UPCOMING DEADLINES The Rural Surface Transportation Grant Program The Rural Surface Transportation Grant Program supports projects that improve and expand the surface transportation infrastructure in rural areas to increase connectivity, improve the safety and reliability of the movement of people and freight, and generate regional economic growth and improve quality of…
Read MoreHB 355, sponsored in the 2023 Legislative Session by Rep. John Fitzpatrick, provides $20 million to cities and towns for the maintenance and repair of existing infrastructure. Join us this Monday, November 6th, for a Town Hall with the Montana Department of Commerce staff to discuss how much funding each…
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We know that local government funding, primarily through property taxes, plays a vital role in providing essential services that benefit Montanas such as firefighting, education, and infrastructure. Recently, we’ve seen and heard legislators at the state level blame local governments for higher property taxes, which we all know is not…
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Guest Blog by Matt Lehrman, Managing Director of Social Prosperity Partners Civility in local government is similar to the guardrails on a highway — providing structure by which municipal leaders and the public can navigate around each other. Securing the travel lanes provides mutual safety for people heading in all…
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