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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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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A group of local nonprofit agencies and the school district are working to serve the unhoused population in Cascade County. During an Oct. 20 meeting with Cascade County Commissioners, representatives from Alliance for Youth, Family Promise and St. Vincent de Paul discussed their effort to develop a transitional housing facility. The group received a planning grant through the Montana Healthcare
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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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City staff reviewed the options for using tax increment financing funds toward workforce housing and determined it doesn’t really meet the identified need of filling upper downtown floors, but commissioners instructed staff to continue working on making it an available tool for property owners and developers. In March, representatives from Great Falls Development Alliance, NeighborWorks Great Falls, Home Builders Association of Great Falls and
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City Commissioners unanimously approved an amendment to the annexation agreement for the second phase of Eagle’s Crossing during their Sept. 2 meeting. Commissioners approved the original agreement in March 2007 for this phase of of the development with a provision requiring the property owner to complete all public infrastructure improvements within two years. In 2029, the developer submitted a request
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City Commissioners approved two agreements in August for Community Development Block Grant funding. The first is $24,000 to the Montana Legal Services Association for the Montana Housing Justice Project. The agency is using the funds to support legal service for their Montana Housing Justice Project, which will provide legal service to 15 low-moderate income individuals or families, who are experiencing
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City Commissioners unanimously approved annexation and zoning during their Aug. 19 meeting for a new single family residential subdivision south of the main Peak location. The proposal for Peace Harbor subdivision from KIB Homes would create 30 single family lots in the first phase, with a total of 67 single family lots over two phases. The city planning board voted unanimously
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County Commissioners voted during their Aug. 12 meeting to start the process to donate about 10 acres of county-owned property to NeighborWorks Great Falls for the development of affordable housing at 2nd Avenue Northwest and 22nd Street Northwest. The land was gifted to the county by the Roman Catholic bishop of Great Falls in 1977 to be developed into baseball
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Neighborhood Council 4 will review a proposal for a 154-pad mobile home park at 4600 7th Ave. N. during their July 24 meeting. The proposal for IX Blessings mobile home park includes annexing about 25 acres and assigning R-10 mobile home park zoning for the establishment of 154 manufactured home pads. The applicant is Caleb Morey of IX Blessings and
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