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Some Interesting Statistics. . .

Flathead County's population is 88,473, with a 2007 summer seasonal population of over 100,000
The City of Kalispell estimates that between 2000 and 2007, the city's population rose from 14,223 to 20,000--an increase of 40% in 7 years.
In March of 2007, consultants estimated that Flathead Valley's rate of farmland loss was 1.5 acres per day.
Flathead County's population grew at a rate of 6.7% between April 2000 and July 2003, far outstripping the rate of 1.7% for the state as a whole.

In the 1990s, Flathead County's population rose by about 25% and amount of farmland decreased by about 25%
In 2004, for the second year in a row, Flathead County was the top residential construction market in the state. In that year, the county registered 160 subdivisions, totaling 1,547 lots and 2,256 acres. New single-family home starts in 2004 totaled 1,136.
Between May and August 2005, 950 jobs were posted at the Flathead Job Service. Of those, 250 paid less than $8.00/hr.  Of the remaining 700 jobs paying more than $8.00/hr, 450 were all posted by the same company, and all those were between $8.00 and $9.25/hr.  Of all 950 posted, only 7 jobs paid wages that would allow an individual to afford the estimated median home value in Flathead County for 2003. 

Other

Whitefish

Commercial Zoning South Enterance of Whitefish

Don't Let Whitefish Become a Strip Mall Sprawl Town! Click for more info

Whitefish City Planning Staff Report

Staff Draft: Optional Zoning Compliance Permit for the 8.16.10 Hearing

Heart of Whitefish Letter for 8.16.10 Hearing

WB-2 Ordinance No. 10

County

North Fork Bridge Crossing Update

Large Tract Rural Zoning

North Shore Ranch Update

Streamside Setbacks

Zoning Documents & Information

Letter to the County Commissioners Regarding Zoning Text Amendment(July 2, 08)

Flathead County Staff Report (6/18/08)

Flathead County Planning Board Minutes (6/18/08)

Flathead County Planning Board Agenda (6/18/08)

Flathead County Planning and Zoning Addendum To Zoning Text Amendment Report #FZTA-08-01 (June 18, 2008)

Addendum To Zoning Text Amendment Report #FZTA-08-02 (JUNE 18, 2008)

Addendum to Zoning Text Amendment Report #FZTA-08-01 (June 18)

Zoning Text Amendment Report #FZTA-08-02 (June 18)

Citizens for a Better Flathead's Comments On Zoning Regulations Impact on Neighborhood Planning (6/18/08)

Flathead County Planning and Zoning Office Text Amendment to the Flathead County Zoning Regulations Replacement Language for Section 1.04.020 Staff Report FZTA 08-02 (April 15, 2008)

Neighborhood Planning Zoning Regulations March 19, 2008

Text Amendments To The Flathead County Zoning Regulations - Deletion Of Section 1.04.020 and Amendment Of Section 4.10.040 - Staff Report FZTA 08-01 (February 6, 2008)

Letter to the County Commissioners Regarding Zoning Regulations (January 3, 08)

Neighborhood Plans

County Commissioners Letter to the Editor- Daily Inter Lake  about Somers Neighborhood Plan June 28, 2009

Daily Interlake Editorial Regarding Somers Neighborhood PlanJune 21, 2009

Law Suit Filed Against Lakeside Neighborhood Plan

Whitefish

Whitefish Zoning Notification Letter

Whitefish Interlocal Agreement Staff Report

STAFF REPORT #FZD-08-02 - ATTACHMENT A - REVIEW OF BIG MOUNTAIN OVERALL DEVELOPMENT PLAN (ODP) 

Whitefish Area Zoning District

River_Park_Subdivision.pdf

Citizens For A Better Flathead
P.O. Box 771
35 4th. St. West
Kalispell, MT 59903

406.756.8993
fax 406.756.8991
Email citizens@flatheadcitizens.org

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