montana: The Benefits of Having a Billionaire For a Neighbor
- 03/25/08 01:18 AM
Wade Dokken, owner and creator of the proposed Ameya Preserve development sold approximately 4,000 acres of his development to a neighboring landowner, Giorgio Perfetti, an heir to an Italian candy empire, which includes the popular Mentos mints. The Ameya Preserve is an environmentally sensitive development, blending culture and ecology and is nature-centered, with music and cooking programs, dinosaur digging, a planeterium for star-gazing, and other activities. About 300 homes and commercial facilities are planned in the Bullis Creek drainage, four miles south of Livingston, Montana, in the beautiful Paradise Valley, home to movie stars and other prominent figures looking to escape the crowds. Perfetti, the … (1 comments)
montana: A 360 Degree Perspective of Montana
- 03/22/08 02:28 AM
Montana's will be looking to this website, Montana 360 Project, in the coming days to get new and unique visual perspectives of our beloved Big Sky state. The photos will open the door to the striking geography and distinctive people and highlight notable destinations, interesting history, rich culture, and singular personalities. The Bozeman Daily Chronicle hopes the combination of "cutting-edge technology" and "traditional journalism" will offer a new angle on Montana and all it has to offer. Taunya Fagan Bozeman Montana Real Estate … (2 comments)
montana: Adorable Home in Historic Overlay District of Downtown Bozeman, Montana
- 03/16/08 10:20 AM
1015 W Dickerson, Bozeman, Montana $239,000 Newly updated adorable home in the historic overlay district of Downtown Bozeman. R-2 zoned. This home has 3 bedrooms and one bath. The home also has new flooring and a new roof. It has been painted inside and out and has new fixtures. This is a great little house and its Carport can be used as a wonderful flex space: in the summer as an outdoor-covered patio perfect for parties and barbecues, or in the winter get the car out of there directions of snow. The yard can be fenced. This home is a great investment property because it is very close to … (0 comments)
montana: What a Difference a Zip Code Makes
- 03/14/08 04:07 PM
In a down market like this location becomes an important issue. More than 6 millon will purchase homes this year and many because they must, due to relocation and other reasons. Buyers are getting savvier, and in this market they have been spooked and are thinking "resale" as they purchase their property; they want to be able to sell if the market continues to fall or they are transferred again. Smart buyers are looking at zip codes within the region or city in which they want to live or must. Property close to schools holds it value compared to comparable property in the same area. Property with open space, … (2 comments)
montana: Battling Sprawl in Micropolitan Bozeman, Montana
- 03/13/08 03:41 PM
Battling Sprawl in the Micropolitan WestThe population of Bozeman, Montana has grown +20% since 2000, with more than 2000 new single-family home lots approved in the last two years. Subdivisions are springing up consuming acre after acre of what has been historically used as farm- and ranchland. Gallatin County, Montana is booming, but keeping the boom from adversely impacting the old way of life is an uphill battle. The Sonoran Institute, based in Tucson, AZ, has been called in to help. Its Mission: "...is to inspire and enable community decisions and public policies that respect the land and people of western North America." Randy Carpenter, a Sonoran Institute … (1 comments)
montana: Montana Has High Rate of Entrepreneurial Activity
- 02/03/08 11:31 AM
According to the Kauffman Index of Enterpreneurial Activity, the five states with the highest rates of entrepreneurial activity in 2006 were 1) Montana (0.60 percent) 2) Mississippi (0.52 percent) 3) Georgia (0.44 percent) 4) Oklahoma (0.43 percent) 5) Maine (0.42 percent) According to the Kauffman Index, Montanans began more companies per person than residents of any other state, averaging 7 percent of people beginning small businesses each year in Montana. The five states with the lowest rates of entrepreneurial activity were 1) Michigan (0.16 percent), 2) Pennsylvania (0.17 percent), 3) South Carolina (0.18 percent), 4) Illinois (0.18 percent), 5) Delaware (0.19 percent). Information for 2007 has … (1 comments)
montana: Skilled Workers Needed in Montana!
- 01/27/08 06:55 AM
Montana launches online job resource-employers need skilled workers... In Gallatin County, Montana, today's employers need to teach as much as anything else. The demand for skilled workers in the Bozeman constuction industry is serious. Most employees who come into a skilled construction job lack the skills necessary to do the work. People are quitting school to take relatively high-paying, low-skilled jobs because of the basic need for all types of workers, especially those in the construction trade. "In the Gallatin Valley, we see a lot of commercial construction. ... You need a lot more people skilled in masonry, steel workers," David Smith, President of … (0 comments)
montana: Bozeman Montana Has New Mayor
- 01/08/08 03:54 AM
Bozeman has a new mayor, Kaaren Jacobson, sworn in on January 7, 2008. In an effort to pay for Bozeman's growth, she stated her desire is to increase road impact fees, which is contrary to a recent vote by the former city commission to reduce impact fees to 65 percent of the full rate, which is $9,172. More than 100 people packed the Gallatin County Courthouse not only to listen to her state of Bozeman address but to also watch the swearting in of the 2008 city commission. For More On Bozeman's New Mayor Click Here
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montana: The Aging West...are retreating to Montana
- 12/30/07 03:25 AM
According to the Center for the Rocky Mountain West, Baby Boomers shifting the traditional demographic pattern from that of retirement to warm climes to that of retirement to the cooler, mountainous regions of the Rockies, particularly Wyoming and Montana. This, in turn, is shifting the average age of the population of these states from a relatively younger to a significantly older average age. Baby Boomers are retreating north, buying homes and other types of real estate, and loving it! The Aging West giving you the advantage...TM Bozeman Entertainment 406.579.9683 taunya.fagan@prumt.com … (2 comments)
Wade Dokken, owner and creator of the proposed Ameya Preserve development sold approximately 4,000 acres of his development to a neighboring landowner, Giorgio Perfetti, an heir to an Italian candy empire, which includes the popular Mentos mints.
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