growth: Blogging North Idaho Real Estate - Updates for May 26th, 2008 - 05/26/08 09:41 AM
Get involved in the Kootenai County Comprehensive Plan . . . Here’s how:
A completed draft of the county's Comprehensive Plan was unveiled Thursday and is available for review.Chapters including...
Coeur d’Alene & Post Falls area events - May 2008
May 2-24 - Lake City Playhouse presents “Into the Woods.” Please RSVP … (0 comments)
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growth: Coeur d'Alene Idaho Metro area is growing - fast fast fast! - 03/29/08 07:30 PM
I just wrote a few articles on my North Idaho Real Estate Blog about the Coeur d'Alene Idaho Metropolitan area - specifically that we are still growing.
So here’s the deal - the Coeur d’Alene Idaho metropolitan area was the 29th fastest growing metropolitan area in the nation. Coeur d’Alene competed against … (0 comments)
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growth: Who's following whom? Cabela's . . . Walmart . . . Next? - 09/27/07 10:38 AM
I've posted before about our new Cabela's (which is scheduled to open October 19th by the way). I've also mentioned 'unconfirmed' stores that will be popping up around Cabela's. Well, here's another one . . . how about another Super Walmart. We have one just 4 miles due east of … (1 comments)
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growth: North Idaho Close to Signing $500 million Military Contract - 09/25/07 07:32 AM
Wow. This is awesome for our community! The Coeur d'Alene Tribe is close to signing a military contract worth approximately $300 million to $500 million over the next five years. Doing what? Manufacturing giant fuel storage units for the U.S. Army.
"The military contract is expected to initially create between 50 and … (4 comments)
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growth: Let the 'rumblings' of growth begin . . . - 09/23/07 07:43 AM
Very very interesting . . . Post Falls city officials have been contacted separately over the past six months by two development groups that claim they’re interested in constructing large, destination-type venues either in the North Idaho city or across the border in Spokane County.Stacy Akana, owner of Xarbin Industries LLC, … (3 comments)
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growth: Cabela's hiring is on a roll... - 08/01/07 07:29 PM
"Outdoor retail giant Cabela's is on target to interview hundreds of applicants next week for about 250 associate positions for its store expected to open in November near the state line.Ron Brekhus, recently named general manager of the store, said that as of Friday about 400 people had qualified for and … (0 comments)
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growth: Growth in Post Falls - Stimulated by Cabela's - 08/01/07 11:11 AM
"In fact, home-improvement retailer Lowe's is said to be interested in locating close to the new Cabela's store. Several restaurant and hotel chains are also interested in becoming part of The Pointe at Post Falls."
There are stores that have already committed but have not announced. For the record, there were 77 … (4 comments)
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growth: Coeur d'Alene has gone and done it again - Top 20 Small Cities for doing Business . . . - 07/23/07 09:06 AM
That's right. With job growth at three times the national average, strong appreciation with a 9% average over the past 27 years, unemployment below 3% for the past year and lots of growth in the area, Inc.com has named Coeur d'Alene Idaho as one of the Top 20 cities for doing … (0 comments)
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growth: More Luxury Condo's Coming to Coeur d'Alene . . . - 07/18/07 02:29 PM
The proposal is the idea of the developers of the newly opened Gozzer Ranch Golf and Lake Club and calls for 50 new condos.
Project manager Andy Holloran says the property would connect to the 700-acre private golf course and adjacent housing development.
With all of this luxury moving in, the dynamic of … (0 comments)
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growth: Golfing at it's finest - and yes, it's all in North Idaho - 06/22/07 11:21 AM
A few days ago I wrote a post about the top golf courses in North Idaho (which are also considered some of the top golf courses in the Nation).
Today it is my pleasure to introduce you to yet another highly (national) rated golf course here in North Idaho called Circling Raven.
"Circling … (0 comments)
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growth: What Makes North Idaho Great? Golfing of course!!! - 06/20/07 11:15 AM
Over the past decade, we've had a boom in the golfing industry. In 1984, Duane Hagadone announced his intentions to build a PGA quality course with the worlds only floating & adjustable golf green Coeur d'Alene hit the golf lovers list of dream courses to golf.
In early 2000, Mr. Chesron started … (2 comments)
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growth: Post Falls Idaho: Growth and Industry - on the radar again!!! - 04/23/07 02:16 PM
More updates on what's going on in Post Falls Idaho:
Netflix is opening a distribution center in the Riverbend Commerce ParkNoodle Express is opening at Mullan & 41 by October (new building being purchased)120-unit rental housing complex at Seltice and McGuire, 50% of which are slated for senior housing On a side … (0 comments)
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growth: Kootenai County expected to grow from 138,000 to 300,000 - 04/19/07 01:36 PM
There was a great article in today's Coeur d'Alene Press about county population growth. The most important, in my opinion, being that the county is asking for all voices to help shape the growth plan. Currently, the voices are mostly new residents to the area who have "gotten their piece of … (0 comments)
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growth: And here it is: The building bear has awakened from hibernation in Post Falls with an emphatic roar - 04/05/07 06:37 PM
I have been saying over and over that despite the continuous 'chicken little' comments, real estate is going strong in North Idaho.
"After a brief slowdown, multiple all-time building records were easily shattered during March "This is absolutely NO surprise to me. It is obviously a surprise to others:
"Economists and real estate … (2 comments)
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growth: So what’s your solution? Close the doors to Kootenai County? Yeah right. - 03/15/07 11:04 AM
Apparently a fairly local professor thinks our growth is out of control. His solution appears to be a proponent of ‘no growth’. Yeah right. What right do you have to tell someone else they can’t live where they want to live?
Oh, and what are you going to tell … (0 comments)
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growth: Another potential $78 million in growth - 03/07/07 10:20 PM
The Idaho National Laboratory expects to spend about $260 million in 2007, with nearly two-thirds of that going to vendors in the state.On Thursday, North Idaho business operators got some inside information on how to increase their slice of the pie, which last year was only 4 percent of the $360 … (0 comments)
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growth: Coeur d'Alene Idaho Rounds Out the Top 10 - 03/06/07 08:09 AM
The Milken Institute released it's rankings of the best performing cities - Coeur d'Alene Idaho ranks #10 in the top 179 smallest metros. The Milken Institute is a 'Nonprofit, independent economic think tank'. The rankings look at historical job growth, growth in wages, economic output growth, population, etc.
It's another source that … (0 comments)
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growth: State of the City: Post Falls, Idaho - 03/02/07 07:31 AM
Mayor Clay Larkin gave his 'State of the City' address recently and here are key points from his address:Current growth:
44% job growth since 200035% business growth since 2000Current population 24,000Projected growth:
Population growth within city limits to 65,000 by 2028Population growth with expansion to 94,000 by 2028Read a recap here.
All of this … (2 comments)
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