Article from the Missoulian – to read full article click HERE Before the snow flies this fall, I recommend you get out on your bicycle. Missoula has a wonderful bicycle/pedestrian trail system, and the city of Missoula recently completed a couple of major off-road trail connections that are real enhancements for our community. Soon you […]
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By John Horner /Missoulian The Missoula Downtown Association strongly supports the use of tax increment financing to assist Play Ball Missoula with the debt on the baseball stadium that will be owned by the City of Missoula. Tax increment financing is a tool to leverage private investment in an urban renewal district. This facility is […]
By Joe Nickell/Missoulian Enhancement of Silver Park Area in Missoula Pedestrians and bicyclists on Missoula’s west side will soon enjoy a much less circuitous connection to the Riverfront Trail, thanks to a short yet vital new bridge being constructed near the south end of the California Street footbridge in the Silver Park area. Situated in […]
Article from Missoulian – to see full article click HERE U.S. Sen. Jon Tester got a close look Wednesday at the way a $1.825 million earmark would be a boon for Missoula commuters – and the Old Sawmill District. On an afternoon tour of the site, the Montana Democrat said he is optimistic – albeit […]
By Keila Szpaller/Missoulian Cleanup of Former Industrial Site Remediation and cleanup in Missoula of the old industrial site has taken many years and many more hoops to jump through, but progress has been made. Dirt at the former Champion sawmill site is clean, according to the Montana Department of Environmental Quality. “We’ve met a major […]
By Keila Szpaller/Missoulian Timber Shelters in Silver Park at Old Sawmill District Their toil means others can rest a while, shaded at the edge of the Clark Fork River. In the last couple of weeks, instructors with the Timber Framers Guild and timber framers from around the country landed in Missoula and put up three […]
Article from Missoulian – to read full article click HERE The history of timber in Montana is one theme of a new city park that will come together along the Clark Fork River. Silver Park is slated to be a 14.5-acre stretch of greenery, art, trails and timber frame shelters in a district called the […]
By Deirdre McNamer/New York Times-Opinion Pages Missoula, Mont. Sometimes I’ll sit on the front steps of our yellow bungalow and think about swimming up through 2,000 feet of water to catch a breath. It’s what I would have had to do 12,000 years ago when the Missoula Valley was the bottom of a stupendously big […]
By Allison Lynn/MSN In many ways, Stuart Isett’s situation typifies the recent housing slump. After trying unsuccessfully to sell their home outside Chicago last year, Isett and his family recently put the home back on the market with a lower price and renewed hopes. But Isett also is in the unfortunate position of seeing the […]
Article from Missoula – to see full article click HERE After years of work and hours of public comment, the Missoula City Council unanimously approved a development plan for the Champion mill site. On Tuesday morning, participants were exhausted but celebratory over the decision late Monday night. Every council member was present, and even those […]