Missoula Midtown Master Plan Final Recommendations

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“There's this sense of identity that people are longing for that Midtown is lacking but has the potential to achieve,” said Martin Glastra van Loom of SERA Architects. “Community place-making is closely related to that. Forces could be harnessed to create a real place that's identifiable for Midtown.”

Bump added that tax increment from Urban Renewal District III will be key in fulfilling the plan's recommendations. The availability of such funding could fuel needed infrastructure and other public improvements to entice private development.

“Urban renewal funding is extremely important for Midtown and extremely important for infrastructure investments that need to be made,” he said. “Urban renewal funding is a critical piece for implementing this plan.”

Midtown Master Plan set to begin vision, final recommendations

(Missoula Current) Words like disconnected, disjointed, massive parking lots and no sense of place have been used to describe Missoula's Midtown district in a planning effort that began late last year. But a new vision is beginning to take shape, one that would create a sense of place in the end.