Cities and towns--Planning
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 33 Collections and/or Records:
Linda Hawkins Caufield , July 13, 2011
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Abstract
In her interview with Stephanie Milne on July 13, 2011, Linda Hawkins Caufield of Meridian, Idaho, offered her memories of the land transaction she and her family completed with the Foothills Conservation Advisory Committee. Caufield provided a family history of the land that the Hawkins family owned from 1950-2004. She spoke of the various wildlife and plant life that was found on the land and found memories of recreational activities her and family did on the land. Additionally, she spoke...
Dates:
July 13, 2011
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
Michael Wetherell papers
Collection
Identifier: MS 010
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of correspondence, reports, studies, speeches, and memos related to Judge Mike Wetherell’s work as a member of the Boise City Council from 1986-2003, his work with non-profits including the Epilepsy Federation of America from 1981-1996, Idaho Epilepsy League from 1977-1983, and Friends of Capital City from 1985-1988. Also included in the collection are legal publications written by Judge Wetherell for the Idaho Trial Lawyers Association from 1989-2000.
Dates:
1972 - 2002
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Michael Wetherell papers
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
Paul Woods , August 23, 2011
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In his interview with Stephanie Milne, Director of Public Works at Boise City, Paul Woods, offered his recollections of the serial foothills levy campaign from the spring of 2001. Woods described the meeting where he first became involved in the campaign. He elaborated that he could not sleep the night Justice Chuck McDevitt appointed him as Chair of the fundraising committee. He also described how vital volunteers were to the foothills grassroots effort. Woods recalled the opposition the...
Dates:
August 23, 2011
Paula Forney, November 17, 2010
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Paula Forney served on the Boise City Council during the 1990s and 2000s. Boise during the 1990s 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, and focused on transportation, fighting drugs, and neighborhood reinvestment. After the Coles’ controversy, Forney continued to serve and...
Dates:
November 17, 2010
Ralph McAdams , September 22, 2009 and October 9, 2009
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Ralph McAdams served on Boise City Council from 1974 to 1985 during the heyday of urban renewal in Boise. The local government and business leaders were intent on bringing a mall to the downtown and did not consider any other real alternative to redevelopment. McAdams served up to the point when the mall was approved to move to the suburbs, effectively ending the most controversial urban renewal project that Boise had.In two interviews with Brandi Burns on September 22 and...
Dates:
September 22, 2009 and October 9, 2009