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City Cast Boise

Tips and tricks by Boise locals, for locals.

Idaho State Treasurer’s Office launched this year’s unclaimed property

 campaign on Feb. 1. Since then, the state has redistributed over $20 million. But the office is still sitting on over $100 million of unclaimed property — and some of it might be yours!

Unclaimed property is turned over to the state annually from businesses or government offices when they owe you money but can’t get in contact with you. That can include payroll checks, safe deposit boxes, uncashed checks, refunds, or any other form of money that is technically yours, and you just need to claim it.

How to Find Your Unclaimed Property

Boise Life Hacks

Starting in just under a month, you’ll have a chance to weigh in on one of the most important changes facing Boise.

, the first of its kind since the 1960s, is an attempt to modernize Boise, diversify housing and transportation options, and generally shape our future so it doesn’t feel like we’re constantly trying to fix old systems.

But will it work? What would a “successful” code even look like? 

, or will businesses be prioritized over homes? These are the great questions of our time!

The city’s planning and zoning commission already gave the plan a hearty thumbs-up, and now it’s headed to the next stage of its years-long process.

The week of June 12, neighborhood associations, staff, and members of the public will all throw in their two cents. That Thursday, June 15, will wrap up the public feedback with a Q&A, rebuttal, and ultimately a decision from city council.

You can also submit written comments until June 8 by sending them to 

 about how the rewrite could affect your neighborhood and other places you care about.

🌡️ How Do You Feel About the Rewrite?

How to Have Your Say in the Zoning Code

talked about recycling here and on City Cast Boise

. But did you know that the City of Boise, like most communities, actually composts much more than it recycles? Or at least, that’s based on pounds of matter, but we’ll get into that another time.

The composting program has been up and running for six years now, and the 

 says that it diverts about a third of the waste from Boise residences from going into landfills.

That’s key, because the Ada County landfill does have limited space, and we really don’t want to have to create another landfill. Plus, composting is a community-wide way of reusing food materials, because anyone who uses the city’s composting program can get free compost at two different sites: the Idaho Botanical Garden and the 

Soon, I’m going to write a deep dive into composting with help from the experts. But first, here are some helpful links:

Here’s the city’s digital sorting guide

 for what you can put in your composting bin.

 to learn how and when you can get your recycling and composting picked up.

write in with your questions that those links didn’t answer

, or what you’ve always wanted to know about composting. I’ll do my best to answer any questions I get and share those answers with other readers.

Boise Life Hacks

How to Find Your Unclaimed Property

How to Have Your Say in the Zoning Code

Composting 101