After a winter of snowfall in enormous proportions, Glacier National Park is expected to open on June 13. This date of course, is subject to the weather from now until then. This summer the Going to the Sun road will be impacted by the continuing construction that was started last fall. There is a shuttle system that again will be used to shuttle visitors and hikers from one side on the park to the other. For pictures of snow removal, go to www.dailyinterlake.com. On 4/3/08 there is a photo of the plowing. Awesome amount of snow!

Speaking of snow, Whitefish Mountain Resort and Blacktail Ski areas will both be closing down the ski season this weekend. What a season! Too bad I had knee surgery and missed the record amount of snow and powder! Oh well, there is always next year.

The City of Kalispell is having workshops to decide on road impact fees. From residential to commercial, the City wants to implement fees. Roughly $1000 per new single family home is the proposed amount. Apartment buildings will be assessed per unit and commercial buildings per square foot. We'll see if this happens. Just another fee that will be passed onto the consumer. Some discussion on the policing to make sure such fees actually are used for roads is taking place.

Flathead Building Association, our local association of Realtors, and the Kalispell Chamber of Commerce are working together to get Flathead County to do something about the onerous regulations the county put into effect last August. There are regulations that are more stringent than the state's rules and these agencies want the regulations to match with the state codes. Some of the new regulations are in regard to building on slopes, distance from streams and rivers, groundwater areas, and sewage treatment. Again, all regulations that impact the price of a new home and are passed on to the buyer. As a builder, my husband has been a part of some of the focus groups that have meet from the FBA to come up with an action plan. 

It is a gorgeous spring like day and boy are we ready for spring!