Missoula County commission approves 445-unit subdivision near Frenchtown

David Erickson

The Missoula County commissioners last week unanimously approved a huge 445-housing unit major subdivision near the Wye west of Missoula called Grass Valley Gardens. (Recently, it was being marketed as Grass Valley Farms but the name has since changed.)

“This will add to our housing stock,” said county commissioner Dave Strohmaier. “I recognize full well that this is going to be a change on the landscape at this location and it might be jolting … but this is exactly the sort of changes for this area this commission envisioned when we adopted the land use planning map for this area and when we adopted zoning.”

Located on 187 acres of currently empty grazing land on Highway 10 West, just west of Deschamps Lane, Grass Valley Gardens will be 218 residential lots with a mix of single-family homes and apartments. There will also be seven commercial lots and a large community farm.

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The developers, led by Matt Mellott of Grass Valley Farms LLC, said they’ve submitted only the first four phases of what they hope will eventually be a 13-phase subdivision.

“The intent here for Grass Valley Gardens

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