The Little Shell Tribe of the Chippewa Indians are requesting to annex 18.4 acres into the City of Great Falls for development of 41 single family homes, 18 townhomes and 46 apartments. The proposed project, dubbed Good Medicine, will go before Neighborhood Council 3 on Dec. 4. The project must also go before the planning board and city commission but
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City staff are recommending that City Commissioners accept the lone bid for the purchase of the former Community Recreation Center at 801 2nd Ave. N. Bids were due by 10 a.m. Nov. 19 when they were opened in the Civic Center and the one received was from the childcare facility currently leasing the building for the minimum bid of $800,000. Laurie
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A 152-unit housing development is proposed the east side of Great Falls. The development is on the agenda for the Nov. 20 Neighborhood Council 4 meeting. The project area, known as Beebe tracts, is located on the north side of 3rd Avenue South, between 57th and 60th streets south. The applicant, Cal Kunkel, is planning to turn the 19.2 acres
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The 2 million-square-foot “hyperscale data center campus” proposed for Great Falls by Atlanta-based Ardent TAC Data Centers is off. The company was planning an investment of $1 billion to $1.5 billion on a 569-acre site adjacent to the AgriTech Park. Great Falls Development Alliance announced the project with Ardent during their June 17 annual meeting. Jolene Schalper, GFDA vice president, told The Electric
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Gov. Greg Gianforte and Mike Rowe, host of Dirty Jobs, joined community members to celebrate the High School House program, a collaboration between NeighborWorks Great Falls and Great Falls Public Schools. The two men toured the 48th High School House, currently under construction at 1314 6th Ave. S., and visited with the construction students. They also signed a wall inside
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In a 4-1 vote, Great Falls City Commissioners approved up to $425,000 of park maintenance district funds toward repairs at Voyagers Stadium during their Nov. 4 meeting. Commissioner Shannon Wilson voted against the request. The city owns the stadium and has leased it to the Great Falls Baseball Club since 1999. The Enbar ownership group bought the Voyagers last year. The funding
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Calumet Montana Refining said on Oct. 22 that it had reached a settlement with the Montana Department of Revenue over a multi-year tax dispute. Calumet said it reached an agreement over the “fair market value” of the refinery for tax years 2022-2005 in September. The DOR has not responded to The Electric seeking confirmation and additional details. Cascade County Commissioner
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Updated Oct. 21 City staff are proposing the creation of a tax increment advisory committee to comply with a new state law that went into effect Oct. 1. They’re also proposing that those who already serve on another city board be able to serve on the TIF board since “many qualified professionals with TIF, land use or similar experience or
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The Berkshire Hathaway Energy Foundation has donated $1.4 million to Great Falls College Montana State University to establish a first-of-its-kind grid operator training program. The donation will fund the creation of a full-scale grid operations training center on the Great Falls campus, marking the first time a U.S. grid operator program will feature a dedicated on-campus training facility, according to
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The city planning board unanimously voted to recommend annexation and zoning for a proposed 154-pad manufactured home park at 4600 7th Ave. N. on the east end of Great Falls during their Oct. 14 meeting. The proposal for IX Blessings development includes annexing about 25 acres and assigning R-10 mobile home park zoning for the establishment of 154 manufactured home
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