Columbia Falls City Council moves ahead with Railroad Street affordable housing project

The Columbia Falls City Council last week formally voted to move forward with a housing project at the baseball field on Railroad Street.

The preliminary plan looks to build several townhomes (where the garages share a common wall) with the remainder being parkland to the west of the triangular-shaped lot. 

The vote was not unanimous. Councilors Jenny Lovering, Paula Robinson, Kelly King and Mike Shepard voted in favor of the project, while Mayor Don Barnhart opposed it.