Morgan Buckert’s Boots Are Made for Walking-And Looking
Originally posted by Eye on Sun Valley, By KAREN BOSSICK Thursday, November 10, 2024 Express photo by Karen Bossick Morgan Buckert wears her award-winning art on her feet, celebrating a 150-year-old tradition dating back to the Chisholm Trail. Buckert, a custom cowboy boot maker, only started learning her craft about 10 years ago. But this […]
ARCH to Hold Ribbon Cutting on New Townhomes
Photo by Karen Bossick Shelly Boettger leaned on the Formica countertop in one of the new Sunny Gulch townhomes in the Sunbeam subdivision of Hailey. The townhouse was just two weeks away from being available for occupancy, and only last-minute caulking, electrical wiring and other details remained. The project is among a flurry of workforce […]
ARCH Recognizes That 911 Should Not be a Long Distance Call
Originally posted by Eye on Sun Valley, By KAREN BOSSICK Thursday, November 7, 2024 Express photo by Karen Bossick In early August Blaine County School District employees eagerly moved into four 3-bedroom homes and a studio apartment built for them across the street from Hailey’s Hop Porter Park. “It’s been life changing. It also makes […]
ARCH Makes ‘Inn’-roads For Workforce Housing
By EMILY JONES Express Staff Writer Sep 27, 2024 Express photo by Roland Lane Contractors are on track to finish installing water, sewer, gas, and electric lines this fall for a 19-unit workforce-housing development on the historic Ellsworth Inn property, pictured here over the weekend, ARCH Executive Director Michelle Griffith said. The development calls for […]
Blaine County School District to offer affordable housing for teachers
By Maitane Orue Published: Aug. 16, 2024 at 10:39 AM MDT HAILEY, Idaho (KMVT/KSVT) — Blaine County is one of the most expensive counties in Idaho. According to Rocket Homes, the median price to buy a house as of last month is $719,000. Typical rent can reach as high as $4,000 a month. Blaine County Schoo District […]
ARCH Cuts Ribbon at the Ellsworth Inn
Pete and Debbie Lemmen, Michelle Griffith, Cynthia Hull, John Flattery and Gretchen Stinnett watch as Peter Hendricks and Jeanne Herberger cut the ribbon for the first of 19 units of affordable housing being built on the property of the Ellsworth Inn estate. Thursday, August 8, 2024 Originally published by Eye on Sun Valley: STORY AND […]
Blaine County debuts affordable housing for school employees
Originally posted on IdahoEdNews.org on August 5, 2024 HAILEY — Raechel Driscoll worked at the Blaine County School District for five years before a family emergency forced her to leave. When she decided to come back after a year and was offered a job with the district, Driscoll searched for a place to live for nearly a […]
Million Dollar Matching Challenge
Match my Gift!MILLION DOLLAR Matching Challenge has been made by Jeanne Herberger and your gift will match 50 cents to every dollar! Our mission is to develop safe, permanently affordable housing for persons of low to moderate income and to work with all interested public and private parties toward this objective. With your help and […]
ARCH project nets 2 new houses, with help from Hailey
Project allows local workers to receive 20% discount on buying a home By ANDREW GUCKES Express Staff Writer This fall, the city of Hailey and the nonprofit ARCH Community Housing Trust announced that they would be partnering in a program that uses city funds to offset some of the costs of home ownership. Now, ARCH […]
KTVB: New program helps Blaine County workers afford homes
‘We couldn’t have done it without this’: New program helps Blaine County workers afford homes The median home price in Hailey is $731,000, a 12% increase from last year. The program has helped two families buy a house since it started about two months ago. Author: Abby Davis Published: 10:57 PM MST December 21, […]
