Big Sky residents debate whether new workforce housing is too nice or not nice enough

Thu, 30 Jul 2026 10:39:05 +0000

A proposed workforce housing development on the old Hardy Ranch parcel drew a standing-room crowd to the Big Sky Community Corporation meeting room Tuesday evening. The project, dubbed “Meadow View Commons,” would add 48 units priced between $650,000 and $950,000 — a price point developers describe as “attainable for local professionals.”

Longtime resident Marge Holloway, 72, arrived at 5:30 p.m. to secure a seat. She remembers when a ski pass cost $12 and a lot in Moonlight Basin went for the price of a decent truck. “They call it workforce housing,” Holloway said, “but the last workforce I saw around here was the crew that built my neighbor’s heated driveway.”

Workforce Housing on The Bozeman Daily Bee

Big Sky residents debate whether new workforce housing is too nice or not nice enough