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This initiative ultimately helped create what
is now known as the Missoula Economic
Partnership, an organization funded by both
private and public dollars whose services
not only involve attracting new business to
Missoula, but improving opportunities for
those already established here. To advance
workforce housing needs, the Mayor’s Of-
fice and City Council have also worked on
resolutions that have led to affordable hous-
ing solutions. Outdated zoning regulations
have been updated or reformed to better
comply with modern realities in Missoula.
While these initiatives respond to the needs
of business and the increasing number of
people finding their way to Missoula, the
formula here does not allow for forsaking
of the green spaces for which Missoula is so
famed. Working together with the County,
the City has enacted policies to conserve and
protect an unprecedented amount of acreage
both in and around Missoula. Today, in ad-
dition to the 400 acres of parklands and 22
miles of trails, there are some 5,000 acres of
open space conservation land, and no doubt,
the elk and mule deer graze here with an ap-
preciation as fervent as that within those for-
tunate enough to witness nature’s beauty in
Missoula.
FROM HELLGATE
TO HAVEN
For all the advancements that are now add-
ing quality to life in Missoula, there was a
Missoula’s solar array produces 85 kilowatts of energy
