Growth is on the Calendar for 2008 for Post Falls
Posted by wcrcda on January 4, 2008
Yesterday’s Power Luncheon was GREAT! Special thanks to our guest speaker Post Falls Mayor Clay Larkin. If you missed this event, you missed out on an excellent opportunity to learn more about Post Falls.
Here is a very quick highlight of what we learned:
- In the next 120-180 days, there will be 6-7 “Big Box” ground breaking, 2 at “The Pointe” and the remaining along the Hwy 41 corridor.
- It took 105 years for the market value of the city limits to reach $1 billion dollars. It took 5 years for it to reach $2 billion. It’s current value is $2.3 billion.
- Kootenai County’s unemployment rate is hovering at 2-2.5%. This has created issues for employers. Sonic had to import workers from other stores up to 5 weeks after opening. They couldn’t find enough employees locally to staff the store.
We learned about new projects, future projects, Smart Growth, Urban Renewal, ITD issues, etc.
The winner of our “Happy Happy Drawing” was Michele Sterley!
Please join us Thursday, February 7th at 11:30pm at Windermere.
Mike McDowell with the Assessors Office will be the guest speaker
Topic: Real Estate Price Disclosure – a HOT issue right now in Kootenai County!
