The draft of the Great Falls Wayfinding Plan is available for public comment on the Business Improvement District’s website or the Explore Great Falls Wayfinding project Facebook page. The community is encouraged to read and submit comments through Oct. 26. The draft plan includes, maps, sign designs and a project narrative. Ultimately the plan serves as the first step for the
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The city planning board unanimously voted to recommend approval of annexation and zoning for a proposed 48-unit apartment complex on a 2.15 acre parcel on the corner of Skyline Drive Northwest and 6th Street Northwest. The developer, Skyline Heights, LLC, is proposing four 12-plex multi-family buildings to be built in phases over multiple years. 48-unit apartment complex proposed for Skyline Drive
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The City of Great Falls has a contract with United Materials of Great Falls, Inc. for the replacement of water mains and street reconstruction on 5th and 6th Avenues North from Park Drive to 7th Street North and on Park Drive from 4th Avenue North to 5th Avenue North. Beginning Oct. 14th through Oct. 16, weather permitting, 5th and 6th
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A 48-unit apartment complex is proposed for a 2.15 acre parcel on the corner of Skyline Drive Northwest and 6th Street Northwest. The developer, Skyline Heights, LLC, is proposing four 12-plex multi-family buildings to be built in phases over multiple years. On Oct. 13, the city planning board will consider the developer’s request to annex to parcel and assign R-6
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The Montana Department of Transportation is wrapping up the Fox Farm/Ulm project this week. According to an update from MDT, paving has been completed throughout the project and crews have finished painting the new roads. Construction continues in Fox Farm, Marketplace area this week Drivers can expect roads to begin opening to all lanes of traffic as construction winds down,
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During their Oct. 6 meeting, City Commissioners will consider annexation of about 40 acres for a proposed four-lot subdivision, including a truck wash facility, near the new Gore Hill water tower. The annexation got initial approval during the Aug. 25 city planning board meeting when the board also recommended annexation of 2.1 acres along Stuckey Road for the Little Shell Tribe
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The Downtown Development Partnership is renewing the effort to convert the downtown one-ways to two-way traffic. Scott Reasoner, a downtown business owner, sent an email in August to the Business Improvement District asking about their appetite to revisit that discussion in an effort to make more space for pedestrians and outdoor dining. Joan Redeen, community manager for the BID, brought
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The Montana Department of Transportation is beginning a new project on Highway 87 north of Great Falls. This seven-mile project area will not fully impact the roadway until spring of 2021 but to ready the area for spring work, Schellinger crews will be placing embankment throughout the work zone this fall. As large equipment is in the area, drivers may
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Annexation of 40.54 acres for a proposed four-lot subdivision, including a truck wash facility, near the new Gore Hill water tower got initial approval during the Aug. 25 city planning board meeting. The board also voted to recommend approval for annexation of 2.1 acres along Stuckey Road for the Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians of Montana. The Tribe owns
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Since COVID has hindered plans for public meetings, the group working on the city’s wayfinding plan is hosting a free scavenger hunt. The Great Falls Wayfinding Plan Expedition Scavenger Hunt is open through 5 p.m. Aug. 31. Participants will use clues provided by organizers and their knowledge of Great Falls locate and travel to destinations scattered throughout the city. All
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