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D.C. is working on a futuristic plan: Less parking, taller buildings and a transformed city

If the vision is carried out, it could turn D.C. into a place where fewer people drive cars, more pavement used for parking shifts to outdoor restaurant seating, and some people even pay a toll to drive downtown. The plan envisions a city where Metro stations are public gathering places, apartment buildings have stoops where people congregate, and taller buildings abut older single-family houses.

Great Falls Economic Development Top 10 for 5-2-21

Experiencing workforce challenges? Curious to know what tools and resources are available to bolster your existing workforce attraction, development, and retention strategies? Introducing the Workforce Webinar Series: Connecting Employers to Vital Resources Addressing Workforce Challenges. Check out the video announcement, and head over to GrowGreatFallsMontana.org/Workforce to learn more and register.

Dozens camp overnight for chance to buy $1.2 million Bay Area townhouses

The doorbuster deal in question? The chance to buy a newly built townhouse, 18 of which were listed for sale on Saturday morning at a fixed price of $1.2 million, reports NBC Bay Area.

High cost of lumber delaying your home projects? Here’s when prices could come down

“This price spike has caused the price of an average new single-family home to increase by more than $24,000,” the NAHB says.

New Missoula family housing project in need of volunteers

MIC is looking for a variety of volunteers to help with day-to-day and special operations at the center.

Montana Governor Gianforte signs law killing affordable-housing program in Bozeman, Whitefish

Builders opposed requirement for affordable homes

White House Outlines Rural Infrastructure Investments within the American Jobs Plan

With its $2.7 trillion infrastructure package, the Biden administration plans to heavily invest in rural America, targeting “social infrastructure” alongside roads and bridges.

The dispiriting housing boom

Real estate, in particular, tends to rise in value much more easily than it falls. Besides, says National Association of Realtors chief economist Lawrence Yun, this “is not a bubble. It is simply lack of supply.”

Montana housing market booming, but who’s moving here?

Since this time last year, the median sale price for a home in Missoula increased 20.5%, to $403,450. In Whitefish, the cost has increased 41%, for a price of $632,000. The median sales price in Butte is $180,000, which is an annual increase of 12%. In Bozeman, the median sales price of a home increased 25%, to $679,900.

American Jobs Plan – The Need for Action in Montana

For decades, infrastructure in Montana has suffered from a systemic lack of investment. The need for action is clear:  Montana’s infrastructure received a C grade on its Infrastructure Report Card. The American Jobs Plan will make a historic investment in our nation’s infrastructure.