The Kalispell City Council in Montana will meet today to further discuss and likely hold a vote on a proposal for a 50-acre, 330-space Montana Base Camp RV Park in South Kalispell.
This story by Peregrine Frissell originally appeared in the Daily Inter Lake.
The proposal was the subject of a public hearing at the Aug. 20 meeting where council members heard from the Florida developers behind the project. The development companies are Montana Basecamp and Basecamp Outpost.
A public hearing was required because one of the things the council would need to approve the project is a change to the city’s growth policy to allow for mixed-use zoning in the area. The proposal would also require the city to annex 4.27 acres of county land.
The proposed lot is currently undeveloped, with the Great Northern Historical bike trail running along the western and southern boundary, and a Montana Department of Transportation bike trail running along the northern boundary, which separates it from the U.S. 93 bypass.
The developers said its location at the sound end of town was ideal because of its proximity to bike paths that would allow campers to exercise and travel to downtown Kalispell without hauling their RVs.
Early in the application process the proposal did garner some negative written feedback submitted to the city, but in recent weeks there hasn’t been much public opposition to the project.
