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Featured "Come Home Montana" Community ~ ANACONDA

February 24, 2006 /

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Bear Paw Development Corporation is a private non-profit organization created for the purpose of administering programs to help improve regional economic conditions in Hill, Blaine, Liberty, Chouteau and Phillips Counties and the Fort Belknap and Rocky Boy's Indian Reservations.

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Community Assets Include:

* The information below was provided by Anaconda Local Development Corporation. Contact Executive Director Jim Davison at 406.563.5538. Please visit the Anaconda website at the link below. You’ll find more information regarding community planning, resources, loan packages, properties for sale, and relocation information.

* Anaconda Local Development Corporation

* Anaconda, the county seat of Deer Lodge County, is located in mountainous southwestern Montana at an elevation of 5,335 feet. The Continental Divide passes within 35 miles of the community with local Rocky Mountain peaks reaching to 10,379 feet.

* BUSINESS TAX INCENTIVES

State Tax Incentives

New/ Expanded Industry Credit (15-31-124)

Eligibility: Manufacturing companies

Qualifying Expenditures: Increase total full time employment by at least 30%

Benefit: The total amount of the credit is 1% of the total wages paid to new employees. Credit is available during the firs three years following initiation or expansion of the manufacturing operation. Credit limited to the year in which it is earned.

* Local Tax Incentives

Tax Increment Financing District (TIFD)

Industrial development projects fall under TIFD

Local government may issue bonds for a wide variety of development purposes such as; financing land acquisition, industrial infrastructure, rail spurs, buildings, and personal property related to the public improvements

* Affordable Housing. Estimated Average Cost of Home*:

* Small, two bedroom: $50,000

* Two story, three bedroom: $80,000

* New Home: $110,000 – $145,000 ($80 – $100/square foot)

Community Vision:

* Anaconda-Deer Lodge County will, as a community, preserve our rich heritage and common values by retaining and enhancing our turn-of-the-century image. With long range planning to direct growth and development, our community will continue to be a safe place where individuals and families can work, play and learn based on a strong commitment to basic values, sound education and mutual respect. The preservation and development of our resources will be for the betterment of all citizens, now and in the future.

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