Cities and towns--Growth

Abstract In an interview with Jennifer Stevens on September 11, 2018, Alan Shealy discusses his personal history, his appointment to city council by Mayor Terteling-Payne, and the issues he worked on. He describes how his experience working in finance led him to undertake changing how the city created budgets and to help restore transparency and confidence in city government. He discusses his fiscal philosophy and his voting history on issues including moving a ten commandments statue out of Julia...

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of correspondence, photographic prints, maps, reports, Historic Preservation Month postcards, and proclamations created and used by Planning and Development Services.

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.

Abstract Terteling-Payne served during the 1990s, a time that was marked by a surplus budget and a general positive feeling from the community. Boise was growing quickly, and development was on the fringes of the city as well as in the downtown core. Brent Coles was mayor, he focused on transportation, fighting drugs, and neighborhood reinvestment.In an interview with Brandi Burns on July 1, 2010, Carolyn Terteling-Payne discusses growing up in Boise and her volunteer activities that were...

Abstract In an interview with Brandi Burns on July 25, 2014, Cordelia “Corki” Onweiler discusses her childhood in Boise during the 1930s and 1940s, including her recollections from attending school at St. Teresa’s Academy, going to the Natatorium, her family’s business interest in The Mode Limited, and her first job at C.C. Anderson’s Department Store. She also discusses how she met her husband, their life together in the 1950s when he was serving on the Boise City Council and Idaho State...

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.

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.

Abstract Flip Kleffner served on the City Council from 1972-1974, a period when Boise was changing rapidly. Kleffner had experienced the pre-WWII Boise and had seen the effects of the growth. Like many cities in the nation, Boise adopted an urban renewal policy to revitalize its downtown. By 1972, many buildings had already been demolished in the downtown core, and plans were underway to construct a large, enclosed mall to entice suburban shoppers back into the downtown.In an interview...

Abstract Glenn Selander served on the Boise City Council during the last years of urban renewal. The mall had still not been built downtown, and the community was upset. He served to 1985 when the mall was finally approved in the suburbs, and there was a change in the city leadership.In an interview with Brandi Burns on September 29 and October 20, 2010, Glenn Selander discusses the growth Boise experienced in the 1970s, the trend to develop west of the city and into the foothills. He...

Abstract Jerome Mapp served on the Boise City Council during the 1990s when Boise saw very little conflict; money was not tight at the city level and the general feeling from the community was positive. Boise was growing quickly, and development was on the fringes of the city as well as in the downtown core. Brent Coles was mayor, he focused on transportation, fighting drugs, and neighborhood reinvestment. Mapp continued to serve into the Bieter administration.In two interviews with...