Downtown Bicycle Lockers

The city is considering installing bicycle lockers in various downtown parking garages and has posted an online survey to gather feedback from the public. Northstar wholeheartedly supports the idea. Please take the time to fill out the survey and voice your support by clicking HERE.

Bicyclists to Lead Funeral Procession of Cyclist Jim Chu

Family asks local bicyclists to participate in unique memorial:

WHAT: Bicyclists will lead the funeral procession for Jim Chu from Boise to the burial service at Dry Creek cemetery in Eagle in a silent remembrance honoring Jim’s life and love of cycling.
Local bicyclists interested in participating are welcome to attend the memorial services in addition to participating in the procession. Helmets are required and the procession will be led by a motorcycle escort.

WHERE: The memorial will be held at Cathedral of the Rockies Emmaus Center, 717 N. 11th St. Corner of 11th and Hays in Boise. The procession will begin at the Cathedral and end shortly after it reaches Hill Road. The cars in the procession will then continue to Dry Creek Cemetery in Eagle.

WHEN: Friday, May 29, 2009. The memorial will begin at 1:00 PM the procession will begin once the memorial is over. Bicyclists interested in riding in the procession will need to be at the church at 1:45 p.m.

BIKE WEEK '09

Ride on down to the Basque Block tonight for BOISE BIKE WEEK's block party.

Northstar will be hosting a scavenger hunt, an alleycat race and bicycle polo. Live music and food/beverages will be provided. Visit the  Bike week SITE for more details.

Northstar in the News

Photo from The Idaho Statesman website.

Chris Butler's article about Northstar messengers appeared in today's Idaho Statesman. Click HERE to see the online version.

Northstar in the News

Chris Butler from the Idaho Statesman made this cool little clip about the messenger service: NORTHSTAR VIDEO.

The entire interview should appear in the paper's Business section next Wednesday. And you thought we were only big in Japan!

BOISE BIKE WEEK 2009

Mark your calendars: Thursday May 14th. Basque Block, downtown Boise, Idaho. Alleycat race, bike polo, beer, live music. More info at: BOISE BICYCLE PROJECT and at BOISE BIKE WEEK.

TBF Poster Special

Northstar is offering THINK BOISE FIRST members special Winter rates! 

Have us hang up to 100 flyers for your next event:

• Immediate, extensive, emissions-free distribution.
• High-visibility postings in Downtown, BSU, Hyde Park.
• No minimums, free pick-up.

Call 331-5056 today to take advantage of this exclusive, limited offer.

*Please mention the TBF Poster discount.

Hmmm...

Megan sent this to us today. Interesting idea, 

I'm curious to see how it works.

A bit more info at LightLane.

Thank You for Another Great Year...

Holiday Hours

WED 12/24: 8AM - 2PM, XMAS EVE

THU  12/25: CLOSED, XMAS DAY

WED 12/31: 8AM - 5PM, NEW YEAR'S EVE

THU  01/01: CLOSED, NEW YEAR'S DAY

Northstar Delivers Daily and "Weekly"

The Boise Weekly has recently contracted Northstar to deliver their papers in the downtown sector. We have some modified cargo trailers with 50 gallon plastic tubs to keep the news clean and dry. We're currently hitting about 80 stops every Wednesday morning and stocking close to 3,200 papers, all delivered in about 2.5 hours and like always, with zero emissions. 

Think Boise First

N* in print...

Northstar appeared in an article written about Boise's own Drake Cooper ad agency. 

The October issue of the photography trade magazine PDN featured reprints of the killer posters Joe and Jennie at DC made for us. The design world has certainly taken note of their extraordinary work and we look forward to printing and displaying the posters soon.

Northstar on the News

Channel 6 Living Green story about Ladd Pharmacy & Northstar Cycle Courier, click HERE.

Best of Boise!

For the second time in three years, Northstar received Best Bicycle Courier Service in The Boise Weekly's annual "Best of Boise" issue. Thanks, BW! Thanks, Boise!

