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A
Hi
everybody
welcome
to
our
work
session.
I'll
go
ahead
and
call
this
meeting
to
order
clerk.
Will
you
call
the
roll?
This
is
Beijing
here,
Hallie
Burton.
B
A
All
right,
we
will
move
first
into
the
downtown
Boise,
Economic,
Development
and
infrastructure
update.
So
we've
got,
we
had
Jennifer
Hensley.
We
can
wait
a
moment,
Jen
might
or
you
oh
gotcha.
Jen,
don't
worry
about
it.
We
are
okay,
oh
this
is
loud
or
do
you
have
your
stuff
yeah?
Why
don't
we
do
that?
We'll
have
Doug
go
first
from
CCDC,
so
that
Jen's
got
time.
A
I
look
forward
to
hearing
about
the
infrastructure
update
because
I,
like
everybody
in
Boise,
is
wondering
when
all
of
these
streets
that
are
being
worked
on
by
CCDC
and
achd
downtown
will
be
reopened.
So
perhaps
that's
and
why
they
are
all
closed.
So
perhaps
that's
part
of
what
you'll
be
talking
about,
but
really
appreciate
the
work
that
achd,
CCDC
and
others
are
doing
downtown
together
right
now
to
support
all
the
development
that
we're
seeing
happen.
A
E
E
E
As
you
know,
us
and
I'm
here,
to
give
you
the
update,
as
the
mayor
mentioned,
about
downtown
Boise
and
the
CCDC
related
projects,
I'm
going
to
focus
on
the
River
Myrtle
district
and
West
Side
District
today,
and
then
the
presentations
organized
around
the
agency's
five
key
strategies
too
and
I'll
touch
on
projects
related
to
each
of
those
and
then
we'll
wrap
up
by
a
look
at
the
the
construction
Pipeline
and
what
the
development
status
is
and
and
what
it
looks
like
in
the
in
the
coming
three
years.
E
So
just
as
a
reminder,
the
agency
has
six
Active
urban
renewal
districts
today
we're
going
to
talk
about
what's
going
on
in
River,
Myrtle
and
West
Side
District,
for
a
couple
of
reasons,
the
first
being
that
this
overlaps,
the
majority
of
our
core
downtown
and
also
our
business
improvement
district
as
you'll
be
hearing
from
Jennifer
Hensley
after
me
on
that
and
then
the
second
reason
is
that,
as
you
can
see
on
the
timelines
on
the
screen,
these
two
districts
have
are
in
their
final
years
of
lifespan
and
so
we're
in
the
process
of
completing
the
public
Investments
that
we
can
by
year.
E
E
We
have
53
active
projects
happening
in
these
two
districts
and
I'll
touch
on
a
handful
of
them.
Throughout
the
presentation.
There
is
a
complete
list
of
projects
for
all
six
districts
available
on
agency's
homepage
ccdcboise.com
in
August.
The
board
did
approve
the
five-year
work
plan,
so
that
is
the
latest
and
greatest
available
there
for
anybody
interested
in
a
in
a
deeper
look.
E
So
a
primary
aspect
of
ccdc's
mission
is
economic
development.
It's
about
cultivating
prosperous
local
economies.
How
are
we
doing
that?
Well,
in
nearly
every
every
instance,
it's
through
public-private
Partnerships.
The
examples
here
on
the
screen
have
been
getting
National
recognition
for
those
those
Partnerships
and
the
benefits
that
they're
delivering
to
our
community.
E
Public
parking
also
plays
a
very
instrumental
role
in
Economic
Development.
The
construction
of
public
parking
is
necessary
to
achieve
the
density
mix
of
uses
walkable
public
realm.
That
makes
the
places
that
we
enjoy
most
possible.
It's
where
the
people
want
to
live
and
where
the
locals
want
to
do
business.
All
five
of
the
agencies
owned
garages
were
built
to
catalyze
this
type
of
private
investment
that
matches
you
know
our
vision
for
the
central
business
district
as
well,
as
is
our
overall
downtown
an
example
on
the
screen.
E
Ccdc
contributed
a
Remnant
parcel
as
well
as
participated
in
the
public
operations
of
this
garage,
and
the
result
of
that
was
bringing
a
home
to
Suites
hotel,
the
Vanguard
Apartments
Thomas
Logan
and
at
the
Lucy
Apartments,
as
well
as
there's
some
still
some
additional
capacity
in
that
garage
for
infill
in
this
area,
so
that
that's
the
net
result
of
you
know.
Public
garages
are
public
infrastructure,
and
this
is
part
of
how
we
we
bring
the
energized
neighborhoods
we're
wanting
in
our
downtown.
E
At
the
state
of
the
downtown
for
those
that
weren't
able
to
make
it
last
week,
Jen
shared
some
recent
findings
that
residents
spend
about
two
to
four
times
as
much
money
downtown
as
a
typical
office
worker.
You
know
both
are
great
and
that
sort
of
investment
is
wonderful,
but
I
think
it's
important
to
make.
You
know
some
emphasis
in
this
about
how
our
downtown
neighborhoods
are,
in
part
a
large
or
they
are
a
large
part
of
what's
paying
for
and
supporting
our
new
businesses
that
are
opening
and
this
local
Commerce.
E
So
Place
making,
what's
this
all
about
it's
about
creating
a
valued
sense
of
place
right,
it's
about
building
community
and
that
happens
through
shared
experiences.
So
CCDC
is
doing
this
by
developing
more
public
spaces
for
people
to
gather
and
to
create
these
shared
experiences
together.
E
Shared
Street
design,
like
this
block
of
Broad
Street
or
like
the
improvements
underway
on
Fulton
Street,
as
well
as
the
bass
block
and
the
extension
of
the
shared
Street
design
down.
Grove
Street,
that's
coming
here
in
the
next
few
months.
