What Boise will look like in the next 50 years depends on what it decides to keep from the last 50.
That’s why the city is launching an update to its Historic Preservation Plan, which will determine which aspects of Boise’s identity the city prioritizes protecting — and what it’s willing to change — as it manages a prolonged stretch of breakneck growth.
The revised document also aims to reconcile preservation goals with Boise’s 2023 modern zoning code. The new land-use map encourages housing, density and mixed commercial and residential development — three things that can be hard to square with historic districts…