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Exploring Montana’s economic future
Posted inEconomy

‘Come Home Montana’ push collides with housing angst

by Amanda Eggert

The Department of Commerce has spent $700,000 trying to encourage Montana college grads to return to the state as part of its “Come Home Montana” campaign. Some recipients interviewed by MTFP reported that the outreach sparked feelings of fondness for their former home, but others wondered where they would live amid Montana’s surging popularity and white-hot real estate market.