In
fact,
these
are
the
places
where
we
can
have
Community
happen,
where
groups
of
all
different
intentions
can
get
together
and
have
moments
that
they'll,
remember
that
creates
meaning
for
their
sense
of
place.
E
Public-Private
Partnerships,
also
advance
place
making
by
concentrating
uses
and
mixing
activities
pulled
this
photo
up
again
because
it
displays
how
the
dining
area
in
the
park
you
know
serves
to
benefit
the
adjacent
stores
and
cafes.
Meanwhile,
the
cafes
and
stores
are
the
reason
people
are
coming
to
the
park.
So
it's
this
sort
of
synergy
that
begins
to
create
the
activity
around
our
downtown
neighborhoods.
E
Recently,
the
agency
purchased
this
small
parking
lot
at
the
corner
of
six
and
Grove
and
in
partnership
with
Parks
and
Rec,
as
well
as
arts
and
history
Department
we're
developing
a
public
space
that
will
celebrate
the
rich
Multicultural
past
and
present
in
the
neighborhood.
This
is
across
the
street
from
The
Basque
Center
and
will
serve
as
a
great
overflow
event
space,
for
you
know
this
very
popular
area
for
people
to
celebrate
their
culture
and
traditions
and
and
other
other
aspects
of
of.
E
E
So
the
reality
is,
is
public
infrastructure
is
needed,
downtown,
we
do
have
it,
but
times
change
and
cities
grow
and
things
wear
out.
We
are
upgrading
aging
missing
and
undersized
utilities
on
a
regular
basis,
we're
rebuilding
the
streets
to
meet
current
safety
standards
as
well
as
balance
the
design
so
that
it
functions
well
for
all
users.
E
On
11th
Street
on
11th
Street,
we've
replaced
the
crumbling
Canal
Bridge
upgraded
the
power
vaults
added
fiber
con
fiber
optic,
conduit,
Banks
repaired,
the
geothermal
system
added
protected
bike,
Lanes
improved
pedestrian
facilities
all
while
maintaining
on-street
parking
and
loading
zones
that
serve
businesses,
along
with
the
wide
Shady
sidewalks.
A
Gonna
say
on
that
Doug.
You
know
that
I
know
that,
especially
with
regard
to
that
one
with
that
and
the
combination
of
others,
it's
been
tough
on
businesses
but
appreciate
ccd's
work
as
well
as
my
team's
work
with
them
to
see
where
we
can
help
them
and
how
and
I
gotta
say
as
it's
opened.
I've
had
so
many
folks
just
mention
on
as
I'm
walking
around
or
on
my
own
bike,
how
much
they
love
this
Bikeway
and
I'm.
Getting
a
lot
of
requests
for
where
they're
going
to
be
next.
E
E
E
The
sidewalks
there
were
deteriorating
narrow,
just
generally
unsafe,
missing
Ada
ramps,
those
are
all
being
improved,
adding
and
Landscaping
and
Furnishings.
These
improvements
will
maintain
the
current
vehicle
configuration
while
also
adding
raised
and
protected
bike
Lanes.
So
here's
here's
the
next
spot.
This
is
east
west
Corridor
through
the
Grove
Plaza
and
eventually
connecting
to
the
Easton
neighborhood.
These
facilities
will
will
serve
as
a
another
Bikeway
Corridor
through
our
to
and
through
our
downtown
and
jump
into
the
other
side
of
downtown.
E
In
the
old
Boise
box
neighborhood,
we
just
received
our
right-of-way
permit
from
achd
to
start
construction
of
right-of-way
improvements
between
third
and
Sixth
Street,
very
similar
sort
of
program
to
what
I
just
mentioned
on
the
linenblock
side.
The
other
Unique
Piece
of
this
is
is
the
Boise
City
Canal
The
Leaky
Sandstone
tunnel,
underneath
the
roadway
will
be
replaced
with
modern,
piping
and
upgrading
that
for
another
50
years,
a
useful
life.
So
that's
an
important
part
of
this
as
well.
E
So
all
three
of
these
infrastructure
projects,
as
you
can
see
from
the
imagery,
do
take
into
account
not
only
you
know
utilities,
but
the
economic
development
Place
making
and
Mobility
that's
important
in
our
downtown,
and
so
that
brings
us
to
mobility
and
what
the
agency
is
doing
to
extend,
expand,
Mobility
choices
which
includes
parking
as
well
as
multiple
modes,
to
enable
a
more
universally
accessible
downtown,
and
these
these
objectives
really
do
go
hand
in
glove
with
an
infrastructure
project.
E
If
you
make
Mobility
a
priority,
it's
the
time
to
do
it,
and
so
we've
we've
strive
to
make
sure
that's
the
case.
Another
good
example
of
that
is
is
8th,
Street,
and
this
is
our
downtown's
most
heavily
trafficked
Street
by
bicycles
and
pedestrians,
and
so
it
remains
a
priority.
This
example
on
the
screen
is
North
8th
Street,
where
from
state
to
Franklin
we're
in
final
design
to
improve
the
right
of
way
to
include
the
improvements
you
see
here
on
the
screen.
E
So
what
it'll
include
is
vehicular
facilities
that
meet
current
and
Future
travel
demands,
as
well
as
adding
protected
bike
lanes
and
in
both
directions:
universally
accessible
parking
stalls
adjacent
to
the
the
churches
and
other
community
centers
in
this
area,
as
well
as
improved
sidewalks
and
then
at
the
south,
end
of
eight
streets.
E
We're
partnering,
with
with
you
all
the
city,
to
assist
with
the
mobility
improvements
with
the
interchange
between
the
Green,
Belt
and
8th
Street.
This
is
a
point
of
congestion
in
an
area
where
improvements
can
make
a
big
difference.
