Mayor’s Roundtable: State of the city — 2023
By Mayor Shelby Rognstad Reader Contributor It has been another busy year for the city of Sandpoint. The city is in a good state. The city started off 2022 by revising its five-year Strategic...
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Mayor’s Roundtable
By Mayor Shelby Rognstad Reader Contributor This is the fourth article in the series detailing recommendations that came out of the city of Sandpoint’s Housing and Economic Study developed by Leland Consulting. In this...
Mayor’s Roundtable: The city lot
By Mayor Shelby Rognstad Reader Contributor This is the third piece in a six-part series discussing the Leland Report. The purpose of the report was to help guide the city of Sandpoint’s land use...
Mayor’s Roundtable: Investing in infrastructure to meet the housing demand
By Mayor Shelby Rognstad Reader Contributor Last week I introduced the Leland Report that was presented to the city council on Dec. 7. The purpose of the report was to help guide the city’s...
Mayor’s Roundtable: The Leland Report – Strategies for quality growth
By Mayor Shelby Rognstad Reader Contributor Last week the Sandpoint City Council reviewed a report from Leland Consulting, a firm that specializes in economic development, strategic growth and public private partnerships. The city contracted...
Mayor’s Roundtable: New Little Sand Creek Watershed bike trail shows recreation and conservation can work together
By Mayor Shelby Rognstad Reader Contributor This week is a big one for the future of the Little Sand Creek Watershed. Recreation in the watershed has been a long time coming. Historically, the city...
Mayor’s Roundtable: Sandpoint State of the City 2022
By Mayor Shelby Rognstad Reader Contributor There have been a lot of changes at City Hall over the past year. Most notably, the city completed a remodel of the administration offices. Since the city’s...
Mayor’s Roundtable: Big Brother approach limits local government and favors the wealthy over most Idahoans
By Mayor Shelby Rognstad Reader Contributor I’ve spent the past week in Boise as your District 1 board member for the Association of Idaho Cities. There are a couple updates from the Idaho Legislature...
Mayor’s Roundtable: Spring updates
By Mayor Shelby Rognstad Reader Contributor Spring has begun and with it comes a renewed sense of optimism and excitement for change. More people have had COVID-19 shots, myself included, and it has provided...
Mayor’s Roundtable:
By Mayor Shelby Rognstad Reader Contributor Sandpoint and the region is at a critical moment right now. Idaho continues to be the fastest growing state in the nation and the Panhandle is taking its...
