City Commissioners approved a $12,000 contract change for Great West Engineering for preliminary engineering and planning for a new stormwater pond in northeast Great Falls during their June 2 meeting. Commissioners approved the initial $77,062 agreement in September 2025 to “conduct a study, findings and recommendations in a report that identifies and evaluates rerouting the 3rd Avenue South trunkline to
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Janicki Industries has selected Great Falls for its $830 million expansion. During the Great Falls Development Alliance annual meeting on June 2, John Janicki said that after months of research, the company selected the 185.5-acre parcel in AgriTech industrial park on the east side of the city over Twin Falls/Jerome, Idaho. “We’re super excited to be part of your community,”
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Touro University is planning to add a law school to its Great Falls campus. The American Bar Association approved Touro Law Center to establish the Great Falls location, the university said on June 1. The proposed program will offer a hybrid learning model, combining in-person instruction with online coursework, making legal education accessible to working professionals, rural residents, and career
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City Commissioners unanimously approved a resolution during their May 19 meeting authorizing the issuance and negotiated sale of up to $3.8 million of revenue bonds within the East Industrial Park Tax Increment Financing District, more commonly known as AgriTech. The bond sale won’t be finalized until August, according to city staff. The resolution sets the terms and limitations of the
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The Great Falls planning board voted unanimously during their May 26 meeting to recommend approval of annexation and zoning for the Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians of Montana’s proposed Good Medicine housing development. The requested annexation and zoning next goes to the City Commission for final consideration. The Little Shell is requesting annexation of 18.4 acres and a planned
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Updated May 13 Local officials approved tax abatements for Janicki Industries during their May 12 meetings. Cascade County Commissioners approved two abatements, one for property tax and one for equipment, during their morning meeting. City Commissioners approved a property tax abatement during a special meeting Tuesday evening. Janicki requested the tax abatements for their prospective new expansion in AgriTech Park,
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The city’s new tax increment financing advisory board voted May 8 to recommend that the City Commission approve bonding against the AgriTech TIF for about $3.2 million to complete infrastructure improvements and reimburse developers for previously installed improvements. It was a second, special meeting on the request, since the three members of the five-member board in attendance couldn’t get enough
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After a two-hour hearing, the city planning board voted April 28 to postpone a decision on the Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians of Montana’s proposed Good Medicine housing development. The Little Shell is requesting annexation of 18.4 acres and a planned unit development zoning classification, with an underlying R-9 zoning, to develop two apartment buildings, each with 25 units,
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Updated April 28 to correct TIF district expiration and add GFPS information City Commissioners voted unanimously during their April 21 meeting to set a public hearing for May 12 on a tax abatement request from Janicki Industries for a site in AgriTech Park, on the east side of Great Falls, with about 185.5 acres within the city limits. Janicki is considering
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City Commissioners unanimously approved the vacation of a portion of 10th Alley South for the planned Chick-fil-A at 721 10th Ave. S. Alleys are public rights-of-way maintained by the street. Vacating an alley or street means the city is transferring ownership and maintenance responsibility of that space to a private property owner and it is no longer public property. The
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