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Business groups urge Kalispell to prioritize downtown parking, wayfinding and grant-backed improvements
Summary
A coalition of downtown business groups and the Kalispell Business Improvement District told the City Council they are organizing to revive downtown commerce, identifying parking as the top barrier and urging modest investments such as wayfinding signage and grant matching to spur reinvestment.
Bill Mosley, chairman of the Kalispell Chamber of Commerce and the Downtown Forward Coalition, told the Kalispell City Council that downtown business leaders have formed four working groups to address infrastructure, business advocacy, activation and engagement and have collected 36 survey responses from downtown businesses. “Parking is by far what people perceive to be the biggest challenge,” Mosley said, noting only 17 percent of respondents said they would definitely expand downtown.
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