TODAY AT 2:00!!!

Governor’s Housing Task Force Meeting Open to the Public – 7/20 – Helena and Zoom

The public is welcome to attend the meeting in person (space is limited) or virtually to listen to the conversation and provide input during the designated public portion of the agenda.

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

• Dorsey – Labor and Employment 2022 Symposium – Thursday, August 18, 2022 – Online

  Sessions are designed to help employers identify issues and implement practical solutions and will focus on practical advice for employers in these uncertain and rapidly-changing times.

Montana Department of Commerce

• Department of Commerce Launches Program to Help Montana Homeowners Impacted by Pandemic

  The Montana Department of Commerce announced today $50 million in federal assistance funding is now available to help Montana homeowners impacted by the pandemic stay in their homes and get caught up on their mortgage and utility bills.

• Governor’s Housing Task Force Meeting Open to the Public – 7/20 – Helena and Zoom

  The public is welcome to attend the meeting in person (space is limited) or virtually to listen to the conversation and provide input during the designated public portion of the agenda.

MEDA -Montana Economic Developers Association

• Montana sees massive budget surplus, Missoula faces budget imbalance; seeks tax reform

  “The state continues to push the responsibility we share for healthy, thriving communities down to local government while at the same time inhibiting our ability to raise money outside of property taxes to get the job done.” Mayor John Engen

Next Generation Broadband in Montana

• A New Definition of Broadband?

  Trying to define broadband by a single speed is a classical Gordian knot – a problem that can’t be reasonably solved. We can pick a number, but by definition, any number we choose will fail some of the tests

• High-speed internet coming to rural parts of Gallatin County, Montana

  Yellowstone Fiber will lay cable connecting every house in Bozeman to the network.

Housing

• Zillow’s Home Buying Experiment Fell Apart, But Investors Think It Could Work In Europe

  Venture capital investors are betting that a algorithm-driven property flipping model that cost Zillow close to $880 million could work in European property hotspots like Paris.

• California home sales see huge year-over-year drop

  Outside of the early pandemic downturn in 2020, that plunge is the biggest since 2008, during the nadir of the Great Recession.

Visit Montana

• New interactive app takes you through Butte’s historical sites

  “Part of it is about preservation and trying to preserve the historic buildings and I think the more people understand what’s here, the more interest there will be in them,” said Nancy Woodruff.

Developing Funding Opportunities in Montana

• Apply Now: Audition to Star in the New TV Series ‘Women of Wall Street’

  You have 3-4 minutes to share your story and convince us that you are the next Woman of Wall Street! Show us your creativity. Let your personality and energy shine. Let’s go!

Developing a more Entrepreneurial Montana

• ESMT Proudly Presents The 2022 Montana Startup Summit Sept 29- Oct 1 Bozeman, MT

  Early Stage Montana Proudly Presents the Montana Startup Summit, a three-day weekend of events celebrating Montana’s innovation. Join us as we offer a variety of different events showcasing some of Montana’s most cutting edge Advisors, Mentors, and Founders.

Developing an Angel Network in Montana

• Corporate Good vs. Social Good: Can Investors Have Both?

  In an episode of the “All Else Equal” podcast series from Stanford Graduate School of Business, Wharton’s Jules van Binsbergen and Stanford’s Jonathan Berk discuss the strategies available to the social-minded investor, and why they are not clear-cut.

2023 Montana Legislature and Politics

• Crisis advocates ask Missoula County to place services levy on November ballot

  Weese said the organization’s own statistics suggest that 70% of homeless families in Missoula are headed by a single mother and domestic violence survivor.

Government News & Events

• On-demand shuttles are replacing buses in some areas

  For small towns and hard-to-reach areas, on-demand microtransit could offer an effective alternative to fixed-route buses.

American Prairie

• Meet the UK’s New Woodland Rangers: a Herd of Wild Bison

  A rewilding project in Kent thinks that introducing bison to the UK can supercharge biodiversity. But how wild can introduced animals ever be?

City Club Missoula

• City Club Missoula Presents – Montana’s 1st Congressional District Candidate Forum August 8, 2022

  For the first time in 30 years, Montanans are considering a ballot with two new congressional districts as a result of population growth reflected in the 2020 census. The stakes are especially high in District 1, which includes the ideologically diverse populations of Missoula, Kalispell, the Bitterroot, Bozeman, Butte, and more.

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