Vertical Earth makes its move
Items and activities to help enjoy our great outdoors is the objective of Vertical Earth. Well, they like to make money too!
The store is moving this Friday from Riverstone to 1323 E. Sherman Ave. Setting up shop in 4,600 square feet, Vertical Earth is a full-service cycling and outdoor sports store with all types of bikes, cruisers, wetsuits, skis, snowshoes, clothes, accessories and services for these items.
The store started downtown several years ago, moved to Riverstone and is now going into the old Rathskellers building (a tavern and grill many years ago - a favorite place we Montanans liked to go when the Idaho drinking age was 18).
Owner Mike Gaertner has four employees. Hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily. Phone 667-5503. Check www.verticalearth.com.
Public transit plans continue
Kootenai County is working with the Coeur d'Alene Tribe on acquisition of one parcel totaling about 2.3 acres in Riverstone for the transit facility.
Christine Fueston, Federal Transit Administration (FTA) grant administrator for the county, said the future project phasing, including property acquisition, will bring the transit center site to four acres. If the land is acquired as anticipated, the first phase of the facility would take shape next spring.
The site is situated where the current temporary Citylink transit hub is located on the west end of Riverstone. Funding for Phase 1 would come from two FTA grants, $1.1 million through the Tribe and about $570,000 administered through the county, Fueston said.
The transit center will be built in three phases. The first will include a park-and-ride area with 160 paved parking spots, curbing and landscaping; the second will be a transit island for buses to align, and the third a 6,300-square-foot building with bathrooms, a passenger seating area, a substation for law enforcement and office for transit dispatching.
Cd'A Esthetics open on Third Street
Anti-aging and beauty treatments with a healthy emphasis are offered at Coeur d'Alene Esthetics in the Healing Arts Center at 1034 Third St.
Owner Heather Fleek specializes in chemical peels, hyper-pigmentation correction, eyelash extensions, full-body waxing, body wraps, facials and spray tans.
"We use Dermalogica and 302 products," Fleek said. "Our organic, gluten-free and vegan facials use 302 products (from Sandpoint) and fresh, home-made masks, toners and lotions from locally grown in-season fruits and vegetables."
Hours are 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. weekdays and weekends by appointment. Phone 661-7295.
These Tidbits are loaded
- Wiggett's Too and Memory Lane, both featuring antiques and special items, will be in new spaces soon in Silver Lake Mall.
- Watch for Danny Pleasant Gardens at 311 E. Lakeside Ave.
- The Culinary Stone will be a new gourmet grocery store (and more) in Riverstone.
- Qdoba opens this week in Prairie Shopping Center.
- Style Note: Nonwords that have snuck into the language and ending a sentence with a preposition are two no-no's to watch for. Oh, use the "non" prefix without a hyphen unless it doesn't make sense.
- A warning on a Swedish chainsaw: "Do not attempt to stop chain with your hands or genitals." Oh...
- Mark your calendar for 9 a.m. Saturday to help with the annual litter pickup on Tubbs Hill. By-the-Lake Bakery will provide coffee. The friskier people should try to get to tough-to-get places on the shore.
- Contact Nils Rosdahl at nrosdahl@cdapress.com.