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Our Mission

 To increase the availability and affordability of housing for local workers.


For a number of years, regional planning professionals have shared resources and been in communication about growth management, housing, transportation and have worked together on related planning issues. The year 2020 brought heightened concerns as in-migration numbers and housing prices spiked. In response, creation of a more formal group was spearheaded by Coeur d’Alene Council Member Kiki Miller and Community Planning Director Hilary Patterson. 

   

Kootenai County, the Kootenai Metropolitan Planning Organization and the cities of Post Falls, Hayden and Rathdrum joined to form the original work group. They named the group the Regional Housing and Growth Issues Partnership.  


In 2023, the partnership merged with Connect Kootenai, a nonprofit formed to create a better future for the people of Kootenai County. Connect Kootenai on Housing & Growth is one of the nonprofit's focus areas.


Connect Kootenai on Housing & Growth has a Working Group and an Advisory Group. The Working Group includes regional planners, along with elected representatives and administrators. The Advisory Group is comprised of representatives from a variety of organizations and community groups. 

Our Goals

  • Establishing a diverse resource group that can provide factual answers to community and officials questions;
  • Put forward solutions and a framework for implementation based on data supported issues with inputs on what the community wants;
  • Provide education on what is/is not possible; and
  • Work together on regional topics that affect all regarding housing and growth in Kootenai County.

Partnership Advisory Group

 

  • ALICE Task Force - Mark Tucker
  • Area Agency on Aging - Sage Stoddard 
  • Aquifer Protection Board - Necia Maiani
  • Avista - Jamie Howard
  • Cd’A Press Growth Management Advisory Group - Maureen Dolan, Clint Schroeder
  • CDA-EDC (Coeur d’Alene Area Economic
    Development Corporation – Jobs Plus)
    - Loren Whitten-Kaboth
  • CDAIDE - Anna Hammons
  • Civic Engagement Alliance - Nash Mahuron
  • Coeur d’Alene Association of REALTORS (CAR) - Ali Taylor
  • Coeur d’Alene Regional Chamber - Linda Coppess
  • Coeur d’Alene School District -  Jeff Voeller, Scott Maben
  • Coeur d’Alene Tribe - Tyrel Stevenson, Jim Kackman
  • Community Action Partnership - Kim Spencer
  • ElderHelp - TBD
  • Hayden Chamber - TBD
  • Hayden Lake Watershed Association - Barb Neal
  • Heritage Health - Pam Houser, Mike Baker
  • HomeShare Kootenai County - Carrie Ward
  • Human Rights Education Institute (HREI) - Jeanette Laster
  • Idaho Housing and Finance Association (IHFA) - Cory Phelps, Jack Hawkins 
  • ignite cda - Brinnon Mandel
  • Kootenai County Open Space Committee - Wes Hanson
  • Kootenai Electric - TBD
  • Kootenai Environmental Alliance - Shelley Austin
  • Kootenai Farm Bureau - Linda Ryder
  • Kootenai Health - Jeremy Evans, Kim Webb, Danny Klocko
  • Kootenai-Shoshone Soil & Water Conservation District - TBD
  • Lakeland School District - Lisa Arnold
  • Lakeshore Property Owners Association - Greg Delavan
  • NAACP - Christine Harding, Dr. David O. Porter, Jan Studer
  • North Idaho Building Contractors Association (NIBCA) - Emily Bradley, Allen Dykes, Scott Krajak
  • North Idaho College - Teresa Borrenpohl, Alex Harris
  • North West Property Owners Alliance - Jeff Tyler
  • Northwest Specialty Hospital - Chris Gregg, Barb Patton
  • Panhandle Affordable Housing Alliance - Maggie Lyons
  • Panhandle Area Council - Nancy Mabile
  • Panhandle Health District - Erik Ketner
  • Post Falls Chamber of Commerce - Christina Petit
  • Post Falls School District - Anna Wilson
  • Rathdrum Chamber - Ashley Moore
  • Regional Chambers Joint Government Committee - Len Crosby
  • Region 1 Behavioral Health Board Housing Subcommittee - Donna Brundage
  • Responsible Growth North Idaho (FB Group) - TBD
  • St. Vincent de Paul - Larry Riley
  • US Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD) - Brian Dale
  • We the People of CDA (FB group) - David Lyons


Partnership Working Group

City of Coeur d’Alene:

Council Member Kiki Miller
Hilary Patterson, Community Planning Director
Sean Holm, Senior Planner


City of Hayden:

Brett Boyer, City Administrator
Donna Phillips, Community Development Director
Zach Trevino, Senior Planner

Ed DePriest, City Council


City of Post Falls:

Robert Seale, Community Development Director
Jon Manley, Planning Manager


Kootenai County:
David Callahan, Community Development Director

Brooke Sausser, Community Development


Kootenai Metropolitan Planning Organization (KMPO):

Glenn Miles, Executive Director
Ali Marienau, Senior Transportation Planner


City of Rathdrum:

Council Member Steven Adams
Leon Duce, City Administrator
Meagan Hayes, City Planner/Planning and Zoning Administrator
James Agidius, Enforcement/Assistant Planner

Rory Crockett, Associate Planner


Pending Invitation Response:

CIty of Athol

City of Hauser

City of Spirit Lake


Habitat for Humanity of North Idaho:

James Casper


HomeShare Kootenai County:

Carrie Ward, Executive Director

Pam Houser, President


IHFA:

Cory Phelps
Jack Hawkins


Panhandle Affordable Housing Alliance:

Maggie Lyons


Rand Wichman Planning, LLC:

Rand Wichman, Municipal-Contracted Planner


United Way of North Idaho/ALICE Task Force:

Mark Tucker


Welch Comer Engineers:

Melissa Cleveland

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