So
the
objective
here
is
to
make
it
safer
for
pathway
users
to
travel,
while
also
reducing
disruptions
to
visitors
and
events
that
are
happening
at
the
Ann
Memorial
Anne
Frank
Memorial.
E
So,
in
addition
to
right-of-way
projects,
Mobility
is
also
an
important
objective.
We
can
advance
during
development
Partnerships
too.
The
project
on
the
screen
here
is
the
block
68
Cadillac
Redevelopment
project.
This
is
an
agency-led
public-private
partnership,
that's
bringing
Workforce
housing,
senior
housing,
Healthcare,
retail
and
public
Mobility
Hub
to
the
11th
and
state
area
of
our
downtown
in
in
association
with
this,
the
YMCA
is
leading
the
Redevelopment
of
a
new
downtown
facility
as
well.
E
Another
part
of
Mobility
is
shortening
the
traveling
distance
right.
The
people
living
here
will
be
able
to
walk
and
bike
as
much
or
even
more
than
they
do
drive,
because
the
employment
services
activities
are
all
close
enough
for
them
to
do
so.
E
It's
part
of
this
project
there's
also
a
secure
bicycle
storage
under
the
bike
boy
flag
that
will
be
conveniently
located
along
the
11th
Street
Bikeway,
and
this
public
parking
garage
will
also
be
located
at
the
busiest
Transit.
Stop
on
the
State
Street
Corridor,
which
makes
a
a
good
opportunity
for
Park
and
Ride
sort
of
behaviors.
E
It's
pretty
easy
to
imagine
you
know
someone
who
lives
out
on
State
Street
that
commutes
in
Daily
that
would
want
to
park
at
this
garage
get
their
work
in
out
at
the
Y
before
or
after
work.
You
know,
walk
to
office,
do
whatever
other
business,
they
have
downtown
and
then
come
back
and
drive
home.
So
this
is
another
way
that
we
keep
our
downtown
streets
working
efficiently
with
people
walking
and
biking
in
their
daily
activities.
E
And
then
the
fifth
strategy
that
CCDC
Endeavors
to
advance
is
his
special
projects
and
what
this
is
really
about
is
assisting
with
unique
opportunities
and
revitalizing
historic
assets
and
buildings,
arts
and
culture,
as
well
as
other
public
amenities.
E
The
recent
opening
and
completion
of
the
Avery
hotel
is
is
wonderful
to
have
here
in
our
community,
and
it
really
marks
a
high
point
for
that
block
of
historic
Main
Street.
This
was
made
possible
through
the
city
accepting
historic,
facade,
easement
and
CCDC,
financially,
assisting
with
the
costs
associated
with
restoring
those
facades.
It
was
through
that
assistance
and
New
Market
tax
credit,
a
few
other
funding
sources
that
made
this
sort
of
project
financially
viable
and
there's
a
really
similar
story
afoot
across
the
street
too.
E
E
So
it's
unique
ways
like
this,
where
CCDC
can
can
assist
in
little
ways
to
hopefully
have
a
big
impact
in
the
coming
years,
and
arts
and
history
we've
got
a
collection
of
Partnerships
underway
with
the
arts
and
history
Department.
The
one
example
I
wanted
to
point
out
today
was
seven
arts
and
culture
projects
along
the
Grove,
Street
Corridor
kind
of
between
Third,
Street
and
16th.
E
The
vision
here
is
that,
through
this
collection
will
be
able
to
establish
a
self-gated
walking
tour
that
will
really
emulate
the
the
history
of
this
neighborhood
and
help
celebrate
what
the
place
has
been
for
us
as
a
community
and
and
is
for
us
here
today,
so
to
bring
us
full
circle
and
kind
of
wrap
up.
E
My
remarks
I'll
touch
on
development
status
and
and
get
to
some
of
the
questions
you
asked
the
beginning
of
the
presentation
there
here
is
a
map
of
of
downtown
the
West
downtown
to
be
specific,
11th
Street
running
north
south
through
the
the
middle
of
that.
What
you
see
on
the
screen
is
is
12
different
projects
all
in
the
development
process,
four
of
which
have
been
completed.
The
SRI
Buckner
Webb
Park,
the
11th
and
Idaho
office.
E
A
F
G
H
F
G
E
Madame
mayor
council,
member
Nash,
I
I
have
not
heard
much
about
that.
No
I
don't
really
have
any
remarks.
E
E
Okay,
so,
as
I
mentioned
in
the
beginning,
the
River
Myrtle
district
and
West
Side
districts
are
in
their
final
years.
What
I
have
here
on
the
the
screen,
for
you
is
the
list
of
kind
of
the
12
significant
right-of-way
projects
or
Public
public
Improvement
projects
that
that
are
in
the
pipeline.
E
This
represents
the
work
downtown
that
that
will
be
happening.
Well,
is
happening
now
and
will
will
happen
in
the
next
three
years.
As
you
can
see,
11th
Street,
Fulton,
Street
and
rebuild
11
Linden
blocks
are
the
three
that
are
currently
under
construction,
rebuild
old
Boise
blocks,
as
I
mentioned,
we
just
got
our
right
away
permit
and
we'll
begin
construction
on
that
this
fall.
The
reason
for
that
is
to
rebuild
the
canal.
E
It's
best
to
do
it
when
the
water's
shut
off
and
so
that
that
winter
off
irrigation
season
is
important
for
us
to
to
take
advantage
of
North,
8th,
Street
and
5th
and
sixth
streets
are
in
final
design
and
teed
up
for
a
spring
2024
construction
start,
and
then
we
have
a
collection
of
projects,
a
multi-use
path
along
the
Boise
City
Canal
Capital,
Boulevard,
streetscapes,
Third,
Street,
streetscapes,
Bannock,
Street
streetscapes
as
well,
that
are
all
in
concept,
design
and
we're
still
working
through
what
the
development
program
looks
like
on
those
engaging
with
property
owners
and
fleshing
out
exactly
what
it
is
that
we
as
a
community
want
to
build
on
that.
