Residents petition in opposition to losing field at Railroad Street
The Railroad Street Park in this file photo.
Several residents last week spoke out to the Columbia Falls City Council against a plan to convert a baseball field on Railroad Street to affordable housing, claiming it was the only open space they had in the neighborhood.
Longtime resident James Livingston presented a petition to council opposing the move. The city has been working with the Northwest Montana Land Trust and Habitat for Humanity to build about eight affordable homes on the lot. As designed, the project, if it ever comes to fruition, would have about a half-acre park as well, just not the large open space that it is today.
But residents who live in the Railroad Street area weren’t happy about the proposal. They noted the city already converted one youth baseball field to another use and they didn’t want to see another one lost as well. The city converted the former baseball field at Hoerner Park across the street from the high school into tennis courts and a city park.
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