Union Gospel Mission

At a special Friday afternoon meeting of the Missoula City Council, the seven members present voted unanimously to approve interim zoning approval for a warming shelter to be housed in the Missoula Salvation Army building on South Russell Street.

The Union Gospel Mission's day center is opening on special hours to accommodate those who need shelter from the bitter cold in the Missoula area.

The recent controversy over whether the Union Gospel Mission could relocate to a storefront on Broadway just blocks from the new Poverello Center has led to new zoning proposals from the City of Missoula.

In a near unanimous decision, the Missoula City Council voted 10 to 1 on Monday, September 9, to retroactively create a restrictive ordinance that directly hampered plans to relocate the Union Gospel Mission from Toole Avenue to West Broadway.

The Missoula City Council voted nearly unanimously Monday night, September 9, to approve retroactive restrictive ordinances that would keep the Union Gospel Mission from relocating from Toole Avenue to a storefront on West Broadway.

There will be a public hearing Monday, September 9 in the Missoula City Council chambers to discuss the Union Gospel Mission's request to move from Toole Avenue to a storefront building on West Broadway.

Union Gospel Mission, formerly Missoula 3:16, has applied for permits from the city to move from their current location on Toole Avenue to a larger facility on West Broadway.