Big Sky Cheese is back on the agenda for the Cascade County Zoning Board of Adjustment at their Aug. 28 meeting at 5:30 p.m. at the Family Living Center at Montana Expo Park. The special use permit application for Big Sky Cheese will be the first item on the agenda, according to the county planning department. The ZBOA could vote
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The Cascade County Zoning Board of Adjustment again postponed a decision on the special use permit application from Big Sky Cheese. During the ZBOA’s July 22 meeting, county staff said they recommended postponing a decision so the public has enough time to review the additional information Big Sky Cheese provided to the county on July 11. Staff said they also
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Cascade County is reorganizing the Public Works department. The changes are coming as the department director is retiring from the position and moving to a full-time job with Alluvion Health. He will be filling a newly created part-time position to continue overseeing special projects within the county, effective Aug. 1. The county is splitting key functions within the department into
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During the June 27 public hearing on the Big Sky Cheese special use permit application, the Cascade County Zoning Board of Adjustment requested additional information on the project. The company’s principal member is Edward Friesen, who is also the principal in Madison Food Park, a proposed agricultural processing complex on U.S. Highway 89, a few miles outside the Great Falls
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Pizazz Expansion Pizazz is expanding into the former Fox’s jewelry space on the corner of Central Avenue and 4th Street. The grand opening is scheduled for July 31. In the space, they’re opening a gourmet market, take-n-go deli, selling local and international foods and spices plus wine, beer, spirits, even a few beers on tap. “We are committed to being
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A decision on the proposed cheese plant just east of the city limit won’t be made until at least July. The Cascade County Zoning Board of Adjustment met June 27 to consider a special use permit application from Big Sky Cheese for a value-added agricultural commodity processing facility at 8346 U.S. Highway 89. The project is tied to the proposed
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Goats are back at Malmstrom Air Force Base for the last year of their three-year contract for weed management. The herd of 600 Spanish Boer Cross goats arrived last week and will be on base for about eight weeks chowing down on invasive weeds. This year’s herd has 300 nannies and 300 kids, according to Ryan Joslin, the herder on
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A public hearing on the Big Sky Cheese application has been scheduled for 5 p.m. June 27 in the Family Living Center at Expo Park. Big Sky Cheese applied in April for a special use permit for a value-added agricultural commodity processing facility. Cheese processing plant proposed as first part of Madison Food Park; application submitted to Cascade County planning
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The Great Falls Development Authority has approved a $2.27 million bridge loan package to the Madison Food Park for their Bid Sky Cheese project. Madison Food Park has submitted an application for a special use permit in April and no hearing before the Zoning Board of Adjustment has yet been scheduled, according to the county planning office. Cheese processing
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A number of people associated with the Montana Expo Park met Tuesday morning to identify any other issues with the draft improvement plan that should be addressed as the consultant works on the additional study for the livestock zone. The Great Falls Tourism Business Improvement District already conducted studies determining that a multipurpose event space would be feasible in Great
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