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HBO – “Our Towns: A 100,000-Mile Journey into the Heart of America”

Based on journalists James and Deborah Fallows’ book Our Towns: A 100,000-Mile Journey into the Heart of America, the film spotlights local initiatives and explores how a sense of community and common language of change can help people and towns find a different path to the future.

Where Americans Are Moving — and Why They Really Are Doing It

It’s true that some cities have been losing population, but it’s not because of a mass exodus to escape the coronavirus. Don’t look for a lot of moving vans heading from Brooklyn to Mayberry.

Looking for a new place to live? What does a community need to tell you about to help you make a decision?

We’d like to know anything you feel is important so we can help develop something that we think will help you make a decision.

Small-Town Natives Are Moving Back Home – What do you need to know about a community?

For many young people, returning to struggling communities means exchanging prosperity for a more rooted life.

Q&A: How to Attract Young People to a Rural Region

Concern about attracting young people will sound familiar to most rural residents, but especially to “public-lands communities.” These are populated areas – towns and small cities – that lie near large swaths of publicly owned land like national parks, Bureau of Land Management holdings, and national and state forests.

1,596 Jobs from 88 Companies Funded by Madrona Venture Group – Raises $345M for 8th fund, its largest ever, and $161M for 2nd later-stage fund

Since 1995, Madrona Venture Group has helped technology entrepreneurs launch and grow world-class companies. The heart and soul of what we do is act as strategic board members and advisors on everything from helping to…

Remote working: How cities might change if we worked from home more

Employees are coming to realize remote working is not only possible but, in some cases, preferable. A shift to a new way of working might already be under way.

San Francisco rents down 9.2%, lowest prices in 3 years

“As more and more companies move into remote work, many renters don’t want to pay the big-city price tag when they are unable to use the amenities and are looking for more affordable options outside of large, metropolitan areas,” she said. “If everyone is stuck at home, people are prioritizing having more space and comfort over city life.”

Facebook’s embrace of remote work could reshape Bay Area economy

The company will create office hubs in Denver, Dallas and Atlanta, where real estate costs are a fraction of those in the Bay Area.

Mark Zuckerberg on taking his massive Facebook workforce remote – “We’re unlocking remote hiring.”

A bunch of the people who leave the company, who are good people who we would want to keep — the reason that they leave is because they want to move somewhere that we don’t support.

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As the hub of learning, creativity and innovation in Northwest Montana, Flathead Valley Community College is expanding

Montana Technology Innovation Partnership (MTIP)- Promoting Technology Commercialization in the State of Montana.

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