🌱 Treefort's New Home + Boise Shoplifting Rise + Missing Meridian Man

Hey, everybody! I'm back with your fresh edition of the Boise Daily, fresh off the presses. Let's get this Wednesday started off right, with a quick guide to everything you need to know about what's going on these days in town. Today's briefing includes updates on...

• If you enjoyed their food truck, a couple is opening a brick-and-mortar downtown location in Boise.
• We had to include two stories of real people, buried in Boise cemeteries, that are creepy and spooky for the season.
• You could be the one to help out local law enforcement and a family looking for a missing adult man.

But first, today's weather:

Plenty of sunshine. High: 80 Low: 45.

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Here are the top stories today in Boise:

1. Starting in 2023, Julia Davis Park will be the new home for the Treefort Music Festival writes KIVI-TV's Nicole Camarda. The previous location, a parking lot on Grove and 12th Street in downtown Boise, will soon be an apartment complex. The next Treefort Music Fest, Treefort 11, is March 22-26, 2023. (kivitv)
2. There are more people walking out of stores without paying than ever before. CBS2 reporter Mickaela Elich writes Boise Police are reporting a record number of shoplifting cases this year. Police say the rising numbers are not because of locals, but bands of traveling thieves making Boise a regular stop. (Idaho News)
3. If you previously enjoyed a sandwich at Parkside Market on 11th and Idaho streets near Cherie Buckner-Webb Park, you are out of luck. The upscale shop closed, but a new bistro is now up and running in the same location. BoiseDev managing editor Gretchen Parsons reports Anny and Sean Frampton, the husband-and-wife duo behind Green Acres Food Truck Park, have opened Green’s Market in its place. (boisedev.com)
4. We are just a few weeks away from Halloween so now is a good time for two stories involving Boise cemeteries. FromBoise's Marissa starts with the story of Edith Pashak, a resident of Morris Hill Cemetery. Pashak was a member of The Home of Truth, a group believing Pashak could be revived after her death. The second story involves a well-known stranger to Sacred Heart Church in Boise, William Toomey. Toomey, buried in Dry Creek Cemetery, has been featured on Unsolved Mysteries and to this date, his true identity is still unknown. (fromboise)
5. Meridian Police are asking the public's assistance to find a missing vulnerable adult. KTVB-TV staff report Robert Trotter, 77, of Meridian was last seen leaving the Central Valley Baptist Church around 11 a.m. Sunday. He was last seen driving a 2018 Jeep Renegade with an ID license plate reading 001K1G. (ktvb)

Today in Boise:

• The Special Events Team for the City of Boise convenes Wednesday morning. (9:30 a.m.)
• Wednesday is the day for the whole family at the Boise Public Library featuring Family Storytime. (10:30 a.m.)
• The regular monthly meeting of the Boise Public Library Board of Trustees is scheduled for Wednesday. (11:30 a.m.)
• The meeting of the Development Impact Fee Advisory Committee, previously scheduled for Wednesday, has been canceled. (Noon)
• Tired of the traffic, the crowds, the neighbors. Join at live question and answer Zoom call and learn how to How to Build Your Dream Off-Grid Farm. (8 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• From Boise: "You have until this Thursday to enter the October Giveaway of your dreams. Winner gets four tickets to @lowefamilyfarmstead and two tickets to any @duckclubboise show (except sold out ones) of their choice." (From Boise via Instagram)
• Boise State University: "Intertribal Native Council (@inc_bsu) student organization, with support from @boisestate_ec, hosted an Indigenous Peoples' Day event today on the quad." (Boise State University via Instagram)
• Idaho Botanical Garden: "Starting a Karen fan club, who's in? (For context: Karen is the volunteer manager at the Garden, and she's incredible — not an opinion, this is a fact.) Become a volunteer here: https://idahobotanicalgarden.org/support/volunteer." (Idaho Botanical Garden via Facebook)
• Boise Little Theater: "Our director, Frank White, sharing how 'Arsenic and Old Lace' is a must-see show. Boise Little Theatre presents 'Arsenic and Old Lace' only every 25 years due to its iconic status, so come see it as we celebrate our 75th year!" (Boise Little Theater via Instagram)
• US National Weather Service Boise Idaho: "Temperatures will be around 10-15 degrees above normal through this week. No precipitation expected. #idwx #orwx" (US National Weather Service Boise Idaho via Facebook)
• Ballet Idaho: "Idaho is home to five federally recognized tribes: the Shoshone-Bannock, the Shoshone-Paiute, the Coeur d’Alene, the Kootenai, and the Nez Perce. Shoshone and Bannock tribes lived in the area now known as Boise." (Ballet Idaho via Facebook)

You're officially in the loop for today. See you all tomorrow for another update!

— John Braese

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