Updated April 28 to correct the TIF district expiration date Janicki Industries is considering Great Falls and Twin Falls, Idaho as finalists as it selects the site for an estimated $830 million expansion. The company has said tax incentives and infrastructure support will be key factors in the final decision. During their Tuesday meeting, City Commissioners will consider setting a
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Great Falls is a finalist for a potential manufacturing facility expansion for Janicki Industries, a privately-owned engineering and manufacturing company. Great Falls is one of two locations Janicki is considering for its expansion. The other is the Twin Falls/Jerome area in Idaho. The company expects to decide before the end of May, Erin Hurley, Janicki’s marketing manager, told The Electric.
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The Cascade County Zoning Board of Adjustment voted 3-2 during their April 16 meeting to deny a special use permit for a substance abuse treatment facility to expand from eight to 16 beds. The facility, Healing the Circle Lodge, opened last summer at 2601 Jasper Road. Several area residents spoke in opposition to the permit with concern over property values,
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The city’s new tax increment financing advisory board is scheduled to meet for the first time at 2 p.m. April 7. No agenda has yet been posted on the city website. City Commissioners appointed the fifth member, Don Ryan, during a February meeting as the county representative, which is required under a 2025 state law change. Ryan is a former
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City Commissioners unanimously adopted a resolution of intent during their March 17 meeting to vacate a portion of 10th Alley South for the planned Chick-fil-A at 721 10th Ave. S. A public hearing on the alley vacation is scheduled for April 21. Alleys are public rights of way maintained by the street. Vacating an alley, or street, means the city is
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City Commissioners will be asked to adopt a resolution of intent during their March 17 meeting to vacate a portion of 10th Alley South for the planned Chick-fil-A at 721 10th Ave. S. Staff is recommending approval and that commissioners set the public hearing for April 21. The request does not include vacating the alley portion adjacent to existing houses
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The city is planning to launch the pilot phase of its proposed strategic capital investment reserve, or SCIR, program. It’s a funding mechanism established when it increased utility rates by about 27 percent last summer with the goal of expanding utility infrastructure and “support strategic development that aligns with adopted community plans,” according to the city. Staff are planning to
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Cascade County Commissioners voted unanimously during a Feb. 27 special meeting to reverse the Zoning Board of Adjustment’s December decision to extend special use permits for Madison Food Park projects. The decision effectively denies the permit extensions, rendering them expired and Madison Food Park would have to start the permit process over. The ZBOA voted unanimously to extend Madison Food
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Cascade County Commissioners will consider an appeal during a special Feb. 27 meeting of the county zoning board’s December decision to extend Madison Food Park’s special use permits for the cheese, distillery and vitamin facilities. Stacy Hermiller, a county resident, filed the appeal dated Jan. 14 and shared it with The Electric as the document has not been included in
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The city solicited applications for a county representative to the tax increment financing advisory committee for a four-year term through Dec. 31, 2029. The opening was posted for a week, opening on Feb. 6 and closing on Feb. 13. The applicant must be a Cascade County employee to be considered, according to the city’s vacancy posting. The city received one
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