Residential District & the Boise International Market
This team
will investigate ways to integrate the Bench’s current population with the
refuge population as well as the millennium generation; both groups are
interested in living in the district. This team will look into ways to address
upcoming needs related to this population shift such as housing with life
style, affordable housing, proximity of work and recreation with small parks,
public gardens, etc. What types of services and schools would be needed? This
team will need to research a spectrum of types of housing. Due to a recent (September 5, 2015) fire which
destroyed the Boise International Market this section of the scope will be
revised to address potential approaches to re-establishing the market in its
former or a newly imagined form.
Flexibility will be built into this component due to the challenges
facing residents and vendors with loss of the market.
Key Stakeholders:
- Neighborhood associations:
- Central Bench Neighborhood Association
- Borah Neighborhood Association
- Morris Hill Neighborhood Association
- Central Rim Neighborhood Association
- Idaho Office of Refugees and other support organizations
- Developers: Hawkins & Maverick
- Boise International Market
