Interim Property Manager Overseeing Gateway Community Center February 11, 2020 | Flathead Beacon | Myers Reece MWED’s Kim Morisaki is assisting with lease agreements, ensuring maintenance tasks are addressed and developing policies at nonprofit campus Montana West Economic Development is assisting the property holder of the Gateway Community Center in Kalispell by assigning an employee [...]
Gateway Community Center looks to get a facelift February 6, 2020 | KPAX | Maren Siu blob:https://assets.scrippsdigital.com/f34909bc-3092-4420-ae9e-2b0450bbdae1 Efforts are being made to revitalize the sleepy Gateway West Mall in Kalispell, now named the Gateway Community Center. Years ago the Gateway West Mall was a bustling retail space, but since then it's been home to 30 [...]
HVS Market Pulse: Kalispell and Whitefish, Montana January 31, 2019 | Hotel Online | Desiree Flanary and Lauren Reynolds Kalispell Due to Kalispell’s proximity to Glacier National Park, the region’s local economy is largely tied to tourism and is highly seasonal. Kalispell is home to 22 open and operating hotels, encompassing 1,885 guestrooms. Of those [...]
As Last Train Rolls Out of Town, a 'New Era' Begins in Kalispell The final train into downtown ran on Dec. 27 December 30, 2019 | Flathead Beacon | Justin Franz Just after 5 p.m. on Dec. 27, a long freight train rolled across U.S. Highway 93, briefly tangling rush-hour traffic in the heart of [...]
Final Steps Underway for Kalispell Core Area Trail December 28, 2019 | Daily Inter Lake | Bret Anne Serbin The final train is expected to roll down the railroad tracks through downtown Kalispell by the start of the new year. “It’s my understanding that by January 1 there will be no more use of the [...]
Transforming Kalispell Recognizing the patient, grassroots toiling that turned the Kalispell trail project and rail park into reality December 26, 2019 | Flathead Beacon | Myers Reece Tom Jentz, the longtime and now retired Kalispell planning director, said in an interview upon his retirement that his proudest accomplishment was helping the Kalispell Core and Rail [...]
Business of the Year: Montana West Economic Development Flathead Beacon | December 26, 2019 | Myers Reece The staff at MWED and FCEDA often work behind the scenes, but the rapid progress of the Glacier Rail Park and emerging Kalispell Trail investment have shined a light on their significant impact From left, Lara Russell, Christy [...]
Business Year in Review - 2019 Flathead Beacon | December 26, 2019 | Maggie Dresser Looking back at the year's top business storylines Glacier Rail Park Fills Up In December, Northern Plastics Inc. announced it was moving into the last space of available real estate in Glacier Rail Park, the 40-acre, rail-served industrial area off [...]
Transforming Kalispell Flathead Beacon | December 26, 2019 | Myers Reece Recognizing the patient, grassroots toiling that turned the Kalispell trail project and rail park into a reality Tom Jentz, the longtime and now retired Kalispell planning director, said in an interview upon his retirement that his proudest accomplishment was helping the Kalispell Core and [...]
Milestones for Rail Park and Core Area Daily Inter Lake | December 19, 2019 | Editorial Montana West Economic Development capped off a busy and fruitful 2019 with a major announcement last week that a third and final tenant has been secured for the new Glacier Rail Park. Local manufacturer Northern Plastics plans to purchase [...]
