Dear Community Members,

The City of Missoula has set an agenda to sell a piece of our publicly owned land to an Arizona-based development firm, Miramonte Companies, on May 18th, 2026. This proposed development would raze a historic Cottonwood grove along with all of the other established trees in the Midtown Greenways. Part of this land has remained open, undeveloped and publicly accessible for years.

Where sawmills once stood, and prior to that where the Salish people gathered Bitterroots, nature has beautifully reclaimed this space and has created a riparian area that many trees, plants, bird species and other animals call home.  According to the development proposal the grove and riparian area would be destroyed to create more commercial space in an area of town that already includes the Southgate mall and an abundance of commercial space.

Please join us in fighting to save the grove and protect this publicly owned land by asking for a town hall meeting with Mayor Davis and city council members prior to the sale of our land.