Costa Vida Employee Housing Public Comment from Tyler PitcherAimee Brunckhorst
From: Sandy Carlson
Sent: Monday, April 26, 2021 2:55 PM
To: Aimee Brunckhorst
Subject: FW: [EXTERNAL] Costa Vida Employee housing
Hi Aimee,
I hope you are well.
Could you please forward this to everyone?
Also, is there a zoom link for tonight
-----Original Message -----
From: Tyler Pitcher <tyler.pitcher@icloud.com>
Sent: Monday, April 26, 2021 1:00 PM
To: Kari Gabriel <kgabriel@kalispell.com>; Sandy Carlson <scarlson@kalispell.com>
Cc: Jarod Nygren <jnygren@kalispell.com>
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Costa Vida Employee housing
Hi Kari, Sandra, and Jarod
I'd like to discuss the planing process for Chipotle and letting them come in next door to us and how it will negatively
affect us in stabilizing our part of the service industry here in Kalispell.
In January I purchased five acres of land that we are currently developing for employee housing. We will have room to
house up to 75% of our staff. I have the water well in, the DEQ permit is being worked on right now and we have the
HWY department approval, with all of that in progress we are hoping to break ground this month....
With the news of Chipotle submitting plans for approval and planning to build next door to us, we may be forced to put
our plans on hold and continue suffering in the same labor shortage as the rest of the service industry here in Kalispell.
I what to help my employees, my family and my community. I'd love to discuss employee housing with you. I have
worked in Jackson Hole and Park City where they have employee housing and/or mandates for employee housing. It can
really stabilize our community and take the burden off of public officials and public assistance resources and it does not
required government subsidized housing. I am taking the lead but I need your help.
I'd love to get some time on the P&Z and County Councils agenda with 15-30 min to speak with you.
Kind Regards
Tyler Pitcher I Operating Partner
Costa Vida I Kalispell, MT
Cell: 406-909-0040
tpitcher@costavida.com