Flathead County board rejects prerelease center
Greenwood Village Inn & Suites on Tuesday, Sept. 3. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Casey Kreider
The Flathead County Board of Adjustment on Tuesday shot down a proposal by the state to open a prerelease center in Evergreen.
The board voted unanimously to deny a conditional use permit for the facility. The Montana Department of Corrections had planned to turn the former Greenwood Village Inn & Suites hotel on East Oregon Street into a 90-bed prerelease facility.
Residents living near the hotel have expressed concerns about the center including the potential for an increase in crime. However, business owners have said they would welcome hiring individuals residing at the center.
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