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Planned Community Expansion Hotly Debated in Idaho

Posted by: Abhijeet Chavan
Thanks to: Jon Cecil, AICP
30 October 2005 - 9:00am

Expansion of greenfield development in rural parts of Ada County, Idaho, is cause for concern among some public sector policymakers like Boise's Mayor David Bieter.

"Eight new mini-cities are proposed or on the drawing board around Eagle and Boise as national and local developers eye rural Ada County's sagebrush sea, fresh air and quiet locales as the ideal place for planned communities."

Full Story: 8 new communities may be in Ada County's future
Source: The Idaho Statesman, October 30, 2005
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