City Hall takes in updates on major projects
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
The Sandpoint City Council heard a number of updates on ongoing, big-ticket projects at its regular March 19 meeting, queuing up a busy season going …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
The Sandpoint City Council heard a number of updates on ongoing, big-ticket projects at its regular March 19 meeting, queuing up a busy season going …
By Reader Staff
As the city of Sandpoint continues the process of developing a new parking management plan, City Hall is asking for feedback on the state of public on-street …
By Bonner County Republican Women, Inc.
Reader Contributors
In late 2024, without input from the City Council or the public, Sandpoint Community Planning and Development Director Jason Welker — with …
By Jason Welker
Reader Contributor
There’s a lot of misinformation about what the city “requires” of private developers in Sandpoint with regard to off-street parking. Recent op-eds and posts on …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Sandpoint Mayor Jeremy Grimm cast a tiebreaking vote at the Feb. 19 meeting of the Sandpoint City Council, advancing the preliminary design for a reconstructed …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
City staff returned Feb. 4 to the Sandpoint Planning and Zoning Commission, presenting an updated draft parking management plan that includes a new schedule of …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
More residents than normal attended the Jan. 21 meeting of the Sandpoint Planning and Zoning Commission, eager to hear a presentation from Planning and Community …
By Mike Jewell
Reader Contributor
I love Sandpoint but I don’t live in town. I’d either forgotten from past years or maybe never knew about the rather arcane snow parking …
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
If there’s one persistent bugaboo in city policy, it’s downtown parking.
With many conflicting interests at play from downtown business owners to employees to pedestrians …
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