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This U.S. Region Will Pay You $10,000 To Move There (And Give You A Bike, Too)

These days, it’s not just about making a fresh start. By making a big move, you might be able to get rich at the same time.

Parking minimums are costing your city. For a way forward, look to Edmonton.

Land that could be an engine for prosperity and well-being instead becomes a costly burden on homeowners, small businesses, and taxpayers.

Helena to create affordable housing trust fund

The fund could be used for a variety of needs including purchasing property, rehabilitating or making health or safety improvements to existing property, below-market financing, matches for other funding sources or fostering public/private partnerships, according to the resolution.

Parents organize GoFundMe to support Bozeman teachers

The page was created for parents to thank their kids’ teachers for working in-person during COVID-19. All the money donated will provide free lunches to Bozeman teachers and staff. 

Should Landowners Fund Sidewalks?

“The idea that sidewalks are the responsibility of homeowners is often driven by the financial realities of cash-starved jurisdictions who have far less pedestrian infrastructure than they really need, rather than a real analysis of the actual public benefit of that infrastructure,” said Mike McGinn, executive director of America Walks.

Bozeman schools, nonprofits assist families who need internet, devices

The district originally thought helping families get hotspots, which rely on phone data to create a wifi network, would be the answer. It quickly learned hotspots are provider specific and often run up a phone bill.

Argue better, not less – The Better Arguments Project

Fifteen miles outside of one of the nation’s fastest-growing cities, roughly 100 residents gathered together—not because they shared a common belief, but precisely because they did not.

How will the Montana GOP spend its mandate?

“We know that the stated agenda of Greg Gianforte and Republican legislators threatens workers’ rights, women’s access to reproductive health care, and funding for critical infrastructure investments that Montana’s economy depends on,” said Abbot, who served as Minority Whip in the 2019 legislative session.

Dance With Me – A Public Blindfolded Dance Experiment (How about it when Covid is over?)

Could the blindfolds help me to be truly blind to gender, age, race, economic status?

Coal economy troubles hitting Montana’s tax rolls

For decades, coal mine taxes on both property and production have paid the bills in sparsely populated counties in the Powder River Basin. Money from the mines kept everyone else’s property taxes low. But that’s changing, said Commissioner George Real Bird, of Big Horn County.