E
So
we
are
on
track
and
it's
it's
going
to
happen
here
in
the
coming
years.
Those
numbers
are,
those
dates
are
a
little
squishier
but
they're
in
the
works
and
coming
down
the
road.
And
then,
as
I
mentioned,
the
the
521
West
Grove
Street
public
space
over
by
The
Basque
is
in
concept,
design
to
I.
Think
the
Parks
Commission
you
always
seeing
that
here
in
the
next
60
days
or
so,
and
then
State
Street
between
8th
and
15th
is
achd.
E
E
And
that's
that's
difficult
and
it's
it's
a
balance
between
how
much
that
costs
and
the
balance
of
disruption
between
the
community
and
getting
the
work
done
at
a
at
a
good
value.
But
it's
important
and
we're
focused
on
it.
E
And
the
last
other
thing
I
did
want
to
mention
is
that
in
all
of
our
construction
contracts,
one
of
the
the
the
big
requirements
is
keeping
business
access
open
at
all
times,
I
mean
there
are
some
occasions
where
we
have
to
pour
concrete
in
front
of
the
front
door,
but
that
is
always
coordinated
with
that
business
of
what
are
your
off
hours?
How
can
we
do
that?
If
it's
in
the
dead
or
night
be
there
to
do
it,
then,
and
so
a
lot
of
work
to
be
done?
E
I
think
we
can
get
it
done.
You
know,
I,
think,
with
our
community
making
a
choice
in
1996
and
2004
to
invest
in
these
districts.
We're
seeing
these
benefits
now
of
the
work.
That's
preceded
us
and
we
sure
are
committed
to
doing
it,
cooperatively
with
you
all,
as
well
as
development
partners
and
and
our
downtown
business
community,
so
open
to
more
questions,
and
thanks
for
your
attention.
A
The
DBA
had
their
state
of
downtown
event
last
week,
which
is
why
we'd
asked
both
Jen
from
the
DBA
and
Doug
from
CCDC
to
come
in
today,
with
an
update
on
activity
downtown,
we
wanted
DBA
to
be
able
to
share
it
first,
but
then
to
have
Council
have
a
chance
to
be
briefed
as
well.
C
A
little
taller
than
me,
yes,
thank
you
for
the
invitation
to
come
and
share
with
you
all
today,
I
shared
a
lot
of
this
data
at
state
of
downtown,
but
I'm
happy
to
take
a
little
bit
of
a
deeper
dive
with
you
all
and
share,
what's
going
on
in
downtown
what
our
organization
is
doing
and
what's
coming
up.
Next,
first
note
is
just
we
just
released
our
annual
report.
So
most
of
this
comes
from
that
report.
C
Quick
snapshot
of
what
our
organization
does
and
the
event
is
focused
on
reporting
what
we
did
in
the
past
year,
and
so
this
all
says,
2022
but
I'll
reflect
upon
2023.
in
2022.
We
were
able
to
bring
back
many
of
our
large
events,
and
so
that
includes
alive
after
five,
where
we
partnered
with
duck
club
and
Valiant
to
bring
Better
Sound
to
the
program,
and
we
also
went
fully
recyclable
on
all
our
beverages.
C
We
kicked
up
our
second
year
of
super
size,
first
Thursdays,
which
means
we
add
in
a
bunch
of
roving
performances,
the
line
we
use
as
magicians
to
musicians,
because
that
is
lineup
of
what
we
have
and
then
we
introduce
downtown
plays,
which
is
what
you
see
here.
It's
a
cargo
bike
full
of
games,
just
adding
a
little
free
play
to
outdoor
spaces
in
downtown.
C
Again
one
of
the
things
we
heard
from
our
community
when
we
did
a
big
survey
back
in
2021
was
we
need
more
things
to
do,
for
families
for
multi-generational
play
that
doesn't
require
Administration
fees
that
isn't
necessarily
only
for
an
hour
right
after
work,
and
so
we
do
this
middle
of
the
day
on
a
Wednesday
and
this
year
we
added
story
time
to
it
with
rediscovered
books,
and
so
once
a
month
we
had
35
Littles
or
so
that
would
show
up
to
hear
a
book
being
read
and
play
games.
It
was
ridiculously
cute.
C
We
brought
back
the
game
day,
shuttle
which
just
ran
for
the
second
time
this
last
weekend
this
year
we
were
able
to
partner
with
brt
for
the
shuttle
which
was
really
exciting.
For
us
previously,
the
shuttle
had
always
been
run
by
a
transportation
company
that
Caldwell
transportation,
and
so
we
definitely
were
really
excited
to
work
with
VRT,
and
some
people,
of
course,
were
confused
by
that
name.
Caldwell
on
the
side
of
a
bus,
but
vrt's
been
an
incredible
partner.
C
We
revamped
Taste
of
downtown.
Last
year.
We
just
announced
that
it's
happening
this
year.
Taste
of
downtown
is
kind
of
a
little
bit
of
a
pivot,
from
dine
out
downtown
an
event.
We'd
been
running
for
over
20
years,
where
included,
instead
of
just
being
restaurants,
we're,
including
all
sorts
of
food
related
businesses.
C
So
you
could
do
anything
from
take
a
cocktail
class
to
the
cocktail
bar
inside
the
warehouse
to
have
a
cider
and
cheese
pairing
at
Meriwether
to
a
pre-fixed
dinner
at
a
fancy
restaurant,
the
holiday
tree
lighting
happened,
which
is
coming
up
very
quickly,
and
last
year
we
were
able
to
expel
a
record-breaking
5000
gift
tags
through
Women's
and
Children's
Alliance.
So
these
are
gift
tags
that
essentially
each
have
something
on
them
like
pots
and
pans
or
mattresses
and
those
gifts
go
back
to
WCA
to
support
them.
