By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff The Sandpoint City Council at its regular meeting Nov. 2 unanimously approved a trio of requests from Derek Mulgrew, who is developing Phase 4 of the University Place housing...
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff The fourth phase of the University Place development went before the Sandpoint Planning and Zoning Commission at its regular meeting Sept. 20, with commissioners voting unanimously to recommend approval...
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Sandpoint City Council members gathered with Planning and Zoning commissioners for a joint workshop July 12, during which they parsed through an in-depth report from Portland, Ore.-based Leland Consulting...
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Members of the Sandpoint Planning and Zoning Commission approved a conditional use permit application June 7, moving a proposed mixed-used development one step closer to bringing more than 130...
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff When Schweitzer announced its Hemlock House employee housing project in Sandpoint last December, mountain officials hinted that there were “bigger projects” in the works. That turns out to have...
By Cate Huisman Reader Contributor It’s a little painful to see our fields and empty lots filling up with housing, but this is good, because we have a shortage of housing — right? The...
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey This article is the third piece in an ongoing series during which the Reader will examine various aspects of the labor shortage affecting area employers. By now the connection between affordable...
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff As both regional and national headlines continue to pile up regarding the lack of affordable housing — especially in the Northwest — the recently formed Sandpoint Workforce Housing Task...
By Cameron Rasmusson and McCalee Cain Reader Staff and Intern Growing pains are inevitable, but some hurt more than others. For Sandpoint, housing has been a persistent source of pressure as growing businesses attract new...
