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Did you know?
Boise has nine acres of parks
for every 1,000 residents, almost
twice the national average.
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West Boise
West Boise is a pie-shaped area bounded by
Interstates 84 and 184 on the south and southeast,
Highway 20-26 (Chinden Boulevard) on the north
and northeast, and Eagle Road on the west. Growth
in the area -- both commercial and residential
-- seems boundless.
The West Boise Bench is home to Boise Towne
Square, a regional mall that attracts shoppers
from Idaho, eastern Oregon and northern Nevada.
The past decade has brought an astounding number
of retail and commercial establishments to the
mall area; the resulting traffic gridlock is
the stuff of which legends are made.
Fairview Avenue, the city's biggest commercial
strip, runs through the heart of West Boise
as well. It, too, handles enormous amounts of
traffic, as commuters from western Ada County
share the roadway with shoppers.
The West Boise Bench neighborhood is the city
of Boise's largest planning area, in terms of
population, and that population is growing by
leaps and bounds. Houses in West Boise are hot
property. In 1998, as in 1997, more houses sold
in West Boise than in any other Boise neighborhood,
and about one-third of those were new homes.
The neighborhood is served by two school districts,
the Boise School District and the Meridian School
District.
West Boise residents can take advantage of
several neighborhood parks as well as the Boise
City Aquatics Center, a recreational facility
jointly funded by the City of Boise and the
YMCA.
And while residents of the West Boise Bench
obviously value modern living, they respect
history as well. In the midst of the new subdivisions
and commercial development sits the former village
of Ustick. Ustick's mercantile recently closed,
but neighborhood residents are seeking to establish
an historic district to protect what's left
of the little burg.
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