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Missoula County cites impact fees, zoning and buy‑back water deals as tools to spur housing and jobs
Summary
Commissioner Josh Slotnik said the county has adopted impact fees to finance water capacity in Lolo, supported neighborhood planning and zoning in the Swan, and described a public–private Y‑area water system where private builders funded a roughly $6 million system that the public will buy back for about $5.3 million repayable with TIF‑style funds.
Missoula County Commissioner Josh Slotnik told the City Club forum that the county is using a mix of neighborhood planning, impact fees and public–private partnerships to create the infrastructure needed for housing and economic development.
Slotnik said the county and local partners developed a vision for the Highway 200 corridor with neighbors and a metropolitan planning organization but later lost a "$20 million, 20 plus million" federal grant for the project; he described that loss as an example of how federal volatility can…
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