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Residents urge council to hold city land for housing and raise concerns about Midtown Commons plan
Summary
Several residents told the Missoula City Council on March 9 they want city-owned land retained for affordable housing, and neighborhood leaders raised environmental, traffic-safety and transparency concerns about the Midtown Commons development and MRA procurement.
Multiple members of the public used the March 9 Missoula City Council meeting to press the city on housing and development decisions tied to the Midtown Commons project.
Carrie Schreiber of the Southgate Triangle leadership team told council that about 50 residents attended a recent Midtown Commons meeting and raised five central concerns: the proposed park size, alignment of the plan with the Midtown master plan and the land-use plan, risk of displacement and gentrification, environmental impacts from removing trees and altering a lowland waterway…
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