City adopts Downtown Master Plan after some argument

After some argument on the issue, Havre City Council voted to adopt the proposed Downtown Master Plan, a framework for revitalizing the city's downtown area encouraging economic growth, at a meeting Monday evening.

The plan, which lays out goals and methods for making a better downtown area includes things like increasing housing in the area, making the streets more walkable, beautifying the area and, most controversially, potentially reducing the width of First Street.

Master Plan Steering Committee Co-Chair Debbie Vandeberg presented the plan, saying it is not binding and adopting it will no...