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‘Economic mapping’ can help cities target the best places for density and growth

Far more cities and metro areas need to better coordinate their strategies for increasing the quality of existing concentrations of activity, and expand investments into places with potential to become such hubs.

Montana Remote Workforce Toolkit

According to an analysis by Flexjobs and Global Workplace Analytics, there has been a 159% increase in remote work over the last 12 years; and as of 2020, 4.7 million U.S. workers were working remotely. 

Do you know of a Montana business that is going to close soon from activities related to Covid-19?

We know that retail stores, restaurants and other tourism-related business will be heavily impacted in the next few months.

This City Was Sick of Transportation Tech Disruptors. So It Decided to Become One.

“Any city in the world where you can get off the plane and open the Uber app … that city has a problem,”

Canada’s cancelled basic income trial produces positive results

The report suggests participants saw improvements in mental health, housing stability and social relationships, along with less frequent visits to hospitals and doctors that lowered the impact on general health services.

Senator Tester’s Push for Rural Broadband Expansion in Montana Passes Congress, Heads to President’s Desk

Senator’s bill will expand rural broadband, direct the FCC to build more accurate coverage maps

Bitterroot Forest starts development of forest-wide climbing plan

Rangers from across the country have contacted me to let them know they were watching. They want to see what comes out of this.”

MT Lowdown Podcast – Democratic candidate for governor Whitney Williams

“Forty percent of Montanans say they choose between putting food on the table and filling a prescription,” Williams said. “Montanans are, I think, fed up with this idea that the federal government is going to solve this problem for us, because they’re not.”

Department of Commerce Announces 5 New Montana Main Street Communities

The Montana Main Street Program is part of a network of communities across the country that are committed to building stronger communities through preservation-based economic development.

Following Tester Push, DeVos Reverses Course on Rural School Funding Change

Senator: “I’m going to keep working on a permanent fix to this reckless decision”

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