Community development, Urban
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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 27 Collections and/or Records:
Anne Hausrath, August 4, 2010
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In an interview with Brandi Burns on August 4, 2010, Anne Hausrath discusses her experience on Boise City Council from 1992-2000 and the development of Boise throughout those years. She was a founder of the Wetland Coalition, a group of individuals and organizations dedicated to protecting and preserving the wetland ecosystem in Hulls Gulch; they would later become the Save Hulls Gulch movement. According to Hausrath, her experience in the effort to save Hulls Gulch from development inspired...
Dates:
August 4, 2010
Barbara Miller Johncox, February 23, 2014
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Barbara Miller Johncox is the daughter of Donald B. Miller and Janet Jenkins Miller. Her family moved to the Central Bench neighborhood in 1966 from San Diego, California. Barbara discusses her memories of Boise growing up, the development of the Central Bench neighborhood, and her family. She recounts her mother’s work in politics as the national committee woman for the State of Idaho Republican Party, a position she held for fifteen years, and her successful 2002 campaign for seat 17-B in...
Dates:
February 23, 2014
Ben Day , November 9, 2017
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During Ben Day’s interview, which took place on November 9, 2017, he described what it was like growing up on the Boise Bench. Day described his childhood, schooling, and his father’s construction history. The main subject discussed was the construction of Vista Village, how it impacted the Bench neighborhood, and what businesses have been located there. Overall, the interview was about the changes that took place on the Depot Bench during Day’s lifetime, from his birth in 1949 to the...
Dates:
November 9, 2017
Betty Jo Evans and Megan Brandel , November 11, 2017
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As part of the Depot Bench Neighborhood Association, this interview detailed multigenerational stories about growing up in the Bench Neighborhood, given on November 11, 2017. Betty Jo Evans grew up on the Bench, going to school at South Junior High and Borah High School, while working at North’s Chuck Wagon. Her daughter, Megan Brandel, remembered her early years living on the Bench before moving, as well as, visiting her grandparents. Brandel and Evans both live on the Depot Bench, and...
Dates:
November 11, 2017
Carolyn Terteling-Payne , July 1, 2010 and July 28, 2010
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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...
Dates:
July 1, 2010 and July 28, 2010
Corki Onweiler , July 25, 2014, August 8, 2014, September 10, 2014, and November 21, 2014
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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...
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July 25, 2014, August 8, 2014, September 10, 2014, and November 21, 2014
David Eberle, August 27, 2018
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In an interview with Jennifer Stevens on August 27, 2018, David Eberle discusses his experience on the Boise City Council. He describes how he remembers Boise when he returned after college in the late 1970s and the issues with the downtown area and push for urban renewal. David also discusses his career as a professional economist running a private practice and his time as a professor at Boise State University and Albertsons College. During his three terms in office David...
Dates:
August 27, 2018
Donald R. Brennan , July 14, 2010
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Donald R. Brennan started service on the city council in 1988, when Dirk Kempthorne had been mayor for two years. Boise was coming out of the development slump that resulted from urban renewal policies that had tried to force a mall into downtown Boise. The downtown core was beginning to see reinvestment, and much of the success he attributes to Mayor Kempthorne. In an interview with Brandi Burns on July 14, 2010, Donald R. Brennan describes many of the issues that he was...
Dates:
July 14, 2010
Flip Kleffner, December 1, 2010
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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...
Dates:
December 1, 2010
Jim Collier , February 24, 2018
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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 24, 2018