Category: Newsletter
The weekly Land Use Planning Brief — archived issues.
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Columbia Falls’ Largest-Ever Subdivision Breaks Ground, Whitefish Revisits Its Growth Policy — The Brief, September 21, 2026
Columbia Falls’ 421-home Teakettle Heights breaks ground, Whitefish reworks Vision Whitefish 2045, and Kalispell weighs land for affordable housing. Read it →
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Flathead County’s $209 Million Budget Funds New Jail, Lakeside Clears Water for 350-Home Resort — The Brief, August 31, 2026
Flathead County adopts a $209 million budget that funds its new jail, the Lakeside water board leases water to a 350-home resort… Read it →
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Whitefish Moves to Shield Downtown from 60-Foot Buildings, Three Cities Adopt Budgets — The Brief, August 24, 2026
Whitefish’s planning commission advances a plan to protect downtown from 60-foot buildings, all three city councils adopt their FY2027 budgets, and the… Read it →
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Flathead’s Fifth Resident-Owned Community, Three Cities Finalize Budgets — The Brief, August 17, 2026
Fifty-five manufactured homes become resident-owned, three city councils finalize budgets, and Whitefish takes up Vision 2045 amendments. Read it →
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Kalispell Ranked State’s Least Affordable, Habitat’s 95-Home Birchwood Approved — The Brief, August 10, 2026
New University of Montana data ranks Kalispell the state’s least affordable market, the council approves Habitat’s 95-home Birchwood subdivision, and two city… Read it →
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What Data Centers Would Mean for Montana, Kalispell’s 95-Home Habitat Vote — The Brief, August 3, 2026
A University of Montana forum lays out the economics of data centers, the Kalispell council votes on Habitat’s 95-home Birchwood subdivision, and… Read it →
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Flathead Housing Market Settles into “Balanced” Territory? Kalispell Adopts $300M in Facility Plans — The Brief, July 27, 2026
Realtors say rising inventory has settled the valley into a balanced market, Kalispell adopts its water and sewer facility plans, and Columbia… Read it →
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Bigfork Grapples with Local Control, Whitefish Eyes Impact-Fee Cut — The Brief, July 20, 2026
Bigfork wrestles with development pressure and no local government, Kalispell weighs a $300 million utility plan, and Whitefish moves to cut impact… Read it →
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CFAC Superfund Cleanup, Kalispell 95-Home Project — The Brief, July 13, 2026
CFAC agrees to a $57.6 million Superfund cleanup, and Habitat’s 95-home Birchwood project gets a public hearing in Kalispell. Read it →