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🍁Who is excited about the first day of Autumn? We would like to see your photos and hear what you love about fall in Montana! Please share photos and thought in the comments.
🍂Check out The Old Farmers Almanac - Fact & Folklore About the Fall Equinox - https://www.almanac.com/content/first-day-fall-autumnal-equinox
Respond to the 2020 Census online, by phone, or by mail by September 30, 2020! Regardless of how you choose to respond, your information will be kept confidential and can only be used to produce statistics. Your responses cannot be used against you in any way. Learn more at 2020CENSUS.GOV.
🍂 Great Falls Park and Recreation is hoping to start the Boulevard District Leaf Pickup Program on Monday, October 26. The 2020 schedule will be released soon. 🍁
Great Falls Park and Recreation
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Boulevard Resident Fall Leaf Pick Up
GREAT FALLS, Montana – If you are a resident of the Boulevard District and have started your fall leaf clean up, please deposit leaves on the boulevard and not in the street gutter. If you place leaf piles in the street gutter, rain, snow and vehicles driving on the piles make it impossible to pick up the leaves. Piles with branches, grass clippings, garden waste and pet waste will not be picked up. Please arrange for pickup of those items with your sanitation provider.
The approximate start date for the City of Great Falls Leaf Pickup Program is October 26, 2020, but the official schedule has not been released. Please check back regularly at https://greatfallsmt.net/news or call the Park and Recreation office, 771-1265 for the 2020 schedule.
City of Great Falls - Local Government
FYI - Did you complete the 2020 Census? If not, act now!
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Census Bureau Statement on 2020 Census Data Collection Ending
U.S. Census Bureau
21 hrs ·
Self-response and field data collection operations for the #2020Census will conclude on October 15, 2020. Read the statement: https://go.usa.gov/xGS54.
U.S. Census Bureau
21 hrs ·
Self-response and field data collection operations for the #2020Census will conclude on October 15, 2020. Read the statement: https://go.usa.gov/xGS54.
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COVID Update from Governor Bullock.
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=2723708281228831
Montana Public Affairs Network - MPAN was live.
Yesterday at 2:30 PM ·
Today (10/13:) at 3:30 p.m., Governor Steve Bullock will host a press call to discuss efforts at the local level to slow the spread of COVID-19.
The press conference will be LIVE on MPAN (channel 191 on Charter Spectrum, and .5 on your Montana PBS over the air channels.) It will be live on Facebook and posted to YouTube shortly after the call concludes.
Tonight at 5:30 p.m., the City Commission is hosting a special meeting in the Civic Center Gibson Room to approve or reject the proposal for the planned aquatics and recreation facility. To view the meeting documents, visit: https://greatfallsmt.net/citycommission/special-city-commission-meeting-october-13-2020
Can’t attend in person? You can view and listen to the meeting on government access channel City-190, cable channel 190; or online at https://greatfallsmt.net/livestream. Public comments can be shared by calling 406-761-4786.
If you are experiencing problems with the live stream, please do the following:
1. Verify that your device is up-to-date and that no updates are currently downloading.
2. Verify that your internet service is connected and stable.
3. Test/verify your home internet speeds using sites such as www.speedtest.net
4. Ask everyone in your household to stop streaming from other resources (like Pandora, Netflix, online gaming, etc.) until you’ve finished watching the meeting.
Great Falls Park and Recreation, Great Falls Neighborhood Councils
The City of Great Falls has a contract with United Materials of Great Falls, Inc. for the replacement of water mains and street reconstruction on 5th and 6th Avenues North from Park Drive to 7th Street North and on Park Drive from 4th Avenue North to 5th Avenue North.
Starting Wednesday, October 14th through Friday, October 16th (weather permitting) 5th Street and 6th Street will be closed from Park Drive to 4th Avenue North to traffic in order to pave 6th Avenue North. United Materials will provide barricades and detour signs in the area for traffic routing.
For more information please contact Rob Skawinski with United Materials at 453-7692 or Rick Johnson with the City of Great Falls at 771-1258.
