North End News
spring 2015
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NENA School Grant Recipient: Lowell Elementary Music Park
By Liz Salerno, Lowell Elementary Staff
Lowell Elementary is excited to
announce the installation and
completion of the outdoor Lowell
Music Park on their playground! Research has told us that many positive
benefits come from music education
including building students’ academic
and social skills.
The Lowell Music Park is an innovative
approach to help students build positive
connections with others, make new
friends, and help bridge differences
within our diverse Lowell community. We want to thank the Lowell PTSA, the
Laura Moore Cunningham Foundation,
and the North End Neighborhood
Association (NENA) for their generous
donations to fund this music park! We
are excited to see the students enjoying
the park and look forward to its use for
many years to come.
NENA is happy to note that this
project was a recipient of a 2015 NENA
School Grant of $1,000. Just another
example of how the Hyde Park Street
Fair’s profits go directly back into
the neighborhood.
Inside
History of Lowell Pool
Celebration of Camel’s Back Park Outdoor Gym
Just Around the Corner: North End Grocery Store Project
Ridenbaugh – Station 17 Update
Neighbors and Local Businesses
Participate in Green Power Program
NENA’s looking for a few
good neighbors.
Get involved in the North End. Join a committee,
attend one of our monthly board meetings, or
email us at board@northendboise.org.
Events
Look for updates on
northendboise.org, or on
NENA’s Facebook page at
https://www.facebook.org/
NorthEndBoise.
NENA Monthly Board Meetings
Last Tuesday of the month,
7-9 pm, Hyde Park Mennonite
Fellowship, 1512 N. 12th Street
May 26 • June 30 • July 28
North Junior High Viking Trek
May 27, 6 pm
Hyde Park Street Fair
Application Due
June 1
Lowell Pool Opens
June 2
History of Lowell Pool
By Brandi Burns, Boise City Historian
Recently, the NENA Board heard some chatter regarding Lowell Pool. We are pleased
to refer interested parties to an article Boise City Historian, Brandi Burns wrote
about the pool’s history and design, titled: The Art Deco Pools of Boise. It is available at:
http://parks.cityofboise.org/media/8619/South_and_Lowell_Pools.pdf
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Hyde Park Street Fair
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Celebration of
Camel’s Back Park
Outdoor Gym
On June 5 at 11 a.m., neighbors
are invited to join Boise Mayor
David H. Bieter and leaders from
Bodybuilding.com to dedicate the city’s
newest outdoor gym at Camel’s Back
Park, 1200 W. Heron St.
Boise-based Bodybuilding.com
donated $65,000 for the purchase and
installation of the equipment, which
is located near the playground next
to 13th Street. It is currently under
construction (photo below).
In 2013, a Bodybuilding.com Park
gym opened in Ann Morrison Park
(photo above). The gym is made up
of 15 pieces of durable new fitness
equipment installed on a 1,400-squarefoot pad. Use of the equipment, which
is accessible year round, is free to the
public. Each piece of equipment has
posted instructions.
For more information, see
http://parks.cityofboise.org or
call (208) 608-7611.
Just Around the Corner:
North End Grocery Store Project
By Barbara Perry Bauer, TAG Historical Research &
Consulting
The grocery stores that were located in
the North End provided convenient
shopping places for residents. Phone
orders and delivery service were
timesavers for busy parents. Many
people who grew up in the North End
remember some of the smaller groceries
that sold candy, as well as meat and
produce. One such store, located at 901
N. 20th Street, started as an in-home
store during the 1920s. At that time the
proprietor was Helen Dunnigan, who
advertised Dunnigan’s Grocery as the
‘handy store’ and sold homemade cottage
cheese on Fridays. Mrs. Dunnigan placed
ads in the Idaho Statesman advising readers
to watch the bulletin board at the corner
of Sherman and 20th streets for their
prices. The next owner, Mary Brown,
ran the store with and her daughter
Lillian (known as Babe) from the 1930s
through early 1950s. The Brown’s sold
canned goods and other necessities, but
many North Enders who patronized the
store as children still remember it as
“Babe Brown’s Candy Shop.”
1002 N. 13th Street was another
popular spot for kids to buy candy.
Its long history starts in 1905 with
its construction as the Economy
Rug Company and Carpet Cleaning
Establishment. Hart’s Grocery
Store, advertising “Staple and Fancy
Groceries,” opened at the location in
1907. James Spivey purchased the store
in 1910 and operated it until 1918 when
he sold it to Abe Frank. The name of the
store was changed to the Frank Grocery
Store. Abe Frank was an early Boise
pioneer and colorful character. He was
shot in the hip while acting as a deputy
sheriff in the mining town of Atlanta
in 1885 and carried the bullet to his
death. Abe managed the grocery store
until 1924 when he moved onto other
ventures. The new owner, Frank Van
Dusen, kept the name “Frank Grocery”
and carried a full line of meats and
groceries. When North Junior High
School opened in 1937 the store was
known as the “Crystal Market.” The
ad on this page shows the variety of
products sold there. Although candy
is not advertised, numerous residents
recall stopping to buy candy there as they
meandered home from school.
