Choteau Community Input
Employment
- Improve wages—food and housing costs are too high for the amount of money that can be made working here
Chester Community Input
Economic Development (private business)
- New Main Street businesses (restaurant, motel, tire repair services)
- Access to affordable business financing
- Industrial parking
Population Pyramids
Population pyramids show the number of males and females, by age groups, who live in a community at a given moment. These diagrams allow us to easily compare demographic differences between metropolitan areas, rural towns, and reservations. They illustrate the tendency of big cities to have many residents of working age, while rural small towns have growing populations of elderly residents, and reservations have relatively more young children and youth. Below are the pyramids for the U.S., Montana, and several towns in the region. You can also download a PDF of all pyramids here.
Community Input Word Clouds
These word clouds were created by the information gathered at our community roundtable discussions. Raw data about each county is located here. The word clouds are a summary of the priorities of each area. A PDF of the word clouds is also available for download.
Pondera County Maps
Below are all of the Pondera County data maps that were used in the Vibrant Futures Regional Plan. You can also download the PDF version of all maps.
Chinook Community Input
Economic Development (private business)
- Lower water and sewer rates
- Develop more retail, perhaps a cooperative store
- Expand child care
- Remodel Cy Courthouse, City Hall, Police Dept
- Upgrade water treatment/sewer systems
- Seek access to affordable business loans
- Promote community attractions, events, businesses, and services
- Improve rest area, fair grounds, walking path
Blackfeet Community Input
Economic Development (private business)
- Need better customer service; fast foods/Wal-Mart.
- We need family oriented business.
- Lack of funds for public infrastructure improvement-to keep our town clean.
- Lack of economic availability: bank loans, jobs, assistance filling out applications.
Big Sandy Community Input
Economic Development (private business)
- Create job opportunities for young people, year-round, wages higher than minimum wage
- Improve presentation of Main Street area to entice highway traffic
- Improve quality of older housing to attract new residents
- Improve water and sewer infrastructure to attract new businesses
- Keep current businesses on Main Street
Regional Maps
These maps contain data for the entire regional, some broken out into counties or census tracts. You may find more detailed information on each county at the links below the maps. You can download the Distance to Services Maps and the Regional Data Maps in PDF.
Teton County Maps
Below are all of the Teton County data maps that were used in the Vibrant Futures Regional Plan. You can also download the PDF version of all maps. Housing Condition maps are also available below the data maps and the PDF version can be downloaded as well.