👻 Please enjoy your Halloween activities and take steps to protect yourself from getting or spreading COVID-19. 🎃 #StaySafeGF #HappyHalloween
COVID-19 Update from Governor Bullock
KFBB was live.
4 hrs ·
Gov. Steve Bullock holds a news conference about COVID-19
#TBT Opened to the public on December 7, 1914, the Chicago, Milwaukee, & St. Paul Railway brick passenger station is dominated by a 135 foot tower, featuring its lighted logo in tile. Along with its “sister” tower on the former Great Northern Depot, the Mission Revival style Milwaukee Depot dominates Great Falls’ riverfront skyline. Now used as offices, the restored depot is a shining example of the value of adapting historic buildings to new uses. The old railroad bridge across the Missouri River has also been saved, now serving as a pedestrian and bicycle bridge as part of the River’s Edge Trail system.
Can anyone remember what the depot was used for after passenger service was discontinued in the 1960s?
Planning and Community Development is closed to walk-in traffic. Until further notice, the City of Great Falls Planning and Community Development (PCD) office is closing its doors to the general public due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Staff will continue normal operations such as accepting permit applications, home occupation and contractor licenses, and scheduling inspections via phone or email. Urgent meetings that cannot be conducted via teleconference may be scheduled by appointment at the discretion of the department director. Residents can still contact the service divisions directly by phone, see below for contact information:
Home occupations, contractor licenses, and parking information call (406) 455-8414;
- Permits and inspections call (406) 455-8430;
- Code enforcement concerns call (406) 455-8574;
- Community Development Block Grant, Historic Preservation, and Planning programs call (406) 455-8432
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Great Falls Neighborhood Councils
October 27 at 3:34 PM ·
Tonight at 7 pm, the Great Falls Citizens Council (also known as the Council of Councils) will host their October meeting in the Civic Center Missouri Room. Agenda items include the introduction of the new City Department Heads, Madison Food Park petition, Police Department update, and nuisance property panel.
Meeting agenda: https://greatfallsmt.net/neighborhoodcouncils/council-councils-meeting-october-27-2020
About Great Falls Citizens Council/Council of Councils:
The Great Falls Citizens Council is a body made up of single delegates from each of the nine Neighborhood Councils and two members of the Great Falls City Commission. This Council convenes three times a year for a meeting, generally in January, May, and October. The Council discusses issues of city-wide importance, and each delegate shares the current goals and projects of his/her Neighborhood Council.
The City of Great Falls offices, including the Great Falls Public Library, Community Recreation Center, and Great Falls Animal Shelter, are closed for the Thanksgiving Holiday. The Shelter will also be closed on Saturday, November 28. There will be no changes to the residential or commercial sanitation collection schedule next week.
In keeping with State Statute, the Municipal Court will be open on Friday, November 27; however, there will be no open court. The cashier window will be open from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and closed from 12-1 p.m. for lunch. Patrons using court services are asked to enter the Civic Center through the south entrance (E) as all other entrances will be locked.
The City’s online services are available to the public over the holiday and can be accessed online at https://greatfallsmt.net/community/city-great-falls-online-services. The City of Great Falls wishes everyone a happy and healthy Thanksgiving holiday.
The City of Great Falls offices, including the Great Falls Public Library, Community Recreation Center, and Great Falls Animal Shelter, are closed today for the Thanksgiving Holiday. The Shelter will also be closed on Saturday, November 28. There will be no changes to the residential or commercial sanitation collection schedule next week.
In keeping with State Statute, the Municipal Court will be open today however, there will be no open court. The cashier window will be open from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and closed from 12-1 p.m. for lunch. Patrons using court services are asked to enter the Civic Center through the south entrance (E) as all other entrances will be locked.
The City’s online services are available to the public over the holiday and can be accessed online at https://greatfallsmt.net/community/city-great-falls-online-services. The City of Great Falls wishes everyone a happy and healthy Thanksgiving holiday.
