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Bozeman to pursue incentive-based affordable housing policies

City staff members are proposing ways to incentivize affordable housing, how to incorporate increased departures designed for affordable housing into the city’s administrative review process and how the planned unit development process — which essentially allows developers to skirt some city standards if they can provide enough public benefits — can be retooled to focus on affordability.

International Study: Montana faces higher temps, less snow, more drought

Montana is one of many regions that have much to lose if the world doesn’t take immediate action to stem the effects of climate change, according to a new report.

Why the Concept of Induced Demand Is a Hard Sell

Both the public and policymakers have trouble understanding why building more roads and highways does not reduce congestion.

Low cost airfare initiative is working to lower flight costs and bring in direct flights to Great Falls

The Great Falls Area Chamber of Commerce is working with the Airport Authority to make a financial guarantee for new flights at the Great Falls International Airport. 

Park County, Montana throws its weight behind new manufacturing business – Glassybaby

The county will apply for the Big Sky Economic Development Trust Fund job creation grant with Prospera to assist “glassybaby,” as the company is called, in opening a plant that could employ as many as 140 workers.

Here’s One Way States Are Boosting Affordable Housing

By 2031 that number could be closer to 8 million, as rent restrictions expire on some 745,000 homes where, because of federal programs, tenants pay less than market rent.

Free marketing workshops for small businesses – 3/28

UPDATE: The first workshop, originally scheduled for Tuesday, March 8, has been postponed to Monday, March 28 due to unexpected circumstances. Please contact Sean McGuire at (406) 727-5173 or [email protected].

USA Today has ranked  Havre, Montana’s “Beneath the Streets (Historical Underground Tour)” #2 among underground attractions across the nation.

When fire destroyed most of Havre in 1904, many business owners moved underground to carry on their business until the town could be rebuilt.

Missoula County defends clean energy goals, slow shift to electric vehicles

“We have talked with NorthWestern and Missoula Electric Co-op, and of course, they are both aware the vehicle market is shifting toward electric,” Maneta said. “Given that this shift won’t happen overnight, the utilities have the opportunity to plan for it and ensure there will be sufficient generation to meet electricity demand in the future.”

What ski towns tell us about the inequality crisis

Ski town economics are a harbinger for America’s struggling middle class