“Affordable housing and affordable childcare are the two biggest issues that I feel we face today.  We’re meeting every other week and we’re identifying spaces.”

New programs are set to open in churches, schools and community centers across the Valley as the struggle to find adequate childcare endures

Gabe Mariman, co-owner of Bias Brewing and member of the Kalispell Chamber of Commerce’s Child Care Task Force, said the chamber has identified a number of spaces in churches, schools and mixed-use developments where childcare facilities could be opened in the near future.

By Denali Sagner