Patrick Bageant

Boise City Council

Boise is one of the fastest growing cities in the country — and for good reason. Access to the outdoors, a culture and tradition of openness and acceptance to new ideas, businesses, and neighbors, and relatively low cost of living have caught national attention. All of those things are changing rapidly: the outdoors we love are increasingly crowded, some in our community are less open to outsiders than they may have been ten years ago, and the cost of living in Boise has skyrocketed due to low wages and a housing shortage.

None of these diagnoses are terminal. With planning, willingness to revisit prior assumptions, and faith that we can work together for the benefit of our children, our community will be just fine. It shouldn’t matter whether we are a ‘top ten place to move’ this year — what matters is that we are the best place to live in thirty or forty years. That’s a consistent message I hear from constituents and it’s a consistent driver of my decisions on the Council.

You can always reach me directly by email or cell phone (208-596-5343). I would love to hear from you.