A Mining Town With a Bleak Past Starts to Blossom. Kellogg, Idaho

January 20, 2008

“Our thought was, ‘Can we get something very affordable, enjoy it and see some appreciation,’ ” Mr. Greenwell said. “And it’s worked out pretty well.”

The couple are part of a wave of outdoors-oriented second-home buyers who are making over the once woebegone Silver Valley, which straddles Idaho’s panhandle. Kellogg is reinventing itself, as buildings are being renovated and condos and lofts built. And those who have a second-home pioneer spirit are taking notice.

By MATTHEW PREUSCH

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