of historic streetscapes. At the end of her time on City Council, a larger shift was occurring to replace the old Council and Mayor with a new set of people more amicable to letting the regional mall be built outside of downtown.In an interview with Brandi Burns on November 10, 2010, Mary Tate discusses her experience as a councilmember during...
Dates:
November 10, 2010
Mary Trail, January 14, 2011, January 19, 2011, and January 27, 2011
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Mary Trail served on the council during the last years of the fight to bring the mall downtown before a new set of council members and mayor took office. The zoning for the mall to move to its suburban location was approved, and when the new council took office, downtown redevelopment pushed forward. Downtown Boise in the late 1980s and 1990s started to see construction of new buildings and other positive signs that revitalization was occurring.In an interview with Brandi Burns...
Dates:
January 14, 2011, January 19, 2011, and January 27, 2011
Michael Wetherell , May 31, 2011 and June 7, 2011
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Mike Wetherell served seventeen years on the Boise City Council. Throughout that time Boise experienced many pivotal changes, notably, urban renewal. He started on the council at the end of years of development stagnation and served through the successful redevelopment of downtown, construction of the Towne Square Mall, and prosperity of the 1990s. His last years on the Council witnessed the controversy with Brent Coles, and the changing of the leadership in 2003.In an interview...
Dates:
May 31, 2011 and June 7, 2011
Mike Silva, October 1, 2010
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Mike Silva served on the City Council during the height of opposition to urban renewal; people were upset with how long it was taking to redevelop the downtown. His service on the ACHD Board of Commissioners occurred while the agency was new and there was hostility between the agency and other local governments.In an interview with Brandi Burns on October 1, 2010, Mike Silva discusses moving to Boise and running for the Ada County Highway District. He related that serving as an...
Dates:
October 1, 2010
Mildred Tillotson, August 14, 2013
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Mildred Murphy was born in 1929, her husband Tom Tillotson was born in 1919. Mildred grew up near Franklin and Orchard, Tom grew up near Roosevelt and Albion. Mildred went to Franklin School until her brother lost vision in one eye and her mother moved all her children to St. Teresa’s in downtown Boise. Mildred enjoyed downtown, but also spent some time up on the Bench. She married Tom sometime after WWII and they moved to the Tillotson acreage on Albion. As a young family Mildred and Tom...
Dates:
August 14, 2013