TONIGHT! Let us know what you value in your neighborhood and learn about the Our Missoula: Growth  Policy Update and Code Reform project! The City of Missoula is hosting a Community Growth Policy Workshop to launch the update to the Growth Policy as part of the Our Missoula project. We'll have refreshments, activities, and a presentation to get us started. Bring your thinking caps and your great ideas!

This workshop will help the City confirm how well the current Growth Policy captures our community values and if we need to update our vision. Since the City’s current Growth Policy, Our Missoula 2035, was adopted in 2015, more pressing issues have emerged, including social, cultural and racial inequities, housing shortages and rising housing costs and the worsening effects of climate change.

• Wednesday, December 13th, 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. – Missoula Public Library 4th Floor

The Our Missoula: Growth Policy Update and Code Reform Project will update our community’s vision for future growth and change our development regulations to reflect that collective vision. More information about upcoming events will be available on the Events page.

If anyone attending a meeting needs special assistance, please provide 48 hours advance notice by calling 406-552-6221.

Why are we Updating the Growth Policy?

Priorities for future growth are captured in the city’s Growth Policy, which defines strategies to address goals and challenges related to land use over the course of 20 years. While many of the priorities of the current Growth Policy remain relevant, the Our Missoula process will provide an opportunity to refocus the Growth Policy as needed to better address these emergent issues and reflect our current priorities as a community.

What Have We Been Up To?

Engagement throughout the summer and fall focused on the findings of the Equity in Land Use Report as part of Phase 2 of the Our Missoula Code Reform project, which is dedicated to defining the problem. Staff hosted presentations, small discussions, and table talks in partnership with Common Good Missoula. We learned from residents about their lived experiences in relation to equity, housing affordability, displacement and gentrification. Tonight's workshop will expand on these conversations to continue defining what residents value and prioritize in their neighborhoods now and in the future.

Engage Missoula and Thank you!

We wanted to take the opportunity in this last newsletter of the year to thank you for being engaged with Community Planning, Development, & Innovation this year! If you know others who want more information about City projects and community engagement events, please encourage them to sign up for our newsletter and visit Engage Missoula! If there is anything you would like to share, ideas you have, or ways we can make engaging easier, please reach out to our Community Engagement Specialist Ashley Brittner Wells at brittnerwellsa@ci.missoula.mt.us.

We are here to listen and we look forward to staying connected with you in 2024!