Speakers

The Help Center emerged from an increasing concern about drug problems in the Gallatin Valley. Learn about the resources they offer for crisis counseling and advocacy and about the new 988 number.

Hear from our BSD7 Superintendant, Casey Bertram, and our own BSRC member, Mike Waterman, about what's going on in the Bozeman School District, budget reduction recommendations, levies and more.

 

The Kenya team is part of the group who are implementing our district grant project in Turkana, Kenya. Come learn about the project from the implementation team.

Today we meet at the Bozeman Public Safety Center conference room, corner of North Rouse and Oak Street.

We've all heard how involved and time-consuming it is to get a new residential subdivision or commercial project through our various zoning and development processes. Some go smoothly, others can be drug out for a long time. To help us all understand the process (from beginning of an idea to develop land) to when infrastructure gets complete and the first hole begins to get dug for a building's foundation, we'll hear from insiders what goes into such a process, and rough costs to play in this elaborate game. 

Ron Pike is President of Sime Construction, a major contractor in SW Montana whose company builds in-ground infrastructure for all kinds of land use jobs, and knows the ins and outs of city and county regulations to comply with.

Doug Chandler, our own club member and President of Allied Engineering, has been at the forefront of many of the areas' biggest development projects, and is often one of the first people called by a land owner to discuss the process of developing land from beginning to end.

 

Brad is a wildlife and conservation filmmaker/photographer, author, speaker and self-proclaimed bear nerd. His work has appeared on Nat Geo, The BBC, PBS, Nature and Smithsonian Channel. It was the loss of his daughter Marley that brought him to Yellowstone in 2012 and changed his career path from a photojournalist to a wildlife storyteller. Filming and photographing in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem was a full immersion into the wild. No surprise a landscape carved of fire and ice with apex predators was the best place for him to process Marley’s death.

A Look at Public Land and Water Access Issues in Montana. We'll hear about the history of public access issues in Montana, current challenges and opportunities, and the importance of public lands and waters to Montana’s outdoor heritage, economy, and modern identity.

 

Brian is the Executive Director of the Teton Regional Economic Coalition (TREC), the goal of which is to grow and diversify the economy in this 13,000 person Rocky Mountain community. TREC is focused on recruiting new companies and supporting startups and existing businesses in Teton Valley. Their mission is to encourage high-value, low-impact job creation; provide value and service to the business community, and enhance the overall prosperity of Teton Valley. They have dealt with similar issues that Gallatin Valley has in terms of growth and tourism and he'll share their perspective on these.