This has been a busy year for the construction industry in Billings. A year-end report from the Planning and Community Services Department shows that in almost every category of construction and remodeling, the numbers as of Dec. 1 this year were higher than those for 2014. (more…) Continue Reading →
Candi Millar
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Planners enlist residents to deal with city growth
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Candi Millar, planning director for the city of Billings, has an arresting way of describing what she calls the city’s “exponential growth.” (more…) Continue Reading →
Filed under: Billings, Candi Millar, Heights Community Task Force, Planning Department, Rims, Skypoint, Yellowstone River
Motorist knocks beam off underpass; repairs on the way
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Editor’s note: This story has been updated to included the name of the driver who ran into the underpass. The North 21st Street underpass, closed since a motorist knocked an enormous “crash beam” off the structure on Nov. 21, could be reopened by the end of the week. (more…) Continue Reading →
Filed under: Billings, News, Bill Kemp, Candi Millar, Jim Lewis, Montana Rail Link, Terry Smith
Long-neglected houses finally face demolition
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Carol Kraft is looking forward to Tuesday morning. The police are supposed to show up first, about 8 a.m., to roust anyone still squatting in the two vacant houses at 115 N. 22nd St. Then, about 9:30, Cayton Excavation is supposed to start demolishing the two houses and a burnt-out shed. (more…) Continue Reading →
Filed under: Billings, News, Billings City Council, Candi Millar, Carol Kraft, East Billings Revitalization District, East Billings Urban Renewal District, Kelly McCarthy
Idea pitched for rail bridges, improved underpasses
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A month after plans for a pedestrian bridge over the downtown railroad tracks were killed, the city-county Planning Department is pitching an idea for two such bridges, plus improvements to two existing underpasses. (more…) Continue Reading →