MATR Newsletter – July 13, 2022
The state with the best education wins!

If YouTube, Twitter and Facebook ever merge, I hope they call it YouTwitFace.

Flathead Valley Community College

• FVCC Launches Wachholz Center Website, Unveils Performance Lineup

  As construction on the state-of-the-art music and athletic facility nears an end, the College Center director announced its debut concerts, shows and speakers

Next Generation Broadband in Montana

• Santa Clara County Moves Toward Municipal Fiber Network

  Driven by Covid frustration and a boom in available grant money, Santa Clara County, California officials say they’re moving forward with their plans to explore a municipal broadband network, with the formal next steps expected to be announced at the tail end of this year.

Housing

• At Invitation Homes, One of the nation’s largest corporate landlords with over 80,000 units, unpermitted work leaves leaky plumbing, faulty repairs, renters say

  The company rapidly bought and renovated thousands of properties, often without required permits

Montana Business

• Montana Workforce Study is now available

  “This report is a summary of Montana residents and their participation within the workforce during the first quarter (Jan-March) of 2022. This study was conducted to understand what part of the general resident population has worked in the service and hospitality industry since the beginning of 2020.

Incubators and R&D

• A pilot project turns wind turbine blades into snowsports equipment

  The recycled blades will be turned into skis, snowboards, and construction materials for solar farms

Government News & Events

• Funding Notice: Community Geothermal Heating & Cooling Design & Deployment

  The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced the Community Geothermal Heating and Cooling Design and Deployment Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA), which will award $300,000–$13 million for projects that help communities design and deploy geothermal district heating and cooling systems, create related workforce training, and identify and address environmental justice concerns.

• Indiana Government Stops Solar Net Metering, Costs Voters Thousands!

  There’s been a disgusting development in Indiana that not only hurts the environment and national security, but could cost middle-class homeowners (and voters!) thousands of dollars per Indiana household.

City Club Missoula

• City Club Missoula hosts discussion about future of Marshall Mountain

  The nearly $2 million goal of the project is to preserve and protect the 320 acres located in East Missoula.

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