- Hey, Dave Edwards here,
Treasure Valley Dave.
Just such a beautiful day out here in
beautiful downtown Nampa.
Just want to take a quick walk
and take in all the sites and sounds.
Gosh it's gotta be like almost the mid 50s right now.
This is what Idaho looks like in the winter.
All the time, no, but,
let's see.
There.
So what I like about our downtown,
is that it's got that old feel,
the traditional feel from,
being downtown.
But you know, it still,
it's not all flashy yet.
But that is coming,
as more and more people are
discovering Nampa.
We have more and more businesses moving down here.
More and more boutique type things.
I'm not sure what that was.
Craft Burgers, Holy Cow Idaho.
I know in here is Messenger Pizza.
Pizza by the slice and those are huge slices.
See across the street there is
Antlers Boutique.
An empty building.
Then that building over there is where
the used bookstore had been for quite some time.
Oh Prefunk, this is kind of like a nice little
bar type thing and they got the outdoor seating right here.
This used to be a thrift store type thing
and I'm sure somebody's bought that and
it's gonna turn into a nice little boutique
something or other.
So there's still opportunity down here.
This is like where if you had a business you want to
you know make your own little, you know, mark on life,
this would be the place.
Next door is a, next door.
The next town over is Caldwell,
and they've really been working on their downtown.
And I was over there just a few days ago,
and I noticed they have brand new businesses in,
like custom donuts,
it's like how cool is that.
So at the end of this street,
is where they put the big, giant Christmas tree every year.
It's look like they're taking the last of it out.
Yeah I know, you look here and you say,
how could this be a,
what is it January 7th,
in Idaho,
but it is.
Economic development office over there.
If you want somebody to talk to about getting your business
started, that's exactly where I would start.
Oh a Tiny's.
A cocktail would be nice, but we better keep working,
what do you think.
There's our train station.
Now that's the original one, that's a museum now.
Very nice.
We've been inside,
the people that are in there,
oh look, there's those guys,
that was a big tree too.
The people that volunteer here in the train museum,
the nicest people, they've got tons of
great stories to tell.
Bunch of neat artifacts inside.
And part of it,
there are these cars over here.
Yes you actually get to go inside
the caboose and you get to go all the way up to the top
and look out.
And all the original artifacts are still inside
and you get to think,
wow what must it had been like,
thundering across the prairie in one of those,
the sites.
How uncomfortable it must had been too.
I mean sure you might of,
they have a little stove in there,
I suppose they put lumps of coal in there.
But there's no air conditioning for the summer time,
so what about that.
And I don't know if you can hear them or not,
but this is definitely a working rail yard.
We have engines in here all the time and,
tons of activity.
And yes, if the winds blowing just right at night,
and you've got your bedroom window cracked open,
you can hear them going down the tracks and
blowing their horn a little bit.
And there goes back to downtown over there.
I did want to take just a second and
show you this over here.
This is a big open area,
where they have the farmers markets on
Saturday mornings here in Nampa.
And they'll have all sorts of vendors out here,
and food and food trucks.
And also live bands performing right here on this stage.
And you know it's all free,
just if you come out,
have some fun,
mingle with the other people that are out having fun.
And of course we got some parking lots here.
So you don't have to walk very far to
get to where you wanna be.
Although I can see these becoming buildings
in the not too distant future as
downtown becomes more and more popular.
So yeah this is just
part of downtown.
Another block over is
the new library building.
It's still kind of built in this same kind of a feel.
Where are we?
Oh yeah, we're in Nampa.
Well hope you guys have enjoyed this little walk around.
And next time it snows,
I'll give you a video of that too,
so you don't think it's always paradise here.
Okay, it almost always is.
All the best to you guys, bye.