Down but far from out
DEVIN WEEKS | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 4 years, 5 months AGO
Ballard Golf Cars and Power Sports on Warren Street in Hayden is operating all business out of its showroom after a fire destroyed its shop across the street.
Photo courtesy of Ballard Golf Cars and Power Sports
Devin Weeks is a third-generation North Idaho resident. She holds an associate degree in journalism from North Idaho College and a bachelor's in communication arts from Lewis-Clark State College Coeur d'Alene. Devin embarked on her journalism career at the Coeur d'Alene Press in 2013. She worked weekends for several years, covering a wide variety of events and issues throughout Kootenai County. Devin now mainly covers education, entertainment, human interest stories and serves as the editor of North Idaho Live Well magazine. She enjoys delivering daily chuckles through the Ghastly Groaner and loves highlighting local people in the Fast Five segment that runs in CoeurVoice. Devin lives in Post Falls with her husband and their two eccentric and very needy cats. | April 18, 2022 1:08 AM
HAYDEN — Ballard Golf Cars and Power Sports may be down a building, but it is definitely not out of business.
A fire of unknown origin consumed a Ballard Golf and Power shop that housed golf carts and small engine repair at 11494 N. Warren St., in Hayden on Tuesday night.
Since the fire, the company has shifted all of its business to the showroom across the street.
"We’re just in the beginning of, 'Where do we go from here?'" Ballard Golf and Power employee Chanda Rayner said Friday. "There's definitely a plan to rebuild."
She said the community is welcome to come on down and take a look.
"Check out our inventory," Rayner said. "We’re one of the few in the area that has inventory of ATVs and UTVs."
The cause of the fire that consumed the shop is under investigation. Fire authorities said it was not suspicious.
Rayner said she and her team feel blessed by the outpouring of love and support from the community.
"We got a lot of work to do, but everybody seems in good spirits moving forward," she said.
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