Bandon River Apartments sets open house Friday

The interior of a model unit at Bandon River Apartments.

Bandon River Apartments at Snake River Landing will be having its grand opening Friday morning at 11.

Like Rosselare on 12th Street, this is an apartment community for people 62 and over. It is a joint project by Thomas Development Co. and Northwest Integrity Housing Co.

Formed in 2009, Northwest Integrity Housing is an Idaho non-profit corporation whose mission is to provide affordable housing for residents in the Intermountain West. Since its formation, Northwest Integrity Housing Co. has helped develop 3 senior apartment communities, which total 129 units. Thomas Development has developed 65 housing communities, including 52 in Idaho.

It is anticipated that Bandon River will receive the prestigious U.S. Green Building Council LEED for Homes Platinum certification, just as did Rosslare, Summerhill and Cardona, our other recent eastern Idaho developments. USGBC LEED for Homes is a rating system that champions energy, water, and resource efficiency, reducing waste, improving indoor air quality for a healthy home, and sustainable, green building design, construction, and operations.

The ribbon cutting ceremony will be held Friday from 11 to 11:30 a.m. Refreshments, prize drawings and apartment tours will be available from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. The address is 1755 White Sand Creek Way. For more information, call (208) 524-1268.

D.L. Evans plans branch in Ammon

D.L. Evans Bank will be having a ground breaking ceremony for a new branch location in Ammon at 11 a.m. June 11 at 2634 East Sunnyside Road. This will be the second D.L. Evans Bank branch in the Idaho Falls/Ammon area, and will be located in the Sandcreek Commons Center in Ammon.

The new branch will be designed under sustainable guidelines by Erstad Architects with Construction Solutions Co., a local general contractor in Idaho Falls. A tentative completion date has been set for November this year.
                    
Ball Ventures, LLC of Idaho Falls and Woodbury Corporation of Salt Lake City, Utah, are the developers of Sandcreek Commons, which is where Cabelas has also announced it intends to build. “D.L .Evans Bank maintains an incredible reputation in our community and the entire region. We have enjoyed the experience of working with this historic Idaho institution,” says Ball Ventures Chief Development Officer Eric Isom.

With total assets of over $1 billion, D.L. Evans Bank has been serving Idaho communities since 1904, priding itself on hometown customer service. The company has 20 branches throughout southern Idaho, including one in Idaho Falls at 888 E 17th Street.

Chick-fil-A coming to BYU-Idaho

Chick-fil-A will be opening later this summer inside The Crossroads food court at BYU-Idaho.

Construction is expected to begin in July in the food court, which is inside the Hyrum Manwaring Student Center.

The BYU-Idaho Chick-fil-A location will be open from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., Monday through Saturday. As with all Chick-fil-A locations, it will be closed on Sunday. The restaurant will be open to students and the public.

Chick-fil-A is the largest quick-service chicken restaurant chain in the United States with 1,816 locations in 39 states and annual sales of more than $5 billion. The chain has almost 260 licensed locations on college and university campuses and inside business complexes and airports.

Mega-garage sale is in slightly more than two weeks

There are two weeks and a day left until East Idaho’s Biggest Garage Sale, in the Hillcrest High School parking lot.

This year it will be June 14 from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. If you are interested in getting a booth there, it would be wise to act now. There are a limited number available, all first-come, first-served for commercial and non-commercial vendors.

Non-commercial/residential booths are specifically for household items that you want to sell. Rather than having your own garage sale, this is an opportunity to join hundreds of other garage sales in one big, festival event. The sale is being advertised on all five Riverbend radio stations. Last year, nearly 10,000 people came to the event.

Cost for a non-commercial/residential booth (20x20) is $30. A double booth of 20×40 is $60.

Commercial booths are specifically for businesses and manufactured items that you would normally sell in a brick & mortar or online business. Traditionally, you would have a to get a sellers permit/license and to conduct business as a business owner. East Idaho’s Biggest Garage Sale is a non-traditional trade show/event where you can meet thousands of people in a “sidewalk/clearance sale” style. This event also does well for direct sales types of businesses such as Scentsy or Pampered Chef.

Cost for a 20x20 commercial booth is $250, and a double booth, 20x40, is $400.

There will be no refunds available on booth space.

Tables are available for rent from Signature Party Rentals for $20 each. Chairs are available for $5 each.

Want to know more? Click here or e-mail adella.sutton@eiradio.com.

Vendors will be allowed to set-up from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Friday, June 13. Exhibits must be fully set-up by 6:30 a.m. on June 14, subject to a $50 penalty.

Teton Volkswagen plans to open doors June 6

Teton Volkswagen on Sunnyside Road is planning to open its doors June 6, with a grand opening to follow in August.

Teton Volkswagen, currently on Anderson Street, will start moving its cars June 6 to its new Sunnyside Road building.

"The doors will be open, and we anticipate moving all the cars there between the sixth and the 10th," said Doug Swanson, marketing manager for Teton Volkswagen and Teton Toyota. A grand opening has been set for Aug. 7, in conjunction with a Business After Hours.

Teton Volkswagen opened on Outlet Boulevard, on the west side of Interstate 15, in January 2013. Earlier this year it moved its operations to Anderson, in a holding pattern as it built the new dealership on Sunnyside.