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Community groups tell council growth‑policy process limits public participation; ShelterWF warns against removing mixed‑use
Summary
Speakers from ShelterWF and Citizens for a Better Flathead told the Whitefish City Council they fear the growth policy update and planning process are limiting meaningful public participation and that removing mixed‑use references would undermine multimodal goals.
Two community speakers told the Whitefish City Council the city's growth policy update requires closer attention to public participation and to preserving mixed‑use planning language.
Keegan Siebenaler, executive director of ShelterWF, said public comments on the transportation element were "generally quite positive" but that a downtown business group had urged the planning commission to remove references to mixed use. He argued mixed use is supported broadly by community members and the Whitefish Youth Council and called mixed use zoning a…
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