Boise, ID – Friday the Land Trust of the Treasure Valley announced it had purchased a piece of land known as Harrison Hollow. It’s 58 acres in the foothills just north of Boise. Tim Breuer heads the conservation group. He says Harrison Hollow will be set aside as open space.
Tim Breuer “It’s so close to many people’s homes and it’s fairly flat in the middle of the property. And so the trail experience is really open and available even for those who might be elderly or not as mobile as they once were. Nice easy gentle trail to go enjoy, right close to home.”
The previous owners of Harrison Hollow considered selling it to developers but offered it to the Land Trust for 580 thousand dollars. That offer came with a one year deadline that expired at the end of this month. Breuer says raising that much money in this economy took a community effort.
Tim Breuer “People opened their homes and had house parties, there were concerts. There were block parties; there was a deck party at Harrison Hollow Brew pub. And another bit of the funds came from the North End Neighborhood association who raises their money from the beer sales of Hyde Park. So in some ways we were saving Harrison Hollow one beer at a time.”
Other open space projects the Land Trust manages or helps manage include 900 acres in Boise’s Hidden springs development, a system of river trails near Star, and half a dozen conservation easements in the Treasure Valley.