The North Nampa, Idaho Blog

To me Nampa is "Mayberry" and Opy Taylor had nothing over me.

It was a pleasant country town on the Union Pacific railroad line half-way between Salt Lake City, Utah and Portland, Oregon or Seattle, Washington.  It was nothing to hop on you bicycle and ride 5 or 6 miles to visit a playmate for the afternoon.  Downtown Nampa, Idaho was busy; stores were full and shoppers in them.  Life was good.

Now, life in Nampa, Idaho is still good.  Nampa is a smll city of 80,000 compared to 18,000 then, but it is a viberant, active community with an eye on family life.  Just in the last five years the city has added over $40 million in new highways, bridges, freeway interchanges and beautiful parks with soccer/baseball fields.  This commitment on the city's part has brought in two super Walmarts, a Costco, Sams Club, Home Depot, Lowes, Target, Kohls, J C Penney, Bed Bath and Beyond and many other retail outlets.  Many new jobs have been created making it easier to life here and make a living.

We are just 45 minutes from the mountains and all kinds of outdoor activities like fly-fishing, snow skiing, water skiing, hunting, fishing, mountain biking, hiking, camping, ATV riding and more.

With three major universities and a dozen trade schools education is abundant.  We are home to Northwest Nazarene University and Boise State University (Go Broncos), and College of Idaho.

Please feel free to contact me at  edbying@msn.com and I will send you a current CD on the area.