Public lands
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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 32 Collections and/or Records:
Elizabeth Van Zonneveld , July 27, 1998
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In an interview with Troy Reeves on July 27, 1998, Elizabeth Van Zonneveld discusses her involvement with the Boise River Greenbelt project. She recounts how when she first became involved with the Greenbelt as member of the Idaho Environmental Council it was an open space project with no emphasis on pathways. She served as the third Greenbelt Coordinator, after Bill Onweiler and Gay Davis, where her responsibilities were public relations, grant money acquisition, land matching, and land...
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July 27, 1998
Gordon Bowen , August 5, 1998
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In an interview with Troy Reeves on August 5, 1998, Gordon Bowen discusses the creation of the Boise River Greenbelt and the Greenbelt and Pathways Committee. He reads from written remarks regarding the Atkinson Plan, a government funded planning document for the City of Boise, which laid out the feasibility of building a publicly owned pathway along the Boise River based on a similar concept in Greenbelt, Maryland. He describes the roles Arlo Nelson, City Planning Director, and William...
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August 5, 1998
James Kalbus , July 14, 1998
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In an interview with Troy Reeves on July 14, 1998, James Kalbus discusses his involvement with the Greenbelt and Pathways Committee. He describes Lake Harbor as the accomplishment he is most proud of, his opinion of the Greenbelt in its current state, and how he thinks certain decisions have allowed it to be kept open to the public. He speaks to the master plan of the Greenbelt through the BSU campus, the building of the Ram Restaurant, and the expansion of the committee’s purview to include...
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July 14, 1998
Jeanne Lundell , July 9, 1998
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In an interview with Troy Reeves on July 9, 1998, Jeanne Lundell discusses her involvement with the Greenbelt and Pathways Committee beginning in the early 1990s. She describes the accomplishment of the committee in pushing back against encroachments into the setback, joining FACTS after the disbanding of the Greenbelt and Pathways Committee, and her understanding of why the committee disbanded. She expresses some of the frustration felt about the advisory role the committee played, and the...
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July 9, 1998
Jeff Youtz, August 18, 1998
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In an interview with Troy Reeves on August 18, 1998, Jeff Youtz discusses his time as a member of the Greenbelt and Pathways Committee representing the Garden City City Council. He discusses his desire to have Garden City represented in the planning process to ensure that future development requirements aligned with public access to the river and that the concerns of existing homeowners were represented. He notes his future hope of managing the waterway and pathway as a single recreational...
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August 18, 1998
Joe LaMarche , July 22, 1998
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In an interview with Troy Reeves on July 22, 1998, Joe LaMarche discusses his involvement with the Greenbelt and Pathways Committee. He describes the role the committee played in development of the project, how the meetings worked, and how the committee balanced competing interests. He touches on his memory of the river in the 1950s, how his experience with the Greenbelt led him to understand the river as an asset to the community, and his feelings about the Greenbelt currently. Joe...
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July 22, 1998
John Chapman , June 15, 1998
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In an interview with Troy Reeves on June 15, 1998, John Chapman discusses his involvement with the Greenbelt Committee beginning in the early 1970s. He recounts his appointment to the committee as a representative of the Planning and Zoning Commission. He explains some of the first steps of land acquisition involving condemnation lawsuits to acquire parcels across from Ann Morrison Park, how the Greenbelt Ordinance was necessary to keep property owners from building on the riverbank, and his...
Dates:
June 15, 1998
Judy Peavey-Derr, August 4, 1998
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In an interview with Troy Reeves on August 4, 1998, Judy Peavey-Derr discusses her work advancing the Boise Greenbelt project as an Ada County Commissioner from 1987-1991. She describes how her appointment to coordinate Ada County’s activities in the Idaho Centennial Celebration led her to create a 501(c)(3)—The Boise River Trail Foundation—to help fund connecting the pathway from Lucky Peak Dam to Eagle. The project would be Ada County’s contribution to celebrating the Idaho Centennial, but...
Dates:
August 4, 1998
Kathleen Day, September 19, 1998
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In an interview with Troy Reeves on September 19, 1998, Kathleen Day discusses her involvement with the Greenbelt and Pathways Committee. She describes how she first became interested in helping to protect public access to the waterways while acting as the environmental chairman for the League of Women Voters. She recollects her fist impressions of the committee, the other members, and their major accomplishment of maintaining open space and public access to the river. She notes the struggle...
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September 19, 1998
Keith Gilmore , July 15, 1998
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In an interview with Troy Reeves on July 15, 1998, Keith Gilmore discusses his involvement with the Greenbelt and Pathways Committee and his experience as a landowner dealing with the Greenbelt development. He describes how his meeting with Mayor Amyx at a restaurant led to his applying for a seat on the committee, and the original goals of the group to control the setback and to create rules on building restrictions along the riverbank. Keith notes how much the appeal of river front...
Dates:
July 15, 1998