MEP explores creative funding models for housing, retail in Missoula’s opportunity zone

Missoula’s opportunity zone off West Broadway and tax increment financing could be combined in creative ways to achieve a number of goals around retail and housing, the Missoula Economic Partnership said this week.

MEP’s top executives recently toured four cities to explore how they’re applying regulations adopted by the Trump administration to bring investment to underserved areas, including portions of Missoula’s Northside and Westside neighborhoods and the West Broadway corridor.

MEP’s tour included Portland, Redmond, Bend and Hood River.

By Martin Kidston