New recycling bins placed around downtown Missoula - Missoulian
New recycling bins placed around downtown Missoula
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With the goal of improving recycling and reducing contamination of recycled materials, the Downtown Missoula Partnership maintenance crew installed 15 new community recycling receptacles on the streets of Downtown Missoula this week. The new blue receptacles will replace the old green wooden recycling containers throughout downtown.
The new recycling containers downtown.
“The Downtown BID has been responsible for garbage and recycling removal from the public receptacles on the sidewalks of Downtown Missoula since 2009,” said Charlie Beaton, president of the Downtown BID Board and owner of Big Dipper Ice Cream. “Since day one, we have been focused on ensuring downtown Missoula is clean and safe. Our downtown crew inspects and empties 95 receptacles seven days a week, and these new recycling receptacles will help us improve and expand the recovery of recycled materials.”
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The 60-gallon steel receptacles are appropriately labeled for accepting aluminum and plastic, but not glass based upon local recycling facility guidelines. They are placed alongside the black garbage receptacles on the sidewalks throughout the downtown district.
As the final phase of a two-year expansion and improvement plan, the Downtown Business Improvement District purchased the new receptacles with support from the Missoula Redevelopment Agency. Last year the BID purchased 15 recycling receptacles with support from the MRA and the City of Missoula’s Climate and Sustainability Program.
“The Downtown BID is committed to the community’s Zero by Fifty Waste Reduction Plan because we care about the environment,” said Beaton. “Hopefully the new receptacles will help our downtown customers recycle the appropriate materials and improve efficiencies for our maintenance crew. It’s a great way to celebrate Earth Day this month!”
In 2023, Downtown Missoula Partnership staff removed an estimated 624 yards of garbage and 156 yards of recycled materials from the sidewalk containers.
The Downtown Missoula Partnership is also looking for volunteers to help paint the Beartracks Underbridge Playground from May 6-9. No experience is necessary, and you'll be helping Ann Karp of Sideways Gaze to bring the basketball bay to life, according to the designated design. For more information reach out to Amber Kukla at amber@missouladowntown.com or call 406-543-4238.
Southgate Mall recently welcomed Mary’s Mountain Cookies as the newest addition to its selection of options for guests.
Mary’s Mountain Cookies also offers coffee and opened on April 21 in Center Court near Dillard’s.
“We are thrilled to welcome another locally owned business that enhances our lineup of eateries,” said Tim Winger, general manager at Southgate Mall. “Mary’s Mountain Cookies is ideally located in Center Court where guests can top off lunch or dinner with a sweet treat.”
Mary's Mountain Cookies has had a location in downtown Missoula for six years.
"We are beyond excited to open our newest location at Southgate Mall and share our love for cookies and coffee with even more of the Missoula community," said Shelby and Kara McCracken, owners of Mary's Mountain Cookies Missoula, in a statement.
A crew with Dick Anderson Construction is well underway on building Partners Hope Foundation's new center for hospice and end-of-life care in Missoula. When it opens in early 2025, it will be the only center in western Montana offering dedicated 24-hour hospice care.
“Every day we are getting closer to opening our doors,” said Amanda Yeoman Melro, Partners Hope Foundation executive director. “Loci Architect and Design and Dick Anderson Construction have been amazing partners helping us realize the vision of opening a center that will provide much-needed inpatient hospice care for Montanans.”
Crews started construction on the 15,200-square-foot center in June last year on land gifted by the Terry and Patt Payne family. Located between Home Depot and the AMC Theatre on Missoula’s Union Pacific Street, the center will have 12 private patient care rooms. Each room will have outdoor access to a private patio with large doors allowing beds to be rolled outdoors, ample space for visitors and options to personalize the space. Multi-purpose gathering spaces and indoor and outdoor sanctuaries will welcome community members for education workshops, grief circles and individual solitude, and a children’s room will offer space for young family members.
“Everything is designed with the patient and family’s comfort in mind,” said Dan Dixson, a longtime chaplain serving Western Montana families and a Partners Hope Foundation board member. “Individuals who are dying and their family and friends will be embraced here. They will simply be able to spend quality time together and find respite from the day-to-day challenges of caregiving.”
The project is funded 100% by philanthropic giving. Partners Hope Foundation is currently in its final fundraising push to meet its Embrace Campaign $15.4 million goal. To date, they have raised 89% of their capital campaign goal.
“There are so many ways community members can help us reach our goal,” Melro added. “People can give during Missoula Gives coming up May 2 and 3 as well as speak to us directly about giving options. We have naming opportunities in the center and garden that are a meaningful way to honor a loved one or establish a family legacy.”