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A changing Boise: 7 stories on housing, energy and transportation

Stories by Idaho Statesman journalists, with AI summarization

This collection illustrates the rapid changes, challenges, and complexities in Boise’s development and infrastructure landscape. From the collapse of a major downtown development plan involving the YMCA at Block 68 in Ada County to financial hurdles faced by Meridian’s overpass on Linder Road, developers and local officials continually grappled with high costs and delayed timelines.

Designated hitter and outfielder Yorvis Torrealba, from Venezuela, plays for the Boise Hawks in the footsteps of his father, who played for the Colorado Rockies. By Katherine Jones

NO. 1: EXPO IDAHO COULD GET A 2ND NEW STADIUM, FOR BASEBALL, AS AN OLD DEVELOPMENT IDEA REVIVES

Developers and officials from county, Garden City, talked plans to fund stadium. Ada gave the green light for staff to see what’s feasible. | Published November 14, 2024 | Read Full Story by Sarah Cutler

Crews demolished two former YMCA buildings on State Street, shown here, to make way for a new seven-story apartment building. Developers and the city’s urban renewal agency, Capital City Development Corp., may soon agree to terminate that project amid a poor construction market. This image from 12th Street is facing southeast, with State Street at left, the downtown Boise YMCA at center left near the Subway sandwich location and the Idaho Capitol in center. By Nick Rosenberger

NO. 2: PLAN FOR ONE OF DOWNTOWN BOISE’S LARGEST CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS COLLAPSED. WHAT WENT WRONG

One of the largest construction projects in Boise that would have redeveloped three downtown city blocks collapsed. Some pieces of the deal could be salvaged. | Published November 11, 2024 | Read Full Story by Nick Rosenberger

The structure at the corner of Idaho Avenue and 4th Street in Boise is taking shape as crews construct the ICCU Plaza, a planned 13-story, 126 dwelling unit building, Monday, Oct. 28, 2024. By Darin Oswald

NO. 3: DEVELOPER WON BOISE’S OK TO BUILD APARTMENTS, THEN CHANGED HIS MIND. WHAT HAPPENED NEXT

Nearby neighbors opposed changes the Idaho developer sought without formal approval from the city. | Published November 26, 2024 | Read Full Story by Nick Rosenberger

Workers’ trucks on Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025, are a sign of renovation under way at the planned Interfaith Sanctuary shelter in a former Salvation Army building on West State Street in Boise. By Sarah A. Miller

NO. 4: IDAHO SUPREME COURT SAYS BOISE COUNCIL APPROVED HOMELESS SHELTER ARBITRARILY. WHAT NOW?

In legal battle, Northwest Boise neighbors had argued that the city’s decision to allow the new shelter was “arbitrary and capricious.” | Published January 22, 2025 | Read Full Story by Sarah Cutler

Construction of Micron’s new $15 billion fab plant continues in Boise with money made possible through the CHIPS and Science Act by Congress in 2022. Wednesday, March 5, 2025. By Darin Oswald

NO. 5: PRESIDENT TRUMP TAKES AIM AT ONE OF THE BIGGEST PRIVATE INVESTMENTS IN IDAHO HISTORY. WHY?

President Trump told Congress to end a federal funding source used by Boise-based Micron, which is building a $15 billion semiconductor expansion in Boise. | Published March 5, 2025 | Read Full Story by Nick Rosenberger

ACHD expects to begin construction on the Linder Road Overpass this month. The overpass will go over I-84 where it intersects with Linder Road. Road work will happen along Linder Road from Franklin to Overland By Sarah A. Miller

NO. 6: MERIDIAN COUGHED UP MILLIONS AND WAITED YEARS. IT’S FINALLY GETTING THIS I-84 OVERPASS

“It’s been a long road,” Meridian City Council Member John Overton said. | Published March 27, 2025 | Read Full Story by Rose Evans

Traffic backs up on the Highway 17, the Banks to Lowman Road, while crews battle the Springs Fire about four miles east of Banks, ID. The road was closed between Banks and Crouch as the fire moved closer to the road.

NO. 7: ‘HARD TO OVERSTATE THE VALUE’: HARRIS FAMILY DONATES GEOTHERMAL WATER RIGHTS TO CITY

The family kept a small portion of the water rights for itself. | Published March 29, 2025 | Read Full Story by Angela Palermo

The summary above was drafted with the help of AI tools and edited by journalists in our News division. All stories listed were reported, written and edited by McClatchy journalists.