C
C
Our
programs
so
running
through
the
numbers.
We
hung
almost
1900
banners
in
downtown
planted
534
flower
pots,
the
downtown
maintenance
team,
which
they
are
all
part
of
parks
and
rec,
but
work
with
us
through
a
contractual
agreement.
They
gave
over
8
500
hours
to
our
downtown,
keeping
it
clean
and
safe.
We
distributed
35
000
map
and
guides
sold
over
three
hundred
thousand
dollars
in
downtown
gift
cards,
and
then
we
were
able
to
maximize
our
new
swags
on
street
lights,
downtown.
C
We
were
able
to
Ping
them
on
every
street
light
where
it's
possible
to
hang
them,
buy
all
new
LED
wreaths.
So
the
reefs
around
the
county
logos
all
through
downtown
and
then
wrapped,
almost
350
street
lights
with
lights,
so
really
brightened
up
our
downtown,
and
this
is
a
picture
of
the
holiday
tree
lighting
last
year.
As
you
can
see,
it's
a
really
well
attended
just
beloved
event.
C
Our
marketing
work
is
a
big
part
of
what
we
do.
Our
website
had
over
1.1
million
page
views.
Last
year
we
delivered
288
000
newsletters
and
we
ran
ads
covering
48
weeks
of
the
Year
cost,
25
plus
channels,
and,
as
you
can
see,
our
ad
Impressions
were
almost
4.3
million.
C
We
always
gather
data
for
this
event
to
share,
and
some
of
the
markers
we
use
are,
of
course,
parking
and
tourism.
So,
in
the
parking
side,
City
street
parking
Revenue
in
fiscal
year,
2023
is
up
three
percent
over
the
prior
year.
Ccdc
garages
are
up
15,
but
the
interesting
note
to
pull
out
of
there
is
that
hourly
revenue
is
up
19.
So
again,
it's
just
we're
telling
that
story.
C
That
short
there's
such
an
increased
demand
for
short-term
parking,
so
people
coming
into
downtown
who
are
eating,
who
are
shopping,
who
are
going
to
an
event.
Our
retail
vacancy
rates
are
currently
between
four
and
five
percent.
This
has
increased
up
one
percent
from
last
year,
and
but
we
are
just
around
the
national
average.
C
We
are
doing
really
well
for
downtowns,
of
course,
that
national
average
is
not
just
for
downtowns.
It
is
just
vacancy
rates
in
general,
when
we
anecdotally,
when
we
talk
to
other
downtowns,
they
are
shocked
that
we
do
not
have
very
many
empty
storefronts
and
the
storefronts
we
do
have
better.
Md
are
storefronts
that
are
a
little
harder
to
get
into.
Maybe
they
need
a
little
more
work,
maybe
they're
an
odd
size.
We
don't
have
a
lot
of
just
really
desirable
ready
to
go
space.
C
That's
available
on
the
tourism
side,
as
Lucy
mentioned,
we're
doing
really
well,
and
we
shared
that
at
the
event,
downtown
Boise
is
trending
right
in
line
with
the
state
who's
experienced
an
18
lift
in
unique
visitors.
C
There
was
a
metric
that
you
know
the
pandemic
shifted
who
was
traveling
and
where
they
were
going
and
kind
of
brought
in
reignited
the
road
trip,
and
so
we
had
in
but
as
we
got
into
2022
2023
in-state
visitation
went
up
way
back
up
and
out
out
of
state
dropped
again.
So
it's
just
an
interesting
metric
to
see
we're
up,
but
people
are
now
traveling
more
in
state
than
they
were
from
out
of
state
Downtown.
Hotel
occupancy
is
up
10
with
I've.
A
C
Great
okay,
this
comes.
This
information
came
from
visit,
Boise
who
trucks
it
through
the
hotel
tax.
Thank
you,
but
yeah.
So
Hotel
occupancy
is
up
10
year
over
year,
but
this
is
with
it
with
a
almost
18
increase
in
daily
rate
and
yeah.
We
are
last
year
we
were
about
six
months.
We
were
occupied
at
80
or
more
again
in
downtowns.
This
is
incredibly
good.
We
are
doing
really
well,
you
know.
C
The
message
from
our
partners
over
at
visit
BC
is
that
we
need
more
hotel
rooms,
even
the
ones
that
are
coming.
We
still
need
more
and
I
do
have
that
number,
which
might
it
that
the
number
of
how
many
are
coming
will
be
come
up
soon.
On
the
slide,
we
also
track
kind
of
the
big
players
in
downtown
who
bring
people
in
Idaho
Central.
You
know
who's,
bringing
who
also
include
the
Steelheads
brought
in
about
330
000
people.
C
In
the
last
year,
Boise
Center
brought
in
just
under
150
000,
and
then
you
know
through
our
work
marketing
downtown.
We
track
all
of
the
festivals
and
large
scale
events
that
happen,
and
this
says
over
75,
but
we're
really
closer
to
80.
festivals
and
large
scale.
Events
happening
in
our
downtown
right
now,
annually.
C
So
this
is
more
the
numbers
talking
about
businesses
and
truly
what's
coming,
and
what
is
here
if
we
compared
22
to
21,
it
was
the
14th
consecutive
year
of
net
positive
business.
Growth
in
downtown
and
2023
is
tracking
to
be
the
15th
we
had.
We
gained
35
new
businesses,
and
that
is
not
including
the
20
vendors
in
the
warehouse
we
and
that
we
only
had
27
in
2021.
C
A
In
this
I
would
say,
I
found
that
stat
by
the
speaker
really
interesting.
What
was
it
was.
A
thousand
homes
supports
one
new,
fully
developed
block
of
retail
in
a
downtown
yep.
C
That's
it
yeah
and
also
downtown
residents,
spend
at
a
two
to
four
times
rate
at
local
businesses
than
downtown
office
workers.
