A proposal for a "living roof" atop the Missoula Public Library could come to fruition within the next two years after a coalition of local government officials pulled together $1.25 million to move the project forward.

The living roof, also known as a green roof, would cover the downtown library with plants along the third floor, fourth floor and the roof of the building — totaling a third of an acre.

Officials touted the environmental benefit of adding plants to the building to the Missoula Redevelopment Agency (MRA) on Thursday, which voted to approve spending $75,000 of Tax Increment Funding over two years for the project.

"It is a pretty sizeable area in the center of the city, it would also contribute to habitat for little critters and also really significantly cool those spaces,"

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