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By Casey Archibaldcarchibald@postregister.com

ew homes, restaurants, anenormous event center,businesses and bike trails are

some of the new construction worthlooking forward to at Snake RiverLanding in Idaho Falls.

Eric Isom, Snake River Land-ings Chief Development Offi cer,explained that the idea behind theproject is to create a place wherepeople can do it all. In fact, one oftheir main slogans is Live, work,shop, play.

We believe that in order to bea vibrant and healthy community,

[Snake River Landing] needs toinvolve different age groups andpeople from all walks of life, saidIsom.

In 2001, Allen Ball, principal ofBall Ventures, LLC, and co-founderof Melaleuca, Inc., purchased themajority of the land that now makesup Snake River Landing. Additionalproperty was purchased in 2006,altogether making up the 450 acresthat exist today.

Mr. Ball purchased [the land]with the idea of being able to createa project that would be unique to thearea of Idaho Falls, said Isom, Hewas looking at it as an opportunity

to give back to the community anddo something special.

Isom said extensive money,planning and studying went into theSnake River Landing project beforeconstruction even started. In 2006,the initial streets and the rst twobuildings of the community wereconstructed.

Its about 17 percent of the unde-veloped land within the city of IdahoFalls, and about 4 percent of the totaland within Idaho Falls, said Isom.

Based on the growth rate of IdahoFalls in recent years, Isom said Snake

iver Landing is developing at areat pace of about 2.5 to 3 percent.

Considering the amount of land thathe community will expand into,som estimates the project will con-inue to grow for several years.

We are a quality development;he buildings, streets and trails are alluilt with quality and care because

Snake River Landing is meant to beimeless and last forever, said Isom.

One of the major perks of theommunity according to Isom, is thelose proximity of the homes to theusinesses, shops and restaurants.Snake River Landing was planned

s a walkable community with a

healthy lifestyle at the heart of it,said Isom, Its a place where peopledont have to commute to workevery day by car. Weve put a lot ofeffort and money into building thetrail system to give the people whowork and live here an opportunity towalk to and from work, restaurants,activities and events.

Tough not yet complete, LegacyCreek is the rst home division inSnake River Landing. Te homesare being developed by Kartch-ner Homes and are single-family,detached homes on small lots. Te

shapes and colors of the homes weredesigned to be urban, modern andunique, according to Isom.

About 100 of the 450 acres thatmake up Snake River Landing arereserved for residential living. In theLegacy Creek development therewill be a total of 34 homes, 10 ofwhich are currently nished andbeing lived in.

Jordan Anderson, a sales agent forKartchner Homes, said the LegacyCreek houses are designed to havegreat functionality but to also keepfamily members living in the home

connected. Te homes feature wideopen oor plans, granite counter-tops, tile oors in the kitchen andbathrooms, and easy access to thebike and walking trail.

One of the best parts about thesehomes is that there are no morewalls than there needs to be, saidAnderson, Tat makes it so familiescan be more connected as they dotheir own activities. For example, ifmom is in the kitchen cooking, andthe kids are doing homework in theliving and dining area, they can stilltalk to each other about their days.

Isom explained that Snake RiverLanding plans to add onto the resi-dential options for the communitywith high-end apartments, townho-mes, condominiums and an assistedliving facility.

We look at it as an urban livingsetting where both older people aswell as young professionals can havea place where they can be close tothe action, said Isom.

Besides those with an interest inliving at Snake River Landing, busi-nesses are also welcome to reserve aplace in the community.

Recently, Snake River Landingannounced that Scientech, whichis currently located on Woodruffin Idaho Falls, will be moving theiroffi ce to Snake River Landing. Scien-

tech is a global provider of a varietyof products and services that sustainthe global commercial nuclearpower industry, according to a SnakeRiver Landing press release.

Scientech plans to move into theirnew offi ce next in summer. Isomsaid he thinks the addition of thecompany to their community willbenet it signicantly.

We are extremely happy andpleased that [Scientech] hasselected Snake River Landing fortheir new location, said Isom, Itis a strong, stable company thathas been in Idaho Falls for a lot ofyears. It has a good employee base

and they said they were lookingfor an opportunity to expand aswell as increase the quality of theirbuilding and their facility and thisis the perfect location to do that.

Isom added that the presence ofScientech at Snake River Landingmay encourage other businesses tolocate there as well.

I think it will continue to helpbuild our reputation and who weare in the eyes of the community,he said.

Tough Isom describes SnakeRiver Landing as a community

within a community, other mem-bers of the Idaho Falls area arewelcome to enjoy it as well.

Several events are hosted bySnake River Landing every year,including their largest event, EastIdaho Harvest Fest & OutdoorExpo, which will take place onSept. 14.

Te event will feature severaldifferent cook-offs including theannual barbecue championshipcalled Smoke on the Snake, asecret ingredient competition, apie bake-off, a chili challenge anda salsa showdown. Other activitieswill include games, music, sam-ples, entertainment for children,

and a presentation of recreationalmachines like snow machines,boats, motorcycles and AVs.

Te harvest Fest is the biggestevent we have down here and it is

very representative of the prop-erty because it really does attractpeople from all walks of life, saidLiza Leonard, Marketing Managerat Snake River Landing, Tere issomething for everybody at thatevent and its a fun way to endthe summer and bring everybodydown here from the community.

Even larger events will be able totake place at Snake River Landingwith the upcoming construction of

the Idaho Falls Event Center. AllenBall donated the land for the cen-ter in an effort to give back to thecommunity, according to Isom.

Tough the event center is notdirectly affi liated with Snake RiverLanding, the committee workingon the project designed it so theelements and features coincidewith the design that already existsin the community.

We have a lot of long winternights in Idaho with nothing todo and its too cold to do thingsoutside, said Isom. I think havinga facility that will bring sportingevents and concerts to Idaho Falls

and provide a place for people tohave their conventions and busi-ness meetings is just somethingthat this community sorely needsright now. We support it and arebehind it 100 percent and we areready to do anything we can to seeit happen.

Isom said he invites anyone andeveryone to come and experienceSnake River Landing.

We love to have people come andtalk with us about this community asa place to live or start a business; welove to show it off!

This fountain welcomes visitors and residents to Snake River Landing. (Casey Archibald/carchibald@postregister.com)

Snake River Landing offers something for everyone

Several businesses line the streets ofSnake River Landing.Left: Legacy Creek is the first home divi-sion in Snake River Landing.

Casey Archibald/carchibald@postregister.com