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Whitefish work session: Vision 2045 update cites housing shortfall, open house set for community feedback
Summary
City staff and CZB consultants updated the Vision Whitefish 2045 land-use chapter, saying roughly 2,076–2,100 housing units will be needed by 2045 and that about 75% of that need will be for households earning under 120% of AMI; an open house is scheduled for tomorrow and public input will inform final recommendations.
Whitefish city staff and consultants gave a progress update on the Vision Whitefish 2045 growth-policy land-use chapter at a council work session, highlighting housing projections and outreach plans and confirming draft hearings in early 2025.
Alan, the city’s Long Range Planner and Vision Whitefish 2045 project manager, told the council the process moves from internal drafts to expert review and public review before additional work sessions and formal hearings. He said the transportation element consolidates multiple adopted plans into two composite maps for motorized and active modes and that housing and land-use elements will be brought to the planning commission and council in the coming months. "We make the revisions that we can when we get it to public review, and then we set it for a work session…
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