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The Missoula Current sent a candidate questionnaire to all City Council candidates ahead of the General Election in November. Below is the response from Ward council candidate Lynn Wood-Fields.

The Missoula Current sent a candidate questionnaire to all City Council candidates ahead of the General Election in November. Below is the response from Ward council candidate Lynn Wood-Fields.

Mayor Hess kicked off the discussion by referencing what he termed a ‘once in a lifetime’ code reform project.

Mayor Hess kicked off the discussion by referencing what he termed a ‘once in a lifetime’ code reform project.

Mayor Hess kicked off the discussion by referencing what he termed a ‘once in a lifetime’ code reform project.

Daniel Carlino writes, We can create a zoning map that allows for your local coffee shop, bakery, or grocery store to be just a walk away, a map that allows for an abundance of affordable homes to be built, and most of all a map that preserves Missoula’s charm.

The US National Blueprint for Transportation Decarbonization lays out goals for practitioners of New Urbanism and smart growth “to increase convenience and reduce emissions by making it possible for people to take fewer or shorter trips.”

City planners this week said an increasing number of small infill projects will likely go before officials this year – a necessary step until Missoula completes and approves code and regulatory reform.

The City of Missoula has kicked off a project to reform its codes to streamline development and set a “predictable and desired” path for future growth.

The D.C. Council unanimously passed a bill on Tuesday that would overhaul the city’s criminal code for the first time in more than 100 years.