The East End Neighborhood Association’s regular board meeting originally scheduled for Tuesday February 28th has been re-scheduled for Wednesday February 29th to take advantage of leap year.  The meeting starts at 7PM at Adams Elementary and all are invited to attend.

A City ofBoise tree pruning project is expected to delay Greenbelt users Feb. 13-17 in East Boise. The project extends from the Kimberley One townhomes to Municipal Park on the north side of the Boise River near Walnut Street.

Boise Parks & Recreation Community Forestry crews plan to remove damaged trees and limbs along the pathway.

The project will allow crews to safely prune the trees while improving the health of the urban forest, according to Steve Markel, a city arborist. Community Forestry is responsible for the maintenance of 41,000 trees in public parks and rights of way.

Flaggers will help guide pedestrians during the five-day project.

For information about Community Forestry, see http://www.cityofboise.org/parks/forestry, email us at forestryinfo@cityofboise.org or call (208) 384-4083.

East Boise’s “black hole” has a crack in its event horizon.  The so-called Quasar property — because there once was a 12 story building by that name — has appropriately behaved like a quasar or black hole over the past few years.  Projects are proposed.  Some get approved, then they disappear never to be seen.

On February 6th the Boise Planning and Zoning Commission gave approval to a conditional use permit for a 4-story mixed use building to include 68 residential units, 5 live work units and 5,250 square feet of retail space.  A height exception, parking reduction, and variances from the front and street- side setbacks, are included in this request.

Does this mean East Boise’s black hole will be filled with a building? Continue reading “Quasar property (916 Park Blvd) approved for mixed use building” »