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NBCMontana
New housing community aims to boost homeownership in Kalispell
KALISPELL, Mont. — Hayden Homes officially celebrated the grand opening of its new Aspen Creek community in Kalispell on Wednesday. The project aims to address the gap between local incomes and rising housing costs in the valley and provide more attainable homeownership opportunities for local families and workers. The...
Hungry Horse News
Columbia Falls OKs new land use plan, zoning regulations
The Columbia Falls City Council Monday finalized a new Future Land Use Plan as well as zoning and subdivision regulations that are designed to comply with the mandates of the Montana Land Use Planning Act as well as set a future vision for growth. The state Land Use Planning Act brings sweeping changes to the way subdivisions and other housing projects are examined and approved in the future and drastically changes the way the public is involved. The city’s Land Use Plan, which is supposed to be updated every five years, focuses the city’s future growth both to the north on former Columbia Falls Aluminum Co. lands and to the west and southwest along Highway 2, South Hilltop and North Hilltop. It also targets about 24 acres around the Cedar Palace Medical Center off Twelfth Avenue West. The land around Highway 2 West is about 95 acres, the CFAC land, now owned by developer Mick Ruis is about 314 acres. It does not target land east of the river, but it also doesn’t change the zoning to a lower density like the county did. All of the lands are currently outside the city limits and would require extension of city
Flathead Beacon
Whitefish City Council Discusses Future of Resort Tax Community Housing Funds
With more than $20 million in resort tax collections for community housing initiatives anticipated by 2045, Whitefish city councilors on Monday discussed the future of the city’s evolving grant program tied to its local-option sales tax levy. City Manager Dana Meeker proposed utilizing the Community Housing Committee to develop...
KPAX
Hayden Homes expands home ownership opportunities in Kalispell
Flathead Beacon
Kalispell Planning Commission Reviews Proposed 95-Home Affordable Housing Development Off Highway 93 Bypass
A proposed development could provide Kalispell with more affordable housing located just off the U.S Highway 93 bypass. The project, Birchwood Planned Unit Development (PUD), is a large residential complex by Habitat for Humanity of Flathead Valley in partnership with private developers to create a mixed income community of homeowners.