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Kalispell Council Considers Housing Authority Establishment

City officials addressed affordable housing at a work session, which also included potentially easing zoning restrictions and collaborating with nonprofits

University Project Looks at Communities in Iowa That Are ‘Shrinking Smart’

Researchers with the Rural Shrink Smart initiative will create resources for other communities to learn how to tackle diminishing population numbers.

Treeline Coffee partners with Prospera Business Network to highlight women-owned business

It started off as Little Red Wagon in 2013 and became Treeline in 2015. In that time, Natalie and Deejay have watched their business become a staple in Bozeman. “Anytime you start a business it’s…

Montana Learning Center explores mysteries of space

The Montana Learning Center at Canyon Ferry Lake near Helena, offers students, teachers, and families one of the best spots in the country to see space up close.

Elon Musk’s Starlink is keeping Ukrainians online when traditional Internet fails

Starlink is a unit of Musk’s space company, SpaceX. The service uses terminals that resemble TV dishes equipped with antennas and are usually mounted on roofs to access the Internet via satellite in rural or disconnected areas.

The surprising link between Covid-19 deaths and … internet access

The case for treating internet access as a health necessity.

New ‘digital equity’ data, mapping tools opened to state and local agencies

The “Digital Equity Intelligence Center,” is a library of data models and an interactive map-based application. The tools allow states and cities to skip much of the data modeling needed to understand the digital divide

2022 Montana Broadband Availability Map – How is your location doing?

Click in the map to see county statistics in a popup. Zoom in until country boundaries appear and click in the map to see relevant statistics. Zoom in still further to see Served / Unserved / Underserved / Frontier Locations in the map.

Bear Paw Development Corporation – Paw Prints – A quarterly newsletter to keep you informed

During last year we coordinated more than $13.1 million in funding for business start-ups and expansions and community enhancements, including local government infrastructure. We also leveraged $125 from outside sources for every $1 we received from our local government member entities and helped the private sector to create or retain 61 jobs in our rural area of Montana. 

Yellowstone County Summer Jobs Program Employer Priority Deadline March 25th

The Yellowstone County Summer Jobs Program matches participants with a job or paid internship, provides a paid foundational work skills training, and connects students with an adult mentor for the summer.

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Bozeman is a rapidly growing city with a high quality of life in part due to the easy access to the outdoors, burgeoning tech industry, and cultural experiences it offers.

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