New Day Rising

Well, plenty has happened here in Messengerville since we've posted anything about the biz. As you can see from the new logos and website we have undergone an extreme makeover as the good folks at Drake Cooper have been kind enough to take us under their design and marketing wing. We are currently producing some of the fun stuff associated with running a small business: new gear! Look for tee shirts, hats and stickers adorning everyone and everything in the very near future.  

 Our business is growing rapidly and we have found ourselves adapting to the changing needs of the marketplace. We are rolling strong with baskets, racks and trailers in order to accommodate the increased need for "green" cargo deliveries. We continue to expand into the legal sector and our poster distribution service is hopping.  

 As some of you may have noticed, I was gone for two weeks on paternity leave, enjoying time at home with my son Liam. An important delivery to say the least. I want to thank Warren for stepping up and keeping Northstar rolling so smoothly in my absence. Thanks, 88.

On this first day of autumn it's apparent there is change in the air and we here at Northstar are looking forward to it.

Patrick, Messenger #77, 9.22.08

Congratulations Kristen!

Northstar would like to congratulate Boise's own Kristen Armstrong for her Olympic gold medal performance in Beijing yesterday. Way to go K!

Northstar in the News

Channel 2 spoke with Warren from Northstar and Elaine from Ladd Pharmacy today. Check out the video version of the following text here.

Boise pharmacy gives a green spin to protect Mother Earth
By Meteorologist Jennifer Robbins

BOISE - One Boise pharmacy hopes to make a little green by going green, and it goes beyond their energy-efficient lighting. They are including a creative way to deliver medications, that is, the prescription pills poured at Ladd Family Pharmacy is delivered using foot-power.

"Pharmaceuticals travel easy by bike not particularly large or bulky," said Warren O'Dell of North Star Courier. "We are able to help them reduce their carbon footprint."
Ladd Family Pharmacy opened this week, and they partnered with North Star Courier to put a "green spin" on deliveries.
"There are more and more cars on the road everyday, creating more and more greenhouse emissions," O'Dell said.

Pharmacist Elaine Ladd says her store is built out of green materials and she hopes such a foundation will allow her to build on bigger goals, that is, protect Mother Earth from what she prescribes to her patients.
"Medicine and drugs are actually leeching into the water supply through the landfills and there hasn't been a proper disposal of medications, so I'd like to change that," said Elaine Ladd, Ladd Family Pharmacy owner and pharmacist.
It's a program called "Drug Take Back," but, first, it needs support from state government.
"That consist of actually changing policy and changing law, which is a long process," Ladd said.
The program allows people to bring expired drugs to their pharmacist, so they aren't dumped in the wrong places.
"We could hire a service that could actually destroy them properly," Ladd said.
But for now, Ladd hopes Boise's first of its kind pharmacy, will make Eco-friendly differences one delivery at a time.
According to a study by the US Pharmacist Publication, nearly 5,000-tons of pharmaceuticals are discarded annually in the United States.
Ladd says only a handful of states, including our neighbors in Oregon, are part of the "Medication Take-Back program," and right now, it's illegal in Idaho to take back your prescription drugs to pharmacists.


Find this article at:
http://www.2news.tv/news/26258159.html

Grand Opening!

Congratulations to Ladd Family Pharmacy on their grand opening.

Northstar is proud to lend our services to their new venture and we look forward to helping them continue with their success. 

Thanks to Kip and Elaine for letting us promote our independent business through yours, you guys are the best!

Ladd Family Pharmacy is located at 1109 S. Broadway (right next to the blue turf of Bronco Stadium). 

For more information please visit:  LaddFamilyRx

B+S Alleycat Saturday 07.05.08

Art by Noble Hardesty

What? Bars & Stripes Third Annual Alleycat Race with Northstar and the Boise Weekly
When? Saturday July 05, Registration 5:30, Race 7PM sharp!
Where? Start is Boise Weekly offices on 5th/Broad streets

Check out this weeks BW for the sweet, full-color back page ad with all the important details.
Thanks in advance to Noble at Test Tube Kitty, Red Hook Brewing, Embroidered Images and O'Michaels Pub.
See you Saturday night!