Montana

Giddy up RURAL ENTREPRENEURS! If you are looking for a way to market and sale your products on-line…or you just wanna  learn a little more ’bout technology…eCommerce Training is the workshop for you! This two-day event will teach you how to sell yur  products and services online. In addition, you will also learn:

• How to create a website
• How to join an online chatroom, forum, or blog (heck you are on a blog right now)

Don’t forget! Everyone loves to be in the middle of the arena, so you’ll  also learn:

• the do’s and don’ts’ of advertising
• How to harness the power of marketing through email and pay-per-click
• And, how to “brand” your product so everyone will know who you are!

Yes siree! This is gonna be one wild show. Don’t miss the opportunity to be involved. And, for all of you who love to travel through the Big Sky–two seperate workshops will be offered.

• Sidney, Montana: Sidney Public Library on  April 2nd and 3rd
• Bozeman, Montana: Montana State University EPS Building on May 14th and 15th. Hold tight tur yur boots for more information on the Bozeman workshop.

Ya’ll better saddle up yur horses, strap on yur boots…’cause this is gonna be one wild ride!!

For more information on this wild rodeo event call:

Jamie Vowell at 406-994-1754 or email jvowell@montana.edu

Wolf Point’s Vision 

Wolf Point’s lifestyle is cohesive, showing mutual respect for all citizens and cultures.  We have open communication regarding community issues; celebrating of the richness of our diversity and a strong sense of community spirit.   

Wolf Point sits in the nation of theAssiniboine and Sioux tribes on the Fort Peck Reservation.  Our stable economy is based on value-added agriculture and the enhanced Native American economy.  Our community offers a world class destination tourism experience built on the complimentary heritage culture of the earliest Americans and the cowboys who followed to make their homes in the “Wild West”.  We offer an authentic experience in the wide open spaces showcasing the talents and lifestyles of this blended culture.  

 TOP 10 ATTRIBUTES of SUCCESSFUL COMMUNITIES

Strategic action plans to make the vision a reality inWolf
Point.

1. Community Buy-in (positive atmosphere).
2. Government to Government (leadership) communication and partnerships

 The Montana Horizons Communities invitied over 30 representives of non-profit organizations, foundations, agencies and special interest groups across the state to Bozeman in September to make connections and develop productive relationships  in support of their communities’ visioning and creating a plan of action.

The Partnership Summit had three objectives

• Explain the Horizon Program and process to potential partners
• Provide an opportunity for communities to collaborate with potential part
• Develop a “menu system” taht enhances and facilities communities to connect with partners and the services, resources and programs they provide.

The Partnership Summit was an ideal opportunity for communities to “showcase” their programs and accomplishments to potential partners and other communities. Communities prepared tabletop displays highlighting their communities.

The Small Towns in the Great Plains of Eastern Montana is a publication that was just produced  by Marvin Gloege.

Eastern Montana lies near the western edge of the Great Plains. for over a century generations have lived there, building and maintaining community in the face of obstacles imposed by both natural and economic forces. this book brings attention to the small towns of eastern Montana and the people who live there.

The early settlement of small towns in the Great Plains and throughout the U.S. is a basic part of our American roots. Do these towns continue as active and vital places or do they become merely a part of our past? De we let these communities blow away and become ghost towns? Or are their resiliency and resolve strong enough to overcome the long-term trends pointing toward decline?

As he chronciles in his book through interviews, statistical supplement and circumstances surrounding and effecting these communities, Marvin Gloege provides a detailed, sympathetic and realistic investigation into the realities of eastern Montana as a region of declining population. Readers will be drawn into the character of these communities and will come away with a deep appreciation for what it means to fight for survival when extinction seems imminent.

Interviews were conducted in the towns of:

Bainville, Baker, Circle, Culbertson, Ekalaka, Flaxville, Froid, Hysham, Ismay, Jordon, Medicine Lake, Nashua, Opheim, Outlook, Plevna, Scobey, Terry, Westby, Wibaux, Winnet