While the rest of Missoula fills in with housing and other development, residents of the Rattlesnake could see a large swath of developable land set aside as open space and protected in perpetuity.
As a new season of recreation nears with its soccer leagues and softball, swimming pools and youth programs, the City of Missoula will consider an updated fee schedule to fund such facilities.
With several hundred people in attendance, and to the sounds of Paul Simon and Bruce Springsteen, dignitaries from across Missoula and the state on Saturday remembered late Mayor John Engen as a champion of the people, a visionary leader and someone bestowed with the gift of wit.