There you go. It’s lit. And the Christmas, the holiday season is now officially underway. The city of Boise’s Holiday tree was illuminated this evening in the grove closet downtown, the 35 ft tree has more than 5000 lights and a special custom made tree topper
Tree will also be surrounded with more than 4000 gift tags. And those tags support the families of the women’s and children’s alliance. And as you just saw the center point of downtown Boise is dawned in multi colored lights. We love to see it and this year it’s surrounded by something new
A skating rink. Well, Abby Davis was at the ribbon cutting here tonight, Abby, this rink has been a long time coming. I know people are excited to see it. Yeah, they really were. Two downtown organizations started working on this project several years ago and everyone I talked to,
Well, they couldn’t wait to get on the Well, it’s not really ice. The synthetic material I should say on Grove is downtown Boise’s first ever skating rink and the rink officially opened for the holiday season after a performance from the Boise Figure Skating Club, Friday night. Downtown Boise Association, Executive Director,
Jennifer Hensley says the rank is three years in the making. The Association partnered with the Downtown Boise Foundation to make it a reality. It just took a lot of time to really figure out the logistics. The plaza was always like the best place to do it, but it’s not the most flat,
You know that we had some, some little issues to get around once they figured out all the details. Hensley says the two organizations, fundraising, we had a big capital raise this year. We did it and then we were, we’re operating it,
But we should be able to run this rink for 10 to 12 years with our current equipment. And then long term, even after that, the R is made of a synthetic material and skating on it doesn’t cost people anything free skating, free skates,
Free rentals of helmets, all of the things, it’s all free. What do you think about that? I think it’s a great addition to downtown coming back and just kind of brings you into the haughty spirit. I am very excited. I skating. Um We have not been traditionally ice skating. I guess
We might get hooked. We have to keep on coming to ask if we can go down tomorrow. Yeah. Again, we just thought it was a great opportunity to go skating because it’s been years since we last skated, the R will be open Wednesday through Sunday every week until the end of January Wednesday,
Thursday, Friday from 4 to 8 p.m. and Saturday, Sunday from noon to eight. He says those hours could change just depending on demand. She encouraged people keep tabs on the downtown Boise website and Instagram just to be in the know about everything skating related. Well, Abby,
I’m interested to find out if falling on the synthetic ice hurts as much as the regular ice. I will be sure to report back. But Abby Davis reporting on Friday night. Thank you so much holiday seasons here.
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