Senior Cooperative Housing in Missoula County

Commissioner Bill Carey has been working to bring senior cooperative housing to the Missoula area for many years. As part of recent efforts, Carey invited expert Dennis Johnson – of the Senior Cooperative Foundation in Minneapolis - to speak with our community about this alternative housing option and to pitch the model to local developers.

Two public information sessions were held on May 19 and 20 in the Missoula Federal Credit Union Training Center. Nearly 100 interested active older adults attended and expressed strong support for this initiative. Johnson presented the benefits of senior cooperative housing and shared photographs of successfully established housing in the Midwest.

David Erickson of the Missoulian recently reported about these meetings and the feasibility of senior cooperative housing in Montana. You can read that article here.  We owe a great deal of thanks to the CAPS department for their help in gathering developers, the Missoula Federal Credit Union for allowing us to use their beautiful facilities and for being kind hosts, and to the Commissioners staff for their organizing and outreach efforts.

If you’re interested in learning more, please contact Commissioner Carey at 258-3204 or bcarey@co.missoula.mt.us. 

How to File for Commissioner Carey's Seat

Commissioner Appointment Process

Please find the following information regarding the appointment process for Commissioner Bill Carey’s seat:

·         Commissioner Carey will be retiring in September, 2015.

·         Potential candidates should verify their residence within Commissioner District 2 via Missoula County’s Interactive Voter Map http://gis.co.missoula.mt.us/cr/voter/.

·         Candidates are required to have lived in the district for at least two years preceding the day the vacancy occurs (7-4-2106[a]).

·         Since the incumbent, Commissioner Carey, represented a party eligible for a primary election under 13-10-601, the county Democratic Central Committee shall submit three names to the remaining Commissioners – Jean Curtiss and Nicole “Cola” Rowley.

·         If Commissioners Curtiss and Rowley are unable to elect an appointee from the initial submitted list, they shall request a second list of three names from the central committee. 

      The second list may not contain any of the names submitted on the first list. Commissioners Curtiss and Rowley shall then select an appointee from the individuals named.

·         Oath of Candidacy and filing fees are exempt from this process.

·         The appointed official must file their candidacy for the 2016 primary election if they wish to remain in office and be elected to a full term. He or she must win the majority of the vote.

Elections Office

200 West Broadway
Missoula, MT 59802
electioninfo@co.missoula.mt.us(406) 258-4751

Commissioners Office

199 West Pine
Missoula, MT 59802
bcc@co.missoula.mt.us
(406) 258-4877