If you’re planning on celebrating the 4th of July in the Boise area this year, you really ought to get out to see some of the Firework shows happening across the valley. Of course you can’t see them all, but I’ve compiled a list of times and places where you can not only see the fireworks displays, but take part in some family fun activities as well.
Again this year, the Boise 4th of July Fireworks Show will be held in Ann Morrison Park at dusk following some activities taking place throughout the day.
Parking in the area can be a bit rough, so, if you don’t want to hoof it far, get there early and plan on leaving late after the crowds clear out.
The City of Meridian will be having a 4th of July Celebration at Storey Park in Meridian starting at 1:00pm. There will be live music all day, a climbing wall and inflatables for the kids.
At 9:00pm, there will be a “Safe and Sane” fireworks show for the kids then, there will be a larger professional fireworks show launching at Meridian Speedway.
Even with an overall higher property tax rate in Nampa, they can’t seem to put together a fireworks show for its community and a recent phone call to the city of Nampa led me to the God and Country Festival which is actually tonight at the Idaho Center in Nampa.
The fireworks show happens on July 1st following an evening of live music and celebration honoring the U.S. Military. For more information, visit their site.
If you are going to be in Vally County this weekend, you’ll be able to catch a McCall Fireworks show at dusk on the 4th of July.
The McCall Chamber of Commerce is also sponsoring a number of events in Downtown McCall. For more information visit their site.
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I’d like to invite you out to the Eagle Chamber of Commerce: Open For Business Citywide Open House! Its happening this Saturday from 10am until 5pm.
The Eagle Open For Business is a grass roots effort to help stimulate economic activity in the Eagle, Idaho community, there will be many businesses citywide taking part in the event and will be identifiable with green balloons.
There will also be some Commercial Real Estate Open Houses as well as Residential Real Estate Open Houses! You’ll be able to recognize participating Open Houses that have green balloons.
Coat tailing the event will be a group of us at John L. Scott is doing a ‘Poker Run’ and the winner will get a FREE Mountain Bike! I will be at ‘Open House #6′ on the Poker Tour.
How to Play:
Usually when the topic of real estate comes up especially in a certain area, many people ask, “How is the Real Estate Market in the Eagle area?’ Good question!
I hope to see some of you out there, remember, I will be at Open House #6 on the Poker Run. Come see me from 10am to 1:30pm! The first 5 of you who come out and mention this article will get a gift certificate to Moxie Java!!!
To read this article and others from their Author: Eagle Chamber of Commerce: Eagle Open For Business Citywide Open House
A tomato can be either wonderful or, it can be like eating a mouthful of Kleenex. Blame it on the advent of refrigeration and the supermarket. On cold winter days however, being able to go the store to get a load of seemingly fresh veggies is great, but it wasn't always that like that; If you wanted veggies in the winter, you usually had to can them.
Today, the produce you buy in stores has traveled many miles and most of it was picked prior to it being ripe in flavor and in color so that when it arrives it looks great, but in the case of the tomato, tastes terrible.
Fortunately however, we live in a very productive agricultural area and if your not a great gardener or don't have the time for one, you're not far from getting high quality great tasting produce!
Off the top of my head, I can think of 4 local farmers markets in the Boise area that sell fruits and vegetables grown locally and some organic.
Nampa Farmers Market
Kuna Farmers Market
Meridian Farmers Market
McFadden Farmers Market
Boise Farmers Market (Capital City Public Market)
Roadside Fruit and Vegetable Stands
If you can't wait until the weekends to get your fix of fresh fruits and veggies, you can find plenty of fruit stands throughout the Treasure Valley. I only know of one since its so close to my house, its next to the Office Max on Broadway and they usually have a really good mix of locally grown food.
Do you know of any other Markets or Vegetable Stands?
If you know of other Farmers Markets or Fresh Vegetable stands, let us know by posting below!
If you'd like to read this article and others from their source: Vegetables Taste Like Cardboard? Then Visit One Of The Many Treasure Valley Farmers Markets
A report came out very recently that predicts that Idaho, among a few other states will be the first to see economic recovery. The report was created by Moody’s Economy.com and it predicts that 5 States including Idaho will see job growth starting in the 4th quarter of this year.
If the report is accurate, job growth will be a step in the right direction toward a housing recovery. Don’t get overexcited though, I believe the news, if correct, will have more of an impact on stabilizing cash strapped and credit crunched households allowing them to keep their homes rather than seeing a dramatic increase in home values. There are more factors that effect the Boise Real Estate Market than people getting some jobs.
What I really liked about the article was the ‘Adversity Index’, an interactive map that shows past trends in key economic factors including: Employment, Housing Starts, Industrial Production, and House Prices. From what I can tell, the research is pretty accurate, but, they have lumped a fairly broad amount of data into the numbers which can skew things a bit.
In the coming months, I think we can expect more of the same…sorry, I just don’t think that a turn around is on the horizon. Keep in mind however, we need to erase the last few years from our minds because the numbers that the Boise Area Real Estate Market turned out were extremely abnormal.
As always, people will keep moving about for various reasons and there will be a demand for real estate in both the new construction, resale and rental markets.
Keep your eye on the inventory levels because this is most likely to have the most dramatic effect on the local markets, especially at the neighborhood level.
What can I say? They’re going to go up. Inflation is going to be a force in our economy and interest rates will be effected if something else doesn’t curb the value loss of the dollar as compared to goods.
As usual, we are smack in the middle of the most active months for Real Estate in the Boise Area. Expect sales to slow as summer ends and we head into fall, it’s pretty much guaranteed. With the exception of the $8000 First Time Home Buyer Tax Credit, which will have first time home buyers out gobbling up the homes under $250k - at least until December, that’s when it expires.
Will the Boise Area see an economic recovery before other states? Please leave your comments and ideas below!
To Read This Article From The Source: Will Boise’s Real Estate Market, Job Market, Economy Recover First?
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