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  • Funding opportunities topic of presentation hosted by LVCC

    Roger Dey, BVD|Updated Nov 1, 2022

    The Lincoln Valley Chamber of Commerce worked with Heart of the Rockies Foundation, the US Department of Agriculture and the Montana Business Assis-tance Connection to host an Oct. 18 presentation on grants, loans and funding opportunities that rural businesses can take advantage of get up and running, or expand and improve. "One of the primary roles of the Chamber of Commerce is to provide access to valuable resources and to support economic development in the community," LVC...

  • Editorial: How to Kill a Good Town (Revisited)

    Roger Dey, BVD|Updated Sep 21, 2022

    For the past ten-and-a-half years I've seen Lincoln move from a town stuck in an economic rut to one that began to take control of its own destiny. The successful development of Blackfoot Pathways: Sculpture in the Wild showed Lincoln can do something new and unexpected and be more than just "stinkin' drinkin' Lincoln." People began look at ways to grow the economy beyond that, without making too many drastic changes to the community. Discussions that had been going on...

  • Sculpture in the Wild ready for 'sculpture season' next month

    Roger Dey, BVD|Updated Aug 31, 2022

    Sculpture season returns to Blackfoot Pathways: Sculpture in the Wild in September, featuring an artist originally slated to be here in 2020 and the return of an artists who was last here in 2019. Following a two-year delay, Northern Cheyenne artist Bently Spang will be here to create an installation reflecting his Native American culture. "We're real excited about him," said BPSW president Becky Garland. Spang was originally scheduled to create an installation during the...

  • Comprehensive Master Plan to rely on community input

    Roger Dey, BVD|Updated Mar 12, 2022

    How can Lincoln develop without losing its identity and changing into something the community itself won't recognize? That has been, in one way or another, the core conundrum in various efforts to make plans for Lincoln's future over the last 50-plus years. It remains at the heart of the upcoming effort to develop a comprehensive community master plan for the town. The recently formed Master Plan Steering Committee began the process of tackling that issue during a Zoom...

  • Town Hall marks beginning of Lincoln Community Master Planning

    Roger Dey, BVD|Updated Mar 10, 2022

    Editors Note: Full disclosure, I am a member of the steering committee for Community Master Planning, but I'm still out of local reporters to cover this. This isn't a press release or editorial. I've covered it like I would any other large community meeting. The first phase for developing a master plan for the community of Lincoln got underway at a Town Hall meeting at the Lincoln Community Hall Wednesday, March 2 that drew nearly 90 people. The purpose of the meeting was to e...

  • Borrowing a little 'Hey Howdy Hey'

    Tammy Jordan|Updated Jul 13, 2021

    Believe it or not, there are occasionally times that I sit down to write this column, and I have no idea what I’m going to write about. It’s usually after a very long and crazy week, which was the exact definition of last week. There was a lot to do before my first in-person show of the year, where - in more than a year - I would be able to teach in person again. There also seemed to be something going on every night last week. Usually, I keep my schedule to a meeting or fun...

  • A look at master planning and its role in Lincoln's future

    Roger Dey, BVD|Updated Jun 23, 2021

    Envision Lincoln and the Lincoln Valley Chamber of Commerce have been working with Lewis and Clark County and the Montana Business Assistance Connection to develop a comprehensive master plan for Lincoln. Earlier this month, Lewis and Clark County approved a request for proposals for development of a comprehensive master plan. The RFP will go out for bid to professional consultants who have experience in master planning for rural communities like Lincoln. But just what is a...

  • Lincoln Farmers Market gets a reboot

    Kate Radford, Contributing writer|Updated Jun 9, 2021

    Lincoln's first farmers market in two years kicked off on June 4 with several booths and a steady flow of visitors at Valler's Market. The plan to start a Farmers Market in Lincoln originated with Envision Lincoln's Health and Wellness Action team in 2018. The market originally started in 2019 with funds from the Lincoln Council for the Arts, which served as the market's fiscal sponsor, and the Lincoln Valley Chamber of Commerce. Jason and Tiana Valler, owners of Valler...

  • Other Envision Lincoln Updates

    Roger Dey|Updated Apr 30, 2021

    Master Planning Envision Lincoln continues to work on master planning. Lewis and Clark County and the Montana Business Assistance Connection were awarded two separate grants totaling $47,000 to fund development of a professional master plan. "The one thing we will have to do is a (Request For Proposal) for a contractor to develop a master plan," she said. A committee will develop the RFP based on templates used by other communities and then it will be submitted to the county...