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The City of Great Falls offices, including the Great Falls Public Library, Community Recreation Center, and Great Falls Animal Shelter, are closed today and tomorrow for the Thanksgiving Holiday. The Shelter will also be closed on Saturday, November 28. There will be no changes to the residential or commercial sanitation collection schedule next week.
In keeping with State Statute, the Municipal Court will be open on Friday, November 27; however, there will be no open court. The cashier window will be open from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and closed from 12-1 p.m. for lunch. Patrons using court services are asked to enter the Civic Center through the south entrance (E) as all other entrances will be locked.
The City’s online services are available to the public over the holiday and can be accessed online at https://greatfallsmt.net/community/city-great-falls-online-services. The City of Great Falls wishes everyone a happy and healthy Thanksgiving holiday.
The City of Great Falls offices, including the Great Falls Public Library, Community Recreation Center, and Great Falls Animal Shelter, are closed today and tomorrow for the Thanksgiving Holiday. The Shelter will also be closed on Saturday, November 28. There will be no changes to the residential or commercial sanitation collection schedule next week.
In keeping with State Statute, the Municipal Court will be open on Friday, November 27; however, there will be no open court. The cashier window will be open from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and closed from 12-1 p.m. for lunch. Patrons using court services are asked to enter the Civic Center through the south entrance (E) as all other entrances will be locked.
The City’s online services are available to the public over the holiday and can be accessed online at https://greatfallsmt.net/community/city-great-falls-online-services. The City of Great Falls wishes everyone a happy and healthy Thanksgiving holiday.
The official City Christmas ornament has arrived! The Great Falls-Cascade County Historic Preservation Advisory Commission (HPAC) has selected the historic 10th Street Bridge as the featured historic resource for 2020. Designed by local artist Sheree Nelson, the ornaments are available for a $15 purchase price at the following locations:
-Civic Center - Planning and Community Development (PCD) office* and Mansfield Center Box Office, 2 Park Drive South
-Great Falls Public Library, 301 2nd Avenue North
-The History Museum, 422 2nd St. S
-Business Improvement District (BID), 318 Central Avenue
-Cassiopeia Books, 606 Central Avenue
-Dragonfly Dry Goods, 504 Central Avenue
More information can be found at the City webpage below:
https://greatfallsmt.net/boc-hpac/hpac-13th-annual-christmas-ornaments-sale-0
Looking for a fun activity for you and your Valentine? FREE tickets for this Saturday's Great Falls Symphony performance are available at the Mansfield Center for the Performing Arts Box Office.
Mansfield Center for the Performing Arts
February 5 at 3:41 PM ·
We get to host a live Great Falls Symphony!
Saturday, February 13th there will be two performances of Strings. The first at 3:00PM and the second at 7:30PM. This show is also free to the public like the last one was! Stop by the Box Office inside door "C" of the Civic Center to reserve a space. The office is open Monday through Friday from 11Am to 4:30PM. This show is general admission and you will be seated as you arrive.
Please don't forget to wear your masks so we can continue to host events!!
City Sanitation Services Delay
This is a multi-facet project that included replacement of over 3,700 feet of water main; over 100 water services; replaced 22 storm drain inlets and 630 feet of inlet piping; 17,500 square yards of gravel base course; 15,000 square yards of asphalt; over 7,000 lineal feet of curb and gutter; 6,700 square feet of 6" concrete; 7,100 square feet of sidewalk; and plant 30 new trees.
The project is located on 5th and 6th Avenues North from Park Drive to 7th Street. This project was/is necessary to replace old deteriorating water mains that have been failing, replaced undersized inlets and piping to improve storm runoff; and to rebuild old roadways and curbs that have been in use for over one hundred years.
The total cost for this project is expected to be 2.4 million dollars and is paid for through the Bridge and Road Safety and Accountability Act (BaRSAA) Funds; City Street Funds; and City Storm and Water Funds. BaRSAA Funds are generated through Montana Department of Transportation's motor fuel tax.
If you're wondering why you received a mailing from Service Line Warranties of America with the City's logo, please hit the link below to learn more!
https://greatfallsmt.net/finance/service-line-warranties-america-faqs
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