Idaho Statesman, November 11, 1936
Historians Barbara Perry Bauer and
Elizabeth Jacox are moving into Phase
2 of the North End Grocery Project.
Many North End and Boise residents
have provided information about stores
they recall and this project would not
happen without their help. If you have
information, stories, or photographs,
please contact Barbara at 338-1014.
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Neighbors and Local Businesses Participate in Green Power Program
By Idaho Power
Last year, Idaho Power customers
participating in the utility’s Green
Power program purchased more than
19,000 megawatt-hours of green power.
That’s enough to power more than
1,500 homes or the environmental
equivalent of avoiding the emissions
from nearly 2,500 cars.
Green power is sourced as renewable
energy certificates (RECs) from largescale northwest wind farms. All of the
RECs are purchased from the nonprofit Bonneville Environmental
Foundation (BEF). Sources in 2014
included Wolverine Creek Wind in
eastern Idaho and Condon Wind in
central Oregon.
For each dollar participants voluntarily
purchased, 118 kilowatt-hours of
renewable energy were delivered to the
region’s power grid, and a $6 monthly
purchase was equal to removing one car
off the road for an entire year.
Participation in the Green Power
program also supports Solar 4R Schools
in partnership with BEF, educating
K–12 students about renewable energy
by placing solar installations on school
property. The installations come with
a weather station, data monitoring and
classroom curriculum designed to meet
state education standards. To date, 16
schools have been awarded installations
in Idaho Power’s service area.
The newest system, awarded to Salmon
High School last year, is being installed
this spring. Data from their system will
be analyzed by their environmental
science and physics classes. A 6th grade
class will use the data in conjunction
with Student Energy Efficiency Kits
— another program offered by Idaho
Power — to help teach resource use
and conservation, which is a state
content requirement.
“We are excited about the arrival of
the Solar 4R Schools program at our
school,” said Arlene Wolf, Salmon High
School Science Teacher. “We appreciate
all that Idaho Power and others are
doing to support and encourage
sustainable energy development.”
If you are considering participation in
the Green Power program, first decide
how much Green power you want to
purchase. The amount is added each
month to your power bill; the entire
amount you designate will be used to
purchase green power from renewable
projects and to help support Solar
4R Schools.
To figure out how much it would cost to
offset a specific amount, check out the
2015 Contribution Calculator on the
Green Power webpage at idahopower.
com. For the average household using
1050 kilowatt-hours of electricity
each month, green power usage would
cost about $9 more per month on the
electric bill. Once you’ve determined
the right level of participation, you can
sign up online.
Capital High School
Installed Jan. 1, 2006
Riverstone International School
Installed Nov. 9, 2007
To learn what local businesses are Green
Power participants, go to “Program
Business Participants” at idahopower.
com/greenpower and search by name
or city.
Eagle Middle School
Installed Jan. 1, 2005
Idaho Arts Charter School
Installed Sept. 29, 2011
Ridenbaugh – Station 17 Update
By Hadley Mayes, Ada County Paramedics
Ada County Paramedics is excited
to announce the renovations on our
Ridenbaugh Paramedic Station are
coming along nicely. If you’ve driven
or walked by the property lately, located
at 1666 Ridenbaugh St., you’ve likely
noticed the structure is now standing
and the crew has begun wrapping the
building with waterproof materials and
insulation in preparation for
the brick-veneer application.
Here are a few other things
we’ll be working on in the
coming weeks:
EXTERIOR
•We’ve begun hardscaping on
17th Street and Ridenbaugh. This
will include a newly poured driveway
and asphalt. The concrete will be
built to LEED specifications and will
allow for water drainage through the
concrete to ground level.
•We will be landscaping the exterior
to “Zero Scape” specifications that
will use very little water. There will
be limited planted grass, for watersaving purposes, and all plant and grass
species used in the Zero Scape will be
native to the area.
•We’ll be connecting to United Water
within the next few weeks
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•We’ll be placing the “Low E” energy
efficient windows.
INTERIOR
• We’ll be painting, trimming
out plumbing and electrical and
installing cabinets within the
next few weeks.
Our project manager has
pushed back the completion
date from the end of May to
mid-June. We’re planning to hold
a neighborhood open house shortly
thereafter and we’d like to extend the
invitation to anyone who lives in the
area. (More details to come on open
house date and time.) We’re looking
forward to being a fixture in the
beautiful, historic North End for years
to come. Thank you for your patience
during our renovation.
Delivery volunteers:
stephanie@northendboise.org
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Joshua Kyzer, Vice President
Nola Walker, Treasurer
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