The city of Boise is $1 million richer.
The city won that prize, not to mention global recognition, with an idea to lower the cost of utilities for affordable housing using sustainable energy.
In particular, Mayor Lauren McLean and staffers relied on the city’s well-known — at least locally — geothermal energy capability to come up with a unique entry in the Bloomberg Philanthropies 2025 Mayors Challenge: using that geothermal to heat affordable-housing units…