METRO CONNECTION Your monthly Chamber update.
JUNE 2018
A publication of the Boise Metro Chamber | Vol. 70 No. 6
IN THIS ISSUE OF THE BOISE METRO CHAMBER’S METRO CONNECTION
TOPICS OF 'GROWTH' AT THIS YEAR'S LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE
SMALL BUSINESS & CHAMBER EXCELLENCE AWARD WINNERS
HIGHLIGHTS FROM OUR CHAMBER'S VIP GRAND OPENING
WHERE ARE WE GOING, WHERE HAVE WE BEEN?
Discussions on 'growth' at this year's Leadership Conference
“Dull, inert cities, it is true, do contain the seeds of their own destruction and little else. But lively, diverse, intense cities contain the seeds of their own regeneration, with energy enough to carry over for problems and needs outside themselves.” –Jane Jacobs, The Death and Life of Great American Cities
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uch like the fated wonderment in Joyce Carol Oates’ 1966 novel title, the above line taken from Jane Jacob’s narrative on
assessing the vitality of a city echoes an overwhelming understanding — the Boise Valley is growing at an unprecedented rate. Make no mistake about it. It’s not some prophetic exaggeration; it’s happening right before our eyes. This year’s Leadership Conference, hosted and presented by the Boise Metro Chamber, focused on this very concept. It’s not just a Boise thing, or a Meridian thing, or a Nampa
thing. It’s a Treasure Valley thing. Although Boise gets a lot of the spotlight because of its role as the state’s capital, the thought of “growth” seeping into our cities and quietly erecting new buildings, paving new roads, and planting new parks is anything but covert. It’s been a decade-long, valley-wide hot bed of activity that many cities in the Boise metro area are now facing head on.
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