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The season was made better with Schweitzer being named #3 for
Tree Skiing, and in Ski Magazine’s Top 25 Ski Resorts. In
early spring, AskMen.com named Sandpoint to its Top 10 US
Resort Towns. We are fortunate in North Idaho with our vast
Lake Pend Oreille, grand mountain ranges, and continuing good
economy. Even our Real Estate market continues to be
successful, with affordable prices making a comeback, and
sales still robust. The press takes notice year after year,
with Sandpoint being called the
West’s
best small town by Sunset Magazine, and one of
America’s
Best Dream Towns by Outside Magazine, naming
Sandpoint the “cool Northwest’s hot property.” Other winning
articles were National Geographic voting Sandpoint a Top 10
Adventure Town, and features in
USA Today,
Forbes,
MSNBC,
and
Smart Money
Magazine. Perhaps Cabin
Life, Cabin Living said it best calling our community “the
quintessential Western outdoor lover’s town.”
Other factors that make the Idaho Panhandle a wonderful
place to be are the art and events that fill the year, and
true small town appeal. The region is headquarters for many national
companies such as Coldwater Creek, Buck Knives, Unicep Packaging, Thorne
Research, Litehouse Foods, Quest Aircraft, and more.
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We
enjoy low,
low unemployment, the second largest lake in the west, and the
Pacific Northwest’s best ski resort. We like it here. Plus,
more is on our horizon, with the prospects of our first
university, and growth that, while robust, is still measured.
Summers have more sports than many cities & year-round the
fine people of the community have festivals and events
that make the heart happy. There are truly few places left like
North Idaho. Explore Sandpoint Central and learn all about
area fun and events,
and what's going on in
the Panhandle, on our lakes, on the slopes, and in the surrounding mountains.
The Sandpoint Story
So, now that
Sandpoint, North Idaho, Schweitzer Ski Resort, and Lake
Pend Oreille have got your attention, you want to know the
inside story. In the last few years we have had literally
dozens of articles, television shows, news reports, etc., that
have touted our area as the paradise of the West. Sure, we
have some of the same issues that most communities our size
have to tackle, but the good far outpaces the bad. Tourism and traffic
has grown, but that has grown our business base, and it still
only takes minutes to get anywhere.
Read the
rest of the Story
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