NAMPA, Idaho — For some individuals, particularly those that have lived within the space their entire lives, downtown Nampa holds a particular place of their hearts.
“I dwell downtown,” Salem Taylor mentioned, “So, I am round right here on a regular basis, and I adore it.”
However Taylor nonetheless thinks there’s room for enchancment — a sentiment many others share, together with town. To encourage change, metropolis leaders put collectively an incentive package deal, mentioned Cliff Lengthy, senior director of improvement companies.
The package deal contains the “Downtown Nampa Façade Improvement Grant” and the “Downtown Nampa Restaurant Incentive.”
Lengthy mentioned the restaurant incentive hopefully brings new locations to eat into the world, because the incentive helps offset the prices of “a number of the bigger impediments to opening a restaurant.”
“One of many issues that we have heard from people within the metropolis is that they need extra locations to eat,” Lengthy mentioned. “They wish to hang around downtown.”
Enterprise house owners who take part within the façade enchancment program can get assist shopping for new indicators, awnings, paint, and so forth. Lengthy mentioned town will offset as much as 50% of what the house owners spend. There’s a $50,000 restrict.
Adam Haynes, Rolling H Cycles proprietor, additionally agrees downtown might use a facelift. He mentioned there’s a number of work that must be carried out.
“It wants vibrant eating places. It wants vibrant purchasing. It wants housing for type of up-and-coming individuals,” Haynes mentioned. “There are specific attracts, however there will not be attracts which can be getting individuals right here year-round, day in and time out.”
Haynes regarded into an analogous façade incentive six years in the past when he needed to replace his retailer. However in the end, he determined towards making use of as a result of the method was too lengthy and sophisticated.
He thinks town might do a greater job speaking with enterprise house owners about what choices can be found to them.
“[It] could possibly be streamlined a bit,” Haynes mentioned. “If town or whoever’s wanting the enhancements can current it to the enterprise house owners in a fast, well timed style, it may get everyone on board at that time.”
Taylor simply hopes the entire space turns into extra fashionable.
“I would like to stroll down right here and see everybody having fun with themselves downtown, like my residence,” she mentioned.
Different neighborhood members, like Skee Wooden, want to see extra inexperienced area and higher parking. Wooden co-owns The Milking Barn.
Wooden mentioned typically, individuals journey to Caldwell and different close by cities as a result of their downtowns have extra to supply.
“Individuals need extra eating places. They need extra purchasing, extra family-friendly issues,” Wooden mentioned.
A metropolis spokesperson mentioned they’re analyzing parking downtown, together with on-street parking, in addition to city-owned tons and garages. Workers members are additionally “exploring new facilities for downtown, which can embody further gathering areas.”
Lengthy mentioned he’s eager for what the long run will deliver.
“We’re simply actually excited,” Lengthy mentioned. “There’s a number of nice individuals working in our improvement neighborhood to make this a greater place, and we predict that it will likely be a profit for the residents of Nampa.”
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