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It amazes me how big Post Falls is. Standing at 23,000 - that’s the population I remember Coeur d’Alene was just a few years ago! Post Falls was always the ’small neighboring town’. Ha! Boy have things changed.

Post Falls’ population of roughly 23,000 is expected to more than double in the next 15 years. The number of dwelling units is predicted to increase from about 8,500 to 18,500 in 2021.

…the city is still ahead of the curve with planning compared to other growing communities…

Everyone is invited to attend the planning sessions:

We’ll shrink about 18 months of city planning into one week with public involvement.

Input sessions are broken down by groups or themes, including:

• Oct. 25, 10 a.m., elected officials;
• Oct. 25, 1:30 p.m., Rathdrum Prairie;
• Oct. 25, 1:30 p.m., transportation;
• Oct. 25, 3 p.m., commercial/retail;
• Oct. 26, 10 a.m., development (developers, builders, realtors, bankers);
• Oct. 26, 4 p.m., landowners;
• Oct. 27, 10 a.m., public works, police, fire; and
• Oct. 27, 5 p.m., pin-up and community input.

Visual models will be developed as input is received.

Brown said the charrette will build on previous community visioning efforts that emphasized aquifer protection, access to recreational amenities such as the Spokane River, greenspace on the prairie and maintaining property values.

Posted under Economics of North Idaho

It amazes me how big Post Falls is. Standing at 23,000 - that’s the population I remember Coeur d’Alene was just a few years ago! Post Falls was always the ’small neighboring town’. Ha! Boy have things changed.

Post Falls’ population of roughly 23,000 is expected to more than double in the next 15 years. The number of dwelling units is predicted to increase from about 8,500 to 18,500 in 2021.

…the city is still ahead of the curve with planning compared to other growing communities…

Everyone is invited to attend the planning sessions:

We’ll shrink about 18 months of city planning into one week with public involvement.

Input sessions are broken down by groups or themes, including:

• Oct. 25, 10 a.m., elected officials;
• Oct. 25, 1:30 p.m., Rathdrum Prairie;
• Oct. 25, 1:30 p.m., transportation;
• Oct. 25, 3 p.m., commercial/retail;
• Oct. 26, 10 a.m., development (developers, builders, realtors, bankers);
• Oct. 26, 4 p.m., landowners;
• Oct. 27, 10 a.m., public works, police, fire; and
• Oct. 27, 5 p.m., pin-up and community input.

Visual models will be developed as input is received.

Brown said the charrette will build on previous community visioning efforts that emphasized aquifer protection, access to recreational amenities such as the Spokane River, greenspace on the prairie and maintaining property values.

Posted under Economics of North Idaho

It amazes me how big Post Falls is. Standing at 23,000 - that’s the population I remember Coeur d’Alene was just a few years ago! Post Falls was always the ’small neighboring town’. Ha! Boy have things changed.

Post Falls’ population of roughly 23,000 is expected to more than double in the next 15 years. The number of dwelling units is predicted to increase from about 8,500 to 18,500 in 2021.

…the city is still ahead of the curve with planning compared to other growing communities…

Everyone is invited to attend the planning sessions:

We’ll shrink about 18 months of city planning into one week with public involvement.

Input sessions are broken down by groups or themes, including:

• Oct. 25, 10 a.m., elected officials;
• Oct. 25, 1:30 p.m., Rathdrum Prairie;
• Oct. 25, 1:30 p.m., transportation;
• Oct. 25, 3 p.m., commercial/retail;
• Oct. 26, 10 a.m., development (developers, builders, realtors, bankers);
• Oct. 26, 4 p.m., landowners;
• Oct. 27, 10 a.m., public works, police, fire; and
• Oct. 27, 5 p.m., pin-up and community input.

Visual models will be developed as input is received.

Brown said the charrette will build on previous community visioning efforts that emphasized aquifer protection, access to recreational amenities such as the Spokane River, greenspace on the prairie and maintaining property values.

Posted under Economics of North Idaho

MSNBC has an excellent interactive map of the country’s population. We’ve hit the 300 million mark as a nation.

Idaho had a 10 year growth between 1990 and 2000 of 28.5%. Projected growth over the next 10 years, for the state of Idaho is 17.23%.

Enjoy.

Posted under What the heck!?

Lately we’ve had people interested in the area, but assuming we are a seasonal tourist area - both from perception (this is, after all, an incredibly beautiful area and it’s hard to imagine having the privledge of living here!!) and from people spreading their preconceived notions.

Point of fact - while tourism is a strong industry in our area, it is far from the ‘main’ industry. We are growing, and fast.

. . . Jobs have increased in Kootenai County to more than 56,000 from just over 15,500 30 years ago. . .

. . .there will be a $2 billion to $3 billion investment in the area in the next few years. . .

. . .construction on commercial and residential projects proceeding at a fever pace. . .

These are just a few of the highlights from the October 14th, 2006 article on the “Boss of the Year” event held at the Coeur d’Alene Resort on Friday.

Posted under About the Area, Economics of North Idaho, For Investors