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CCDC Hires Shellan Rodriguez as Project Manager

September 9, 2014

News & Notes

Shellan Rodriguez will serve as a project manager, focusing on property development, for The Capital City Development Corporation. Her role includes managing existing CCDC-owned assets and working with developers. Her goal is to expand private-public partnerships that will enhance the community. Rodriguez has experience in the areas of affordable housing, planning and development, construction management, […]

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Cyclists, drivers adapting to 8th Street changes

August 27, 2014

Press

BOISE — A traffic monitor on 8th Street said he saw one driver Tuesday going the wrong way on Idaho Street who tried to turn the wrong way on 8th Street. That was the worst example he saw on the first day that Capital City Development Corporation, Boise’s urban renewal agency, opened 8th Street between […]

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One-way traffic flow on 8th Street reversed

August 26, 2014

Press

BOISE — Drivers in downtown Boise will notice a big change of direction on 8th Street. The direction of one-way traffic between Bannock and Main streets now flows northbound. That section of 8th Street opened Tuesday morning. The Capital City Development Corporation says the change will improve overall downtown traffic flow.

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8th Street closed while crews flip direction of traffic

August 24, 2014

Press

Two blocks of 8th Street at the heart of downtown Boise are barricaded off until Tuesday morning while crews flip the direction of the one-way street. Street signs came down and then workers turned the signs around to face the other direction Sunday. Stop lights had a similar fate as 8th Street is converted from […]

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Have a brick on the Grove Plaza? Learn its fate

August 18, 2014

Press

In 1986, thousands of personalized, engraved bricks were sold to help fund the Grove Plaza’s construction. A year later, the original bricks were replaced with sturdier models and they’ve been a much walked on feature of the plaza ever since. “Bricks were put down because it’s the most flexible tool we have for the development […]

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