In the Gallatin Valley, Montana, (Bozeman, MT) as is so often the case in the West, how best to manage growth is a contentious issue, pitting the rural-minded against the urban-minded, the agrarian-minded against the industrial-minded, those who want wild western land, or at least large western r
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01/30/2008
Some excellent insight into the currect economic situation, the housing issue, the pending election, and the real state of the economy..."It is hard to imagine any time in history when such rampant pessimism about the economy has existed with so little evidence of serious trouble..." "With housin
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01/28/2008
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
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01/27/2008
Is your town proactive enough on the homeless issue? If you believe your community could do more about its homeless but you don't know how to begin, contact Family Promise, a national organization "...committed to helping low-income families nationwide to achieve lasting independence... [Family P
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01/26/2008
I recommend reviewing and supporting this by calling the office of Montana's Senator, Max Baucus, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee. Contact Jim Messina (202) 224-2611 (Messina is Baucus's Chief of Staff) Here is a truncated portion of the article: January 24, 2008 - The National Associati
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01/24/2008
A good friend of my husband's informed him today that his business partner in San Francisco met with some Google afficiandos yesterday, Jaunuary 23, 2008, and was informed by them that Google will not longer index keywords. This does NOT apply to other search engines, but Google is used in ~75-85
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01/24/2008
Marty Ummel of CARLSBAD, CA, and millions of others believe they paid too much for the houses they bought at the top of this latest housing boom. But Ms. Ummel differs in that she's suing her agent, stating it was all his fault. According to the NYT article, "Ummel states that the agent hid the
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01/23/2008
ActiveRain made #5 out of 10 on the Swanepoel TRENDS Report (RealSure Publishing), which does a thorough report of the real estate industry, identifying the top 10 companies of 2007, companies that distinguished themselves as "different and memorable" and which may impact the real estate industr
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01/21/2008
The Gallatin County, Montana county commissioners contemplate Gallatin County, MT zoning as the means to manage both future and present growth. With close to an 11 percent increase in the county's population since 2000, protection of the region's agricultural legacy and preservation of its natura
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01/20/2008
Bozeman, MT ranks in fourth place out of the top 20 fishing towns in the U.S. according to Field and Stream Magazine. A positive aspect of Montana fishing is the 1985 Stream Access Law, allowing everybody recreational access to rivers and streams to the ordinary high-water mark, regardless of str
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01/18/2008
