Liberty County Input
Economic Development (private business)
- New Main Street businesses (restaurant, motel, tire repair services)
- Access to affordable business financing
- Industrial parking
Hill County Input
Economic Development (private business)
- Education opportunities (MSUN, Havre Job Svc)
- Nurture farmers, markets, co-ops, etc.
- Develop low-cost health care options
- Open port, improve roads, create housing.
- Utilize old IGA building.
Zortman Community Input
Economic Development (private business)
- Marketing to promote recreational opportunities (landscape & wildlife, ATV trails, campgrounds, hunting & fishing, gold panning)
- Services to support hunting and tourism (mapping, maintenance, trail safety)
- Develop year-round employment options
- Develop housing (limited by public lands surrounding town)
Turner Community Input
Economic Development (private business)
- Business opportunity that would bring families to the community
Shelby Community Input
Environment
- Promote recycling and preservation
- Monitor DEQ water quality requirements
Judith Basin County Input
Economic Development (private business)
- Keep taxes low enough to promote new businesses
- Ensure dependable cell phone service (tower)
- Expand hours of grocery store
- Get credit card gas station (rather than key)
- Reopen Black Bull (access building and liquor license)
- Recruit bookkeeper/accountant
- Find lenders who can help make borrowing easier
- Develop tourism
- Improve internet connectivity
- Identify regulations that are holding business back
- Establish new restaurant
Blaine County Input
Economic Development (private business)
- Lower water and sewer rates
- Develop more retail, perhaps a cooperative store
- Expand child care
- Remodel City 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
- Thinking/being more entrepreneurial
- Education/training for more skilled workforce
- Fiber optics with Triangle Communications
- UPS drop stop
- Revitalize Main Street
- Attract younger people with new ideas
- Business opportunity that would bring families to the community
Whitewater Community Input
Economic Development (private business)
- Public transportation (community bus; part-time driver; weekly route to Malta)
- Public restrooms
- Public park
- Local grocery store
- Farm-to-cafeteria program to improve access to fresh foods
- Restaurant w/ regular meals
- Traveling doctor/nurse (work w/ Phillips Cy Hospital)
Stanford Community Input
Education
- Create student activity center
- Offer adult education/employment & business training
- Integrate individual athlete sports into school athletic program
- Montana High School Association should relax rules
- Expand library
- Create volunteer corps
Baseline Indicator Data
For every Regional Plan Area of Focus, we identified a handful of significant quantitative indicators from easily accessed commercial and government data sources. They are all available for counties; some are available for municipalities and reservations as well. The following Excel files provide a starting point for measuring progress towards Regional Plan objectives over the next 20 years.