KPAX.com | Nicole Miller | March 21, 2018

KALISPELL - Plans to transform downtown Kalispell with a linear park and trail stretching from the overpass on Highway 2 all the way to Meridian are rolling forward.

City leaders believe it will lead to more investment in development in the heart of Kalispell.

Two rail-served businesses CHS, Cenex Harvest Systems as well as Northwest Drywall Building Supply are on track to be relocated.

Plans to abandon the tracks in downtown Kalispell to make way for a trail and linear park continue to roll forward.  Watch the full story here.  

City close to selecting design firm for new rail trail
FLATHEAD BEACON | BY JUSTIN FRANZ | 
​MAR 19, 2018

The Flathead County Economic Development Authority announced last week that it had finalized an agreement to lease space to Cenex Harvest States at the soon-to-be built Glacier Rail Park.
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Officials say the agreement is a major step toward redeveloping Kalispell’s core area, which is currently home to a number of industries and a railroad. If everything goes according to plan, CHS and Northwest Drywall Building Supply will move from the downtown area to the rail park in 2019 and the railroad tracks, a staple of the town since 1892, will be pulled up and replaced by a trail.
Read the full article at the Flathead Beacon