The Telecommuting and Gig Workforce in Montana

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New homes on the range: Weary city dwellers escape to Montana, creating a property gold rush – “I’ll be really curious to see what all of these buyers think of our winters.”

“We’re running around like lunatics,” said Amy Hyde, a mortgage broker in Bozeman. “People have done a month in an RV, and they’re saying they want to move to Montana. The number of out-of-state cars in our town right now is insane.”

Showcase these 5 essential skills to show you’re a standout remote worker

Showing you have the essential skills needed to be an effective communicator in different areas can help you land the job you’ve been eyeing—especially if it’s a remote position.

‘Zoom towns’ are exploding in the West and many cities aren’t ready for the onslaught.

GNAR is in the process of launching an online toolkit, which will provide basic urban planning information these communities need, like case studies and model ordinances.

Teleworking in a parking lot. School on a flash drive. The coronavirus prompts new urgency for rural Internet access.

“We’re trying to send people to Mars, but we can’t get our own population connected to the network?” said Gregory Goergen, who has sometimes gone with his children to a Sheetz parking lot to get work done online.

The CIO’s Role in Setting the Remote Work Agenda

Here’s a six-step roadmap for IT leaders to follow as they continue to prepare for business as “unusual”.

The Future of Work – Microsoft adopts ‘hybrid workplace’ that will let more employees work from home permanently

The coronavirus has abruptly changed the way we work — and some of those changes may be forever

“We’re In This Together” Update MEDA Fall Conference and Candidate Forum Agenda – 10/13-15 – Online – Register Now!

The agenda has some interactive segments – look it over and be prepared to share.  Thank you!

Plan Bay Area 2050 Proposes 60% Telecommute Rates for Office Workers

A drastic and unprecedented measure included in the draft Plan Bay Area 2050, released this summer, would require 60 percent of all workers in Bay Area office jobs to telecommute.

Big Sky Economic Development finalizes plans for Billings business incubator – Rock 31 Entrepreneur Program

After receiving a $2 million grant from the U.S. Economic Development Administration in 2019, Big Sky Economic Development is finalizing its plans to renovate the Montana National Bank building at 201 N. Broadway to house the organization’s entrepreneurial business incubator, the Rock 31 Entrepreneur Program.

The Great American Land Rush of 2020

For the first time, we are able to empirically measure this land rush within metro areas by using high frequency loan transaction data combined with land prices at fine levels of geography.

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