So
these
residents
are
incredibly
important
to
our
downtown
our
neighborhood,
the
downtown
Boise
neighborhood
and
has
an
estimated
population
of
a
little
over
11
000
right
now
and
when
we
look
back
to
where
we
were
in
2019
and
again,
this
was
at
the
end
of
22.
So
just
in
a
three-year
period,
that
number
grew
by
75
percent.
C
So
that's
that's
an
incredible
growth
and
again
it's
I
talked
to
downtowners
Across,
the
Nation
frequently
and
every
one
of
them
that
is
doing
well
credits
it
to
having
a
high
number
of
residents
in
their
downtown.
C
So
we
did
a
survey
as
part
of
our
presentation.
It
was
short
run.
We
wanted
to
capture
just
a
moment
in
time,
and
so
we
ran
this
through
September
5th.
The
event
was
just
last
week,
so
it
was
just
right
before
the
event
just
asking
businesses
a
few
quick
questions,
kind
of
checking
their
temperature
see
how
they're
doing,
and
so
one
of
the
questions
we
ask
is
just
basically
like.
Where
are
you?
Are
you
in
office?
Are
you
not
in
office?
C
We
58
said
they
were
completely
or
almost
completely
in
downtown
75
percent,
including
that
prior
said
they
were
downtown
80
or
more
so
we're
estimating,
where
you
know
somewhere
in
there,
65
to
70
percent
fully
in
office,
which
is
again
unheard
of
in
the
downtown
world.
Right
now,.
C
Asking
like
where
everybody
is
on
Staffing,
because
we
reflected
back
upon
this
presentation
from
the
year
before
the
year
before
there
was
a
lot
of
worry
about.
Where
were
the
people
who
was
going
to
work,
especially
in
the
hospitality
industry?
At
that
point,
and
like
remarkably
65
of
people
said
they
were
fully
stuffed
or
close
to
fully
staffed
and
then
on
top
of
that,
another
25
or
80
or
more.
C
There
are
some
that
were
lower,
of
course,
and
there
was
a
secondary
question
we
asked
was
like.
Are
you
hiring
or
holding
with
this,
wherever
you're
staffed
at
the
moment,
and
really
what
we
heard
the
answer
of
whether
they
were
hiring
or
holding
was
dependent
upon
how
they're
doing
and,
of
course,
this
number
flows
into
the
next
one
I'll
share,
which
is
how
you
are
doing
economically.
C
C
So,
compared
to
this
time
last
year,
how
are
they,
how
are
businesses
doing
in
terms
of
Revenue?
We
were
really
surprised
to
see
that
32
percent
of
businesses
reported
that
they
were
doing
better,
but
again
we
always
have
to
remind
ourselves.
Those
are
people
we're
hearing
from
they're
doing
great
another
27
said
they
were
doing
the
same
as
the
year
prior,
but
then
there's
a
significant
number
of
our
downtowners
about
42
percent,
who
are
doing
slightly
less
to
considerably
less
better
than
they
were
previously.
C
C
C
You
know
we
do
small
business
Saturday,
it's,
and
that
is
a
day
where
most
of
our
businesses
see
the
largest
amount
of
cash
flow
that
they
will
see
for
the
full
year.
So
again,
you
know
we
are
going
to
be
putting
out
that
message
this
year
that
spend
your
money
locally.
Our
downtown
is
still
about
96
locally
owned.
C
We
are
really
lucky
to
have
that.
That
is
an
anomaly,
but
those
businesses,
of
course,
are
owned
by
your
neighbors
and
your
friends
and
need
to
make
sure
we
keep
our
money
in
this
community.
C
We
I
didn't
bring
it
with
me,
because
it's
hilarious
and
ridiculous,
but
one
of
our
board
members,
Rocky
Johnson
starred
in
a
video
that
we
created
I,
would
encourage
you
to
jump
on
our
social
media.
But
basically
we
we've
always
as
an
organization
needed
to
spread
who
we
are
and
what
we
do.
And
so
this
video
is
out
there
explaining
it
with
a
little
humor.
C
And
then
the
big
thing
that
we
got
to
announce
at
the
event
was
glidon
Grove,
glidon
Grove
is
coming
this
November
to
our
downtown.
This
is
a
completely
no
cost
skate
rink
that
will
be
in
the
Grove
Plaza
around
the
city's
holiday
tree.
So
we'll
do
the
holiday
tree
lighting,
then
we'll
ribbon
cut
the
rink
this
year
and
this
rink
will
be
open.
C
So
starting
that
day
after
that,
Friday
after
Thanksgiving
through
the
end,
the
last
Sunday
in
January,
we
are
both
trying
to
bring
more
activation
to
downtown
during
the
holiday
season,
giving
people
more
things
to
do
making
sure
it's
completely
free,
but
also
targeting
that
month
of
January,
when
it
can
get
slower
down
here
when
people
tend
to
huddle
back
into
their
houses
a
little
bit
more.
So
you
know
we
entered
into
this
project,
making
sure
that
it
would
be
completely
free.
We
have
been
fundraising
and
building
this
project
for
a
little
over
two
years.
C
Now
we
are
currently
raising.
At
the
event,
we
announced
the
last
150
000
we're
down
to
about
125,
which
is
really
great,
and
so
we're
fundraising
the
last
bit
of
this,
but
that
last
bit
of
fundraising
is
going
to
keep
this
thing
completely.
Free.
C
And
then
I,
just
because
I
was
presenting
to
you
all
I
wanted
to
make
sure
to
point
out.
Every
year
we
get
away
an
award
called
The
Downtowner
of
the
Year.
This
is
somebody
we
call
out
for
doing
incredible
work
in
our
downtown
or
for
our
downtown,
and
this
year
we
really
wanted
to
highlight
a
gentleman
named
Don
Porter
who
works
for
DMT
or
Parks
and
Rec.