  • RTP grant awarded to fund section of Envision Lincoln In-Town Trails plan

    Roger Dey, BVD|Updated Apr 30, 2021

    Montana State Parks awarded a Recreational Trails Program Grant to the Lincoln Ranger District for construction of a trail segment identified by Envision Lincoln in the In-Town Trails Plan developed in 2018. It will be the first trails from the plan to come to fruition. A one-mile, figure-eight loop, the trail will be built on the15-acre parcel of Forest Service property adjacent to the east side of Blackfoot Pathways: Sculpture in the Wild. "It will connect the sculpture...

  • LINCOLN, MONTANA

    Patrick Shea with Susie Graetz, U of M - This is Montana Community Vitality Program|Updated Apr 20, 2021

    Editors Note: Rick Graetz with the University of Montana selected Lincoln to be the first town featured in a new series of community profiles in the 'This is Montana Community Vitality Program.' Graetz allowed the BVD to be the first publication to run the Lincoln article before it goes out for wider distribution. A limited human presence, single main street, towering ponderosa pine trees reaching up toward snow covered peaks, a lumberjack atmosphere, and a ranger station is...

  • Envision Lincoln awarded master planning grants, considers formalizing as a nonprofit

    Roger Dey, BVD Editor|Updated Mar 23, 2021

    The future of downtown planning and revitalization took a major step forward this week with the notification that Lincoln has been awarded a Montana Main Street Grant for $20,000 to help fund development of a master plan. Karyn Good, the lead organizer for Envision Lincoln, learned of the award Monday after receiving a call from Gov. Greg Gianforte's office. While the announcement came later than expected, she was fairly confident Lincoln had been successful. Her cautious...

  • LVCC looks ahead to opportunities, change of focus in 2021

    Roger Dey, BVD|Updated Jan 20, 2021

    Upcoming board opening, the pending launch of an interactive map website, op-portunities to promote and market Lincoln, and the future of Skijoring all came up for discussion during the Jan. 14 meeting of the Lincoln Valley Chamber of Commerce. As the LVCC heads into 2021, the seven-member board will have three open board seats, due to expiring terms, with Bob Weatherston of the Three Bears Motel and Goldieknots' Tammy Jordan stepping down after last weeks' meeting. The seat...

  • Sculpture in the Wild earns Governor's Art Award

    Roger Dey, BVD|Updated Jan 6, 2021

    Eight years ago, the idea of an international sculpture park in Lincoln seemed like a pretty crazy idea, but as 2020 – a notably crazy year itself – drew to a close, Blackfoot Pathways: Sculpture in the Wild added another feather to its cap as one of five honorees recognized with the Montana Governor's Arts Award. In a Dec. 29 press release from the Mon-tana Art's Council, Gov. Steve Bullock announced the awards, which are bestowed on individuals and organizations that "de...

  • Leaving nothing on the table

    Roger Dey, BVD|Updated Dec 30, 2020

    Susan Good Geise ended her tenure on the Lewis and Clark County Commission Tuesday morning when Montana Attorney General Tom Fox swore in Tom Rolfe as the newest commissioner filling the District 2 seat she's vacating. Last week, Geise was looking ahead to the end of her time in office, and reflecting on her time with the commission. "Mostly what I am is profoundly grateful," she said. "Really, really grateful because I thought my time in politics was over. I had one last...

  • Paul Roos leaves a legacy of Lincoln's empowerment

    Roger Dey, BVD|Updated Dec 17, 2020

    "If we can come to a broad consensus, that has the potential to give us power. A new kind of power that will let us figure out that maybe we can affect some change. It may take decades, it may happen a long time after I'm gone, but it begins with the first step and that's what this is about." Paul Roos made that comment in the spring of 2014 while talking about community movement he had been spearheading since the year before. Paul passed away Nov. 10 after a short battle...

  • County commission approves application for Montana Main Street Program grant fund Lincoln Master Plan

    Roger Dey, BVD Editor|Updated Dec 8, 2020

    The Lewis and Clark County Commission unanimously approved the application for a $20,000 grant from the Montana Main Street Program during the Friday Dec. 5 Government Day meeting held via Zoom. Although the grant would be for the community of Lincoln, Lewis and Clark County is technically the applicant, as the local government with jurisdiction over the town. If approved, the grant and $5000 in matching funds raised by Envision Lincoln will provide approximately half the fund...

