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economy: Sandpoint Idaho Real Estate Blog: New efforts to capture merchant dollars working...so far - 01/16/10 11:27 AM
Recently, I blogged about our efforts to transform the great community event of the Sandpoint Winter Carnival into one that also added sales dollars to local businesses in Sandpoint.
The first change was Dine Around Sandpoint. Mel Dick and I had a conversation about Dine Around San Diego one evening, and the next day, I bought the www.DineAroundSandpoint.com domain. To be fair, this has been instituted in large part due to the massive efforts of Mel. I did the balance of the work, getting the websites and brochures done, and communicating with the various restaurants, but without Mel, it simply wouldn't … (3 comments)
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economy: Christmas season a success for North Idaho businesses - 01/06/10 06:39 AM
Okay, so I don't have any hard data, but I am working with dozens of local businesses right now, so I believe i have the skinny.
For the last several weeks I have been organizing the Sandpoint Winter Carnival. Part of that is putting together the Winter ArtTrek: 80 North Idaho artists displaying art at 17 locations in Sandpoint, Idaho as part of the Winter Carnival. Also, we have been putting together the new event called Shop Around Sandpoint. Add to that working closely with 15 restaurants for Dine Around Sandpoint (www.DineAroundSandpoint.com).
I manage one of those restaurants every weekend - … (2 comments)
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economy: Real Estate Market News: Things looking up both nationally and for Idaho - 07/28/09 02:17 PM
Finally, some good news for Sandpoint, IDaho's outlook and our national condition.
By Gary Lirette, host of North Idaho Business radio show on KSPT and KBFI, and REALTOR® for Tomlinson Sandpoint Sotheby's International Realty
July 28, 2009
Home prices show signs of stabilizing in MayWidely watched index shows first month increase in almost three years
According to the Standard & Poor's/Case-Shiller home price index of 20 major cities, reported by MSNBC on July 28, 2009
Housing construction hits a 7-month highSign builders regaining confidence as emerge from housing bust
Construction of new U.S. homes rose in June to the highest level … (1 comments)
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economy: Finally, some good news for Sandpoint, IDaho's outlook and our national condition. - 03/18/09 11:40 AM
March 18, 2009
By Gary Lirette, host of North Idaho Business radio show on KSPT and KBFI, and REALTOR® for Tomlinson Sandpoint Sotheby's International Realty
The stock market was up all week. MSNBC reported on March 18, 2009 that "Stocks had their fifth advance in six days Tuesday after a surprisingly strong report on home construction and building permit applications. Since the rally began last week, the Dow is up 849 points, or 13 percent."
Housing starts were up 22 Percent according CNBC (http://www.cnbc.com/id/29734541).
Add to that on March 11, 2009 CNN reported applications for new mortgages are up 11%. (http://money.cnn.com/2009/03/11/real_estate/mortgage_applications.reut/index.htm)
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economy: Sandpoint and the North Idaho Real Estate and Economy-December 2008 - 12/13/08 07:26 PM
(This article has a correction and has been reposted. To see the corrected data, see the notes at the end of the article.)
How are things here in North Idaho? Besides being named to Sunset Magazine's Top 10 Resort Towns this year, Idaho was just named the nation's 8th healthiest state. In Sandpoint, several new businesses just opened, including a Jack in the Box, Big 5 Sporting Goods, and Zip's. The new Mountain West Bank building now graces Highway 2, and the Panhandle State Bank is a monument downtown. Quest Aircraft just hired 60 new employees, and the dredging will be … (0 comments)
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