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Bozeman, Belgrade, Big Sky – Quarter III 2013 Market Watch

The markets in Bozeman and surround, Belgrade and Big Sky all posted interesting numbers as Quarter 3 wrapped up. Comparing quarter to quarter between years shows an informative cross-section of how the market is performing versus this same time last year. The market in Bozeman has been plugging right along – median sales price is …

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Big Sky Medical Center Breaks Ground

The new Big Sky Medical Center is groundbreaking on Monday, September 30th.  Bozeman Deaconess Health Services will be building the new facility which according to their website: “The Big Sky Medical Center would offer 24/7/365 Emergency Services with a rooftop heli-stop for air ambulance service. A 5-bed inpatient unit for admissions appropriate for a Critical Access …

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Rising Bozeman housing costs coming to Belgrade

The Prospera Business Network published its trice annual cost of living study that confirmed what most Gallatin Valley residents already know: Bozeman’s housing market is expensive.According to the report, housing in Bozeman costs 9.5 percent more than the rest of the nation. Drew Little, the Prospera Program Manager, said that number does not factor in …

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Boyne and CrossHarbor make a move to purchase Moonlight Basin

Boyne and CrossHarbor have just put in the paperwork to purchase Moonlight Basin.  Cross Harbor owns the Yellowstone Club and parterned with Boyne Resorts, who owns Big Sky, to purchase Spanish Peaks and now Moonlight Basin.  Now they really do have the biggest skiing in America. JOINT STATEMENT – Issued on behalf of CrossHarbor Capital …

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New building under construction in Town Center | Explore Big Sky

New commercial is a good sign – Big Sky is growing. New building under construction in Town Center Phase 1 of new apartments, business space By Emily Wolfe Explore Big Sky Managing Editor BIG SKY – Perhaps you’ve noticed the mountain of dirt sitting just east of Lone Peak Cinema. By November, it will be …

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Gallatin Forest to start electrical line upgrade

The electrical line servicing Big Sky has been inadequate for quite some time.  An EIS has been issued for the proposed route for a new transmission line through Gallatin Canyon and is now within its 45 day appeal period. Gallatin Forest to start electrical line upgrade by Bozeman Daily Chronicle Staff The Gallatin National Forest …

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The path less traveled: Young Montanans leave cities to farm

Back to the country – Montana is seeing quite a few younger folks leaving the city for life in the country. by Tom Lutey, Associated Press BRUSETT — It’s 9 a.m. and the vast Eastern Montana prairie in Casey Coulter’s windshield is giving way to piney hills and the snowcapped Little Rocky Mountains, which the …

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Bozeman builders will be allowed to defer impact fees

The City of Bozeman has decided to allow developers to ‘defer’ their payment of impact fees until the Certificate of Occupancy is granted – this allows builders to not have to ‘up front’ the cost of the fees at the start of construction, instead allowing them to be paid when the construction is completed.  Strangely …

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