  • Lewis & Clark County update

    Jeni Garcin, Lewis and Clark County|Updated Dec 8, 2020

    The Lewis and Clark County Commission unanimously approved the application for a $20,000 grant from the Montana Main Street Program during the Friday Dec. 5 Government Day meeting held via Zoom. Although the grant would be for the community of Lincoln, Lewis and Clark County is technically the applicant, as the local government with jurisdiction over the town. If approved, the grant and $5000 in matching funds raised by Envision Lincoln will provide approximately half the fund...

  • Envision Lincoln preparing to submit grant application for Downtown Master Planning funds

    Roger Dey, BBVD Editor|Updated Dec 1, 2020

    Envision Lincoln is preparing to submit the first of two applications for grants that will hopefully fund a Downtown Master Plan for Lincoln. The community development organization had been working in collaboration with Lewis and Clark County, the Lincoln Valley Chamber of Commerce, Heart of the Rockies, and the Montana Business Assistance Connection on a $20,000 grant application through the Montana Main Street program since August. The grant cycle opens Dec. 8 “We had kind of a final review of the application Wednesday. I...

  • Virtual open house introduces Lincoln Prosperity Proposal to wider audience

    Roger Dey, BVD|Updated Oct 28, 2020

    The Lincoln Prosperity Group - formerly the Upper Blackfoot Working Group – hosted a Virtual Open House Oct. 19 to gather feedback on the Lincoln Prosperity Proposal from Helena-area residents. The event was the first in a series of virtual open houses planned over the next three months, to introduce Montanans outside the Upper Blackfoot to the collaborative plan for public land management in the Lincoln area. The open houses are part of the final push to refine the proposal w...

  • Wrapped up in 2020

    Roger Dey, BVD|Updated Oct 14, 2020

    4 may go down in history as a generally abysmal year nationally, but locally the Lincoln Ranger District completed a series of enhancements to local outdoor recreational opportunities on the National Forest around Lincoln this year. "Some long-term projects got wrapped up this year," Josh Lattin, District Resource Specialist, told the BVD. Roger's Pass Although the COVID-19 pandemic impacted traffic on Continental Divide Trail this year, next year hikers will find an...

  • Local matching funds for Master Planning grant application needed

    Roger Dey, BVD|Updated Sep 30, 2020

    For Envision Lincoln to have a shot at a $20,000 grant it is pursuing through Montana Main Street for a Downtown Master Plan, at least a portion of the $4,000 in matching funds will have to be raised locally. Envision Lincoln began exploring the need for a professional Master Plan earlier this year, and chose to move ahead with the grant application following a July 30 Zoom meeting with Montana Main Street and the Montana Department of Commerce Community Development Division....

  • Envision Lincoln awarded $38,000 USDA RDBG grant

    Rpger Dey, Editor. BVD|Updated Aug 25, 2020

    A $38,000 Rural Development Block Grant awarded to Envision Lincoln by the USDA is helping to fund additional planning for an in-town trails plan, as well as two contractor positions to support Envision Lincoln’s goals. Karyn Good, Envision Lincoln’s lead community coordinator, learned of the award July 8. She and Erin Farris-Olsen, the rural development director for the Heart of the Rockies Initiative, worked to prepares and submit the grant application through HOR on behalf of Envision Lincoln to help the organization dev...

  • Envision Lincoln to pursue funding for community Master Plan development

    Roger Dey, Editor, BVD|Updated Aug 25, 2020

    Following a pair of meetings over the last month, the Envision Lincoln core team agreed to apply for a Montana Main Street grant to help hire a professional to develop a master plan for the community. The need for a master plan has become apparent since Envision Lincoln hosted an open house in February to discuss the in-town trails plan and to kick off the discussion of downtown revitalization. The core team first discussed the issue of master planning during a July 30 Zoom...

  • UBVCC covers array of topics at July meeting

    Roger Dey, Editor, BVD|Updated Jul 28, 2020

    The Upper Blackfoot Valley Community Council discussed a wide number topics at their July 21 meeting, including updates the Mike Horse road and restoration project to an Envision Lincoln grant award to COVID-19. Mike Horse Information provided to the UBVCC indicated construction work at the UBMC is nearing completion, and work on Mike Horse Road is finished, with a “heavily armored” ford in place across the Blackfoot River. According to the update read by UBVCC Chairman Zach Muse, the road “is still in place and trave...

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