Here
at
the
city
he
Donnie
has
worked
for
DMT
for
decades.
He
starts
his
work
at
3,
A.M
he's
just
he
loves
what
he
does.
C
B
I
know
we're
in
a
pretty
tight
timeline
here,
so
I'll
save
you
know
quite
a
few
questions
for
later
and
I'd
love
to
you
know
check
in
with
both
of
you.
Thanks
for
the
great
presentation.
Thank
you
for
all
of
the
great
data
that
you
were
able
to
share
with
us.
Dba
always
does
a
great
job
with
those
surveys,
and
it's
really
cool
to
see.
B
If
you
don't
have
an
answer
right
now,
I
think
it's
super
exciting
to
see
that
there's
so
many
in-state
Travelers,
coming
into
Boise
and
and
celebrating
their
capital
city,
and
all
that
we
have
to
offer
in
in
our
city
here
was
a
little
surprised
to
see
that
there
were
less
folks
and
a
decline
coming
from
out
of
state
to
come
visit,
and
so
I
don't
know
if
you
had
any
other
input
there,
or
that
might
just
be
something
to
follow
up
on
in
the
future.
C
I
would
say:
anecdotally,
people
are
flying
more
now,
and
so
there
was
a
correlation
between
how
easy
we
were
to
road
trip
from
adjacent
States,
and
now
people
have
kind
of
returned
to
like
the
bigger
vacation
and
I,
wouldn't
take
it
as
a
negative
I
think
it's
just
the
continual
ebb
and
flow
of
where
people
are
putting
their
money
in
their
time,
but
I
could
get
more
data
on
that
from
visit.
Boise.
H
Wait
did
I'm,
sorry,
yeah,
I'm,
sorry,
I,
missed
you.
Sorry
I
was
really
concerned
to
see
that
45
of
business
almost
45,
are
doing
worse
than
they
were
last
year.
Is
there
any
kind
of
like
compensation
that
goes
to
them
when
there's
you
know
if
their
street
is
closed
for
months
at
a
time,
or
is
there
any
kind
of
campaign
to
further
support
them?
What
are
we
doing?
I
guess
to
save
those
businesses.
C
So
when
a
street
is
closed
as
Doug
shared
there's,
always
access
retained
and
CCDC
does
a
really
good
job
of
putting
up
signage
and
making
sure
that
folks
know
how
to
get
to
places
and
what's
in
those
areas
of
construction
or
and
again
it's
not
all
of
them.
It's
there's.
You
know
big
buildings
being
built
by
other
folks.
C
I
would
say
that
we
as
an
organization
if
we
put
out
we've,
had
to
be
very
careful
about
this,
because
if
our
social
media
turns
into
there's
construction,
but
you
can
still
get
what
places
the
general
public
reads
that
as
I
don't
want
to
go
down
there
because
there's
construction,
and
so
we've
done
some
kind
of
behind
the
scenes,
creative
ways
of
sharing
about
what's
still
going
on
in
those
areas,
but
in
general
we
just
keep
doing
events.
We
keep
pushing
people
down
here
we
keep
creating
that.
C
You
know
quote-unquote
fomo
about
like
what's
happening
and
I
will
share
that.
You
know
there
was
a
large
number
of
those
businesses
were
in
that,
like
10
to
20
range
downtown's
Nationwide
are
down
about
25
to
35
percent,
and
it's
just
a
it's
just
the
economy
right
now,
people
are
spending
less
money
on
just
extra
things,
and
so
we
are
doing
better
than
most,
and
even
those
that
are
down
slightly
are
doing
better
than
most
there's
just
some
anomalies.
In
some
areas,
thanks
Jen.
A
Well,
thank
you
both
very
much
appreciate
the
time,
love
the
update
and
look
forward
to
the
holidays,
and
now
we've
got
Kate
Nelson
who
will
present
on?
Are
we
hearing
from
you
first
and
then
the
video
from
okay,
great
and
just
going
to
share
a
presentation
on
our
welcoming
week
and
welcoming
recertification
and
then
I
love
that
so
many
of
you
have
joined
us
today
for
the
celebration
to
Mark
the
recertification
and
then
to
have
a
little
time
before
the
evening
meeting
together.
So
welcome
everybody.
D
Madam
mirror
and
Council
I
am
so
pleased
to
be
here
tonight
to
celebrate
the
official
recertification
of
the
city
of
Boise,
as
a
welcoming
City
by
welcoming
America
welcoming
America
is
a
non-profit
nonpartisan
organization
that
promotes
inclusive
communities
to
become
more
prosperous
by
ensuring
everyone
belongs.
D
Welcoming
America
believes
that
all
people
are
valued
contributors
and
vital
to
the
success
of
our
communities
and
shared
future.
A
shared
value
with
the
city
of
Boise
certified
welcoming
is
a
formal
designation
reserved
for
communities
whose
policies
and
programs
reflect
action
on
immigrant
inclusion.
D
As
a
result
of
the
welcoming
framework,
we
as
a
city
have
built
highly
functioning
Partnerships
and
a
deeper
understanding
of
how
our
policies
affect
residents
with
immigrant
backgrounds
as
a
certified
welcoming
Community,
the
city
of
Boise
has
met
objective
criteria
as
set
out
in
the
welcoming
standard.
Boise
is
currently
just
one
of
18
cities
and
counties
in
the
U.S.
D
With
this
designation,
we've
achieved
our
initial
designation
in
2019
and
since
then,
the
city
of
of
Boise
has
continued
to
demonstrate
our
commitment
to
Immigrant
inclusion
through
the
investment
in
new
staff
positions
such
as
the
language,
access
manager
and
Refugee
liaison
police
officer
Additionally.
