Ten-Year Plan for the Downtown Helena Business Improvement District 1. Create new building sites for infill development.
Successful downtowns are compact places full of buildings and a wide variety of business activities.
Our goal is to work with city officials and developers to have specific locations developed in conjunction with new parking. They can also promote a greater variety of retail businesses, offices, and housing that attract different segments of the population. This is one way the downtown can continue to be a vital community center and can lessen the tendency for suburban sprawl. Create new parking spaces and link them to new development. The BID advocates the creation of new parking structures that are shown to be needed, cost effective, and contribute to the redevelopment potential of downtown.