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ShelterWF warns Whitefish growth plan may "downzone" neighborhoods, urges broader infill
Summary
ShelterWF told the council the draft growth policy effectively downzones much of Whitefish and concentrates future housing on a few lots (estimated ~1,500 units across 1.5 lots), which the group says risks sprawl and misses opportunities for workforce housing close to downtown.
Keegan Sebenholler, executive director of ShelterWF, told the council during public communications that the draft growth policy and land-use plan is "conceptually off the mark" and amounts to a downzoning for the vast majority of the city.
Sebenholler cited specific areas where current zoning (WR4/WR3, etc.) is proposed to be changed to "suburban neighborhood," and noted an…
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