
Patti Ormiston, left, and Alison Schmaltz, right, volunteer at United Way at the Gateway Community Center. They helped establish Lynlee's Corner, a free children's library. (Kate Heston/Daily Inter Lake)
February 18, 2025
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February 26, 2025 midnight
Gateway Community Center expands children’s library offerings
Formerly known as the Gateway West Mall, what was once a business epicenter for Kalispell’s west side sat mostly empty for several years until the United Way seized on an opportunity to turn the building into a dedicated resource for nonprofit organizations purchasing the building in 2015.