The
city
of
Boise
maintains
a
well-documented
network
of
support
for
our
Refugee
residents
through
Partnerships,
like
neighbors
United
recertification.
As
a
certified
welcoming
Community,
the
city
of
Boise
has
clearly
demonstrated
that
our
policies
and
programs
create
a
future
based
on
equity
and
inclusion.
G
H
A
F
A
Thank
you
Kate.
Does
anybody
have
anything
for
Kate.
A
I
just
wanted
to
say
a
couple
things
before
I
read
the
welcoming
week:
Proclamation
we've
celebrated
welcoming
week.
Our
team
has
been
around
the
city
talking
with
all
sorts
of
folks,
I'm
hearing
their
stories
and
we're
excited
to
share
them
and
the
ones
that
we
haven't
shared
yet-
and
this
is
a
this
is
I
mean
it
is
a
lot
of
work
for
our
staff
too,
and
I
want
to
recognize
and
appreciate
our
staff
and
that
supports
all
of
the
organizations.
A
A
That
also
worked
on
the
recertification
process,
because
it's
a
lot
but
it's
important
because
it
allows
for
a
chance
for
us
to
reflect
on
what
we're
doing
today,
what
we
could
do
in
the
future
and
how
we
best
continue
to
be
a
safe
and
welcoming
City
for
everyone
that
welcomes
those
really
the
toughest
of
situations
to
a
place
that
now
we
hope,
eventually
they'll,
call
home
and
feel
at
home
and
safe
and
welcome.
A
I
want
to
say
that
it
is
all
of
you
in
this
room
that
really
do
with
our
team
at
the
city
of
Boise,
make
it
possible
to
ensure
not
only
that
we
are
a
welcoming
city
as
we're
as
we're
designating
it's
official,
but
that
we
stay
true
to
our
mission
and
vision
at
the
city
of
Boise,
which
is
to
be
safe
and
welcoming
for
everyone
and
no
matter
who
you
are
no
matter
where
you're
from
you're
here
and
you're.
One
of
us
and
we'll
take
care
of
you
as
boiseans
always
have
so.
A
This
work
is
both
reflective
of
what
we're
doing
today.
It's
a
reminder
of
what
we
have
to
continue
to
do
into
the
future,
but
also
it
builds
on
I'd,
say
the
legacy
of
boiseans
for
so
long
in
our
history
that
have
continued
to
do
this,
and
so
tonight,
as
I
read
the
proclamation
Kate
mentioned
the
organizations
that
are
here
each
of
you
that
were
called
out
as
organizations
will
will
receive
a
copy
of
the
Proclamation.
We
have
it
for
you
to
take
home
and
take
back
to
your
office.
A
You
got
to
share
it
as
a
as
recognition
of
your
partnership
and
collaboration,
and
that
makes
this
possible
and
How
Deeply
grateful.
We
are
to
each
and
every
one
of
you
and
with
that
Amendment.
B
Yes,
yes,
please,
if
you
don't
mind,
if
I
could
just
have
a
quick
comment:
yeah,
my
name
is
Jamie
Halliburton
I'm,
the
the
city
council,
president
I've,
had
the
honor
of
serving
as
the
neighbors
United
Council
liaison
for
the
last
four
years
and
for
the
last
16
years
getting
to
work
really
closely
with
our
Refugee
and
new
American
Community
in
my
other
job
at
the
Boise
bicycle
project
and
I'm
really
proud
of
this
certification.
I
think
it's
the
right
thing
to
do.
B
I
think
it's
the
Humane
and
the
kind
thing
to
do,
but
mostly
I
want
to
make
sure
that
this
isn't
lost.
It's
the
smart
thing
to
do
for
our
community.
Our
community
is
stronger
and
better
and
more
beautiful.
It's
a
better
place
to
live
for
every
single
person.
Here
when
we
welcome
people
with
diverse
backgrounds
to
our
city
and
the
values
they
bring
to
the
table
and
I've
experienced
that
firsthand
over
the
years,
I've
had
the
chance
to
work
with
thousands
and
thousands
of
people.
B
Who've
arrived
in
Boise
from
all
over
the
world
and
I
can't
think
of
another
opportunity
where
I
would
have
gained
the
value
and
the
experience,
and
so
many
life
learning
lessons
had
I
not
been
able
to
work
with
some
of
these
communities,
and
so
yes,
it's
it's
wonderful.
It's
great!
It's
kind!
It's
Humane!
It's
the
right
thing
to
do.
B
We
should
do
it
in
other
places
should
too,
but
if
places
are
smart,
if
cities
are
smart,
if
communities
are
smart,
they'll
do
the
exact
same
thing,
because
we're
all
better
when
we're
all
stronger
and
I've
seen
the
strength
of
this
community
grow,
as
we've
had
more
folks
coming
in
from
different
places
all
around
the
world.
So
thank
you
to
our
city
staff.
I
know
that
you
all
work
so
hard
on
this,
our
Council
our
mayor's
office.
B
B
A
Excuse
me
welcoming
places
for
all,
including
for
immigrants
and
whereas
Boise's
home,
to
people
of
all
backgrounds,
including
those
who
were
not
born
here,
but
now
call
it
home.
Boise's
success
depends
on
making
sure
that
all
boyceans
feel
welcome
and
whereas
to
capitalize
on
diversity
as
an
asset,
our
community
must
strive
to
create
a
culture
and
policies
that
ensure
everyone
can
belong
and
Thrive.
A
And
with
that
we'll
adjourn
until
six
o'clock,
we've
got
refreshments
and
an
opportunity
for
all
of
us
to
spend
the
next
half
hour
or
so
together
to
celebrate
I'm
so
glad
you
all
were
able
to
join
us.
Anybody
else.
That's
here
in
the
audience,
is
welcome
to
say
and
we'll
be
back
up
here
at
six
o'clock
for
our
evening
meeting
thanks.
Everybody.