Downtown development director returns after stepping down in February – East Idaho News

Editor’s observe: Parts of this story have been taken from an Idaho Falls Downtown Growth Company information launch.

IDAHO FALLS – Idaho Falls Downtown Growth Company’s Board of Administrators is happy to announce Catherine Smith has rejoined the downtown group as Government Director.

Smith joined the Idaho Falls Downtown Growth Company in 2017. In February, she stepped right down to take a job with the Idaho Nationwide Laboratory.

Smith tells EastIdahoNews.com she returned just because she missed being part of downtown improvement initiatives.

“The INL supplied me an superior alternative and I’m grateful for the expertise however I simply merely missed the work downtown. The individuals, the work and the initiatives on the horizon — it was too arduous to stroll away and go away,” Smith says. “I’m so glad the IFDDC Board of Administrators employed me again!”

RELATED | Downtown improvement director stepping right down to tackle new function at INL

Downtown Idaho Falls continues a trajectory of vibrant progress and momentum. At the moment, with a number of historic buildings present process renovations and new companies opening their doorways in downtown Idaho Falls, the thrill is palpable. This progress persists from an amazing 2021 during which hundreds of thousands of {dollars} of improvement have been invested in downtown improvement, together with small distinctive companies opening their doorways. Present companies downtown maintained a stable path for achievement.

Along with supporting the thriving financial well being of downtown, extra improvement initiatives are within the works, together with public artwork, group occasions such because the SpringBrew in June, beautification and communications to assist downtown companies broadly. The main focus of IFDDC will stay squarely on supporting the financial system and entrepreneurship discovered within the historic core of the town.

“I sincerely can’t consider a extra certified particular person that may hold IFDDC and the entire downtown relationships shifting in a constructive path – and we’re past excited to have Catherine lead our group,” IFDDC Board Chairman Kevin Cutler says.

Smith is a fourth-generation Idahoan and is tied to her native and regional group by way of nonprofit work and volunteerism. She serves as Vice President of the Idaho Falls Rotary Membership, Vice President of the Civitan’s Membership, Chair of the East Regional Council for the Idaho Group Basis, serves on the Board of Administrators of the District 91 Training Basis, Higher Idaho Falls Space Chamber of Commerce, is a Commissioner of the Idaho Falls Historic Preservation Fee, and is the Government Secretary of the Jap Idaho Agriculture Corridor of Fame.

In 2019 she was acknowledged with the 2019 Idaho APAP Management Award. She is a graduate of the Management Idaho Falls program from the Higher Idaho Falls Chamber of Commerce and was acknowledged as a Distinguished Underneath 40 award winner. She has additionally labored for the Idaho Group Basis, Idaho Falls Arts Council, Publish Register, and the Idaho Fee on the Arts.