Community Reacts to Higgins Riverfront Development Project

The old Missoulian building has been sitting empty for years now. After the move, the riverfront(ish) property has been empty and void of Hip Strip activity. Now, there is a proposed plan to revitalize the property and transform it into an apartment/condo/hotel/rooftop restaurant/bar.

There were new alterations to the proposed plan that you can check out below.

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We asked our listeners for their opinions on the matter. I thought it would be positive, but I should've known that social media doesn't sprout positivity.

"Gross" - Garret S. via Facebook

"Will the new property taxes go into the general fund or disappear into a TIF?" - Nibs B (via Facebook)

"Leave no open spaces." - Janice G (via Facebook)

"Trying to turn Missoula into LA! This would make taxes go up even more!" - Tyler S. (via Facebook)

"Ridiculous." - Jeanenne H. (via Facebook)

The Missoula subreddit page was, as you might expect, negative, but it also included some hilarious and sarcastic comments.

Unfortunate.
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Sorry, Stock_Drive_2556, I don't think we'll be getting a Margaritaville anytime soon. The comments had me dying of laughter, too.

"Listen...real vacation dads never give up hope..." -Weekly_Champion9632 (via Reddit)

"Damn it would've been a nice dispensary" - S****_McDuck (That's a gross username) (via Reddit)

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"Don't worry, buddy. It's five o'clock somewhere." - SentientCozyTeacup (via Reddit)

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