Coeur d’Alene, Idaho Education Corridor gains national attention

With all of the attention focused on North Idaho College’s purchase of the old Stimson Mill, bringing it into the Education Corridor, some other big news regarding the project may have gone unnoticed.

The City of Coeur d’Alene, and specifically the Education Corridor project, thanks to Mayor Sandi Bloem, was selected by the Mayors’ Institute for City Design (MICD) to benefit from its Alumni Technical Assistance program (http://www.micd.org). From its website:

"For the Alumni Technical Assistance program, MICD brings a team of three urban design experts to mayors’ communities and presents a detailed project analysis, building on lessons learned by the mayors at the national or regional MICD sessions. The design team works collaboratively with city staff and local stakeholders to evaluate the communities’ challenges, identifies best practices applicable to the cities’ project and presents recommendations for implementation. In addition, the design teams offer public presentations of their work while onsite."

Jay Baldwin

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