Kalispell City Manager Doug Russell announced a package of new measures meant to dissuade homeless people from congregating in public spaces during Monday’s City Council meeting.
The Kalispell Chamber of Commerce and Convention and Visitor Bureau will be moving out of its downtown Depot Park headquarters, citing increasing homeless activity in the surrounding park as one reason for the relocation.
Local businesses and child care centers are looking to partner up and offer child care benefits in an effort to attract and retain employees, with a lack of early childhood education and preschool options keeping would-be working parents at home to take care of young children.