Columbia Falls moves ahead with affordable housing project

The Columbia Falls City Council earlier this month decided to go ahead with an affordable housing project on Railroad Street on what is now a baseball field.

City Manager Susan Nicosia presented options for a replacement ball field in cooperation with the school district at a recent Council meeting. Land is available by the bus outlet at Columbia Falls Junior High School on Veterans Drive, previously used for a gym, which already has a backstop. 

Other potential sites include the fields between the junior high and Ruder Elementary School or at the high school by the softball field or football concession stand. Parking would be available at all locations.