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HB405: Dilemma: How to Keep Montana’s Young Workforce Home?

April 5, 2019 /

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Incentive Grant Aims to Draw Young Pros to Rural Towns

YOUNG FOLKS ARE MOVING TO OUR URBAN CORRIDORS:

Montana’s young folks with postsecondary and trade educations are packing up, leaving their small towns and heading to one of our seven central urban areas — or bolting the state altogether to make a decent living.

It’s an issue that comes up in conversation time after time, and in many ways it seems as if there is no solution. Whether they want to or not, young people are moving out of state so they can earn more competitive wages and live in more communities that are more vibrant with restaurants, entertainment and shops.

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