Comments on: Proposed Site

By: firefly

firefly — Sat, 15 Apr 2006 03:50:40 +0000

The Ol’ Sheriff – I think the Cowboys will let lawyers in!

By: Aaron Weissman

Aaron Weissman — Thu, 13 Apr 2006 21:40:15 +0000

Doman;

That is only the latest hotel/motel that was proposed for that location. Previous owners had been pushing to develop that area for hotels, restaurants, casinos, etc. for at least the past three decades.

By: The Ol' Sheriff

The Ol' Sheriff — Thu, 13 Apr 2006 20:49:40 +0000

Will this spell the end of “Cowboy’s Museum & Bar?” (Considered by Travel Montana to be “an integral part of Montana’s past.”) Maybe “past” is the operative term, but I have the fondest memory of a girl who not only showed me her “Rockin’LF” brand on the wall there, but also what it represented.

By: Doman

Doman — Thu, 13 Apr 2006 18:54:16 +0000

It will be great to replace the present eyesore on that property with a nice building. It will be interesting to see what kind of traffic plan they come up with. Correct me if I’m wrong but didn’t a developer propose building building a motel on that property awhile back but shelved the idea when the State wouldn’t grant any eastbound access from Central West to the site?

By: Aaron Weissman

Aaron Weissman — Thu, 13 Apr 2006 13:52:02 +0000

I think that it is a good thing for the West side. It creates a number of winners and losers. The winners are the property owners on 3rd St. NW and Central Avenue West.

The losers, unfortunately, are all the small business owners on Central Avenue and 1st Avenue North. There are a lot of small restaurants on Central that will now lose a lot of business.

It also represents a blow to all of the investment we have made as a community to the streetscape on Central.

Any idea how many jobs will now leave the downtown?

By: Gee Guy

Gee Guy — Thu, 13 Apr 2006 11:34:01 +0000

I think it will help to develop the West Bank, and that will be a good thing.

But, I’d like to know how one will get back downtown from the Courthouse. It will be a real pain.