CASCADE, Idaho — Many of us love to visit Valley County whether it’s Cascade, Donnelly, or McCall but to live here and find affordable housing can be a big challenge.
- Valley County Planning and Zoning recognizes the housing challenges.
- Officials in the County are trying to find solutions by promoting new businesses with apartments and purchasing land for future affordable housing.
- Many employers in the area are getting involved with the housing market because finding a place to live is key for new employees.
(Below is the transcript from the broadcast story)
“I don’t know if we have affordable housing in this county anymore”
Cynda Herrick would know. For the past 28 years Herrick has been the Planning and Zoning Director for Valley County. Herrick has seen Cascade transition from a logging community to a tourism-based mountain town. “We don’t have a lot of apartment complexes; our cities are challenged with sewer and water capacity, so we have a lot of challenges.
But Herrick says they’re trying …