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Feel at home in another quality-built, Shane Collins Bozeman homes for sale on a one half-acre, end-of-the-road lot, which provides privacy, comfort, and a sense of easy peace.

$335,000   -   SOLD!  -   MLS 161110

Inside this quality built, classy Bozeman Real Estate offering you will discover an expansive, open floor plan with split design offering a luxury master on one side and 2 bedrooms and bathroom on the other.

This clean, Bozeman home has oak floors, vaulted ceilings, and walkin closets.

And if that's not enough, this beautiful Bozeman, Montana home has a two-car attached garage, and comes with a detached finished, heated third bay for use either as a workshop, a third vehicle space, or as storage. There is even room to park your RV.

The Bonus Room contains a closet in case you require additional sleeping area. Step outside to enjoy spectacular Bridger Mountain and Montana farm and ranch land views.

Backyard is fully fenced, and this Bozeman, MT real estate is close to a pond and park.

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Though this may not sound like a high placement, Newsweek magazine voted Bozeman High School, in Bozeman, Montana, number 585 out of the top 1500 public high schools in the United States' top high schools list 2009. According to Newsweek, there were over 21,000 high schools in the U.S. in 2008.

About the formula for determining the top U.S. Schools list, Newsweek noted the method used to rank public schools is based on a ratio devised by Jay Mathews, which basically takes the number of Advanced Placement, International Baccalaureate and/or Cambridge tests all students took at a school in the 2008 school year and divides it by the number of graduating seniors.

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"...We are committed to providing your child with a quality education in a safe and caring environment. We accomplish this with the involvement of skilled and caring professionals, high expectations both academically and behaviorally, and with the support of our parents and community...." Kirk Miller, Superintendent, Bozeman Public Schools

For more on Bozeman High School, Bozeman Schools, and Gallatin County Schools.

Is your high school on the top US high schools list?

Spectacular, rare, and very special Whitehall, Montana horse property with live water, water rights, Tobacco Root Mountain views; all in the rural Waterloo Valley, just outside the quaint town of Whitehall, Montana! Easy access to Interstate 90. End-of-road privacy, bordering the magnificent White Rock Ranch to the south and 480 acres of Montana State land to the east.

Private access to Montana State land; then access to US Forest Service. Ride, hunt, explore to your hearts content.

Complex consists of 4700 square foot home, barn, equipment shed, round pen, riding arena, mature trees, 20 acres with irrigation that's produced up to 80 tons.

A MUST SEE!!

30 +/- Irrigated Acres - $625,000 - MLS 161726 - CALL 406.579.9683

This Montana Horse property is offered by Taunya Fagan Prudential Montana Real Estate

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Gorgeous Bozeman, Montana Golf Course Lot on the Bridger Creek Golf Course. This 15,800 square foot Bozeman building lot for sale backs to the 13th Fairway and offers incredible Bozeman mountain views.

This Lot, #2, sits between two high-end custom Bozeman homes, one of which was a Bozeman Parade Home. Be one of the lucky ones to own a view lot on a fabulous Bozeman golf course.

In the winter, enjoy groomed cross country ski trails right out your door, as the course is set with cross-country ski trails!

Great value for size and close proximity to vibrant Downtown Bozeman, Bridger Bowl Ski area, and Gallatin Valley's other, abundant amenities.

This is truly a special Bozeman, Montana building lot. Bridger Creek is just a walk away. In the summer, golf from your doorstep! In the winter, cross-country or skate ski from your door step!

Taunya Fagan Bozeman Real Estate, offering Bozeman Building Lots.

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Wonderful Montana horse property on almost 6 acres with seasonal creek and unobstructed Bridger Mountain views. 3 fenced and gated corrals, 12' x 32' shelter with stall.

Vaulted ceilings, natural log beams, wood trim, new Stainless Stell appliances, open floor plan, lots of windows, decks off both the master and living rooms make this property truly special.

Covenants allow up to 4 horses and other livestock and farm animals. Country living, yet so close to Bozeman, Montana! Basement framed for 3 bedrooms, living room, and bath.

For more info: 7400 Springhill Road Website.

Offered by Taunya Fagan Prudential Bozeman Real Estate

MLS 160223 - $499,999 - giving you the advantage...® 

Ushering in a new era for the Yellowstone Mountain Club, Sam Byrne's Boston-based Crossharbor Capital has won control of Big Sky, Montana's Yellowstone Club with a bid of $115 million.

Judge Ralph Kirscher ok'd the bid, which includes Sam Byrne's commitment to inject up to $75 million into the Club, with $19 million dedicated to pay unsecured creditors, most of whom are regional business owners.

The Yellowstone Club is a private 13,600 acre ski and golf community in Big Sky, MT.

The City of Bozeman, Montana begins its initial year of a three-year agreement to hold the Montana Special Olympics Games. In this year's Special Olympics 2009, the 72 visiting teams, comprised of about 1,000 athletes, will compete, coached by 450, in fourteen Olympic-type sports events during the three-day event.

The 2009 Montana Special Olympics', 14 competitions will include track and field, gymnastics, triathlon, bowling, kayaking, aquatics, bocce ball, cycling, golf, powerlifting, equestrian, soccer, and horseshoe pitching.

Also offered will be motor activities training for participating, lower-functioning athletes.

Annually, over 1,500 local Bozeman, MT locals are involved in the massive organizing and the actual hosting of the Montana Special Olympic Games, adding $1 million to the Bozeman community.

Special Olympics Montana
P.O. Box 3507
Great Falls, MT  59403
For General Info: 1.800.242.6876

Please consider supporting these Special Montana Olympic Games in Bozeman!

To Speak to Representative: Vicki Dunham
vdunham@somt.org
Call: 406.216.5327

On Tuesday, May 12, 2009, according to an article in NewWest.net, U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge Ralph B. Kirscher declared, "that Credit Suisse actions in making a $375 million loan to the Yellowstone Club were "so far overreaching and self-serving that they shocked the conscience of this court," U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge Ralph B. Kirscher on Tuesday ruled that Credit Suisse's secured claim to $232 million of the remaining $310 million loan balance would be "subordinated" to the claims of tradesmen, vendors and other unsecured creditors in the case."

According to the Bozeman, Montana Troutfitters, "Fishing has been good on the Upper Madison!"

Montana's famous, world-class trout fishing, Madison River, is born within Yellowstone National Park where the Firehole and Gibbon Rivers collide. The Upper Madison, as it is called at this point, then flows north about 20 miles to the United States' premier stillwater fishing and man-made, Hebgen Lake.

The Madison River then moves on to 1959 earthquake-formed Quake Lake, after which it flows roughly 50 miles to Montana Power's 1930's-built Ennis Lake. It continues 40 miles, now called the Lower Madison, to Three Forks, Montana, after having cut through Beartrap Canyon and the flat terrain south of Three Forks, MT, but enough history; now is the time to gear up for Montana fly-fishing season!

On April 23, 2009, United States Secretary of the Interior, Ken Salazar, announced that Yellowstone National Park, in both the states of Wyoming and Montana, will receive $14,735,000 from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.

The largest of the Yellowstone projects is construction of a new, $9,000,000 wastewater treatment plant near Madison Junction's small log cabin museum and visitor center.

The Montana side of Yellowstone National Park will also get $1,650,000 to construct a micro-hydroelectric facility at Mammoth Hot Springs, which should eliminate close to 700 tons of greenhouse gas and save Yellowstone Park around $80,000/year in electric bills.

All funding is predicated upon addressing critical needs, introducing green technology, stimulating local economies, and bettering your park experience.

About the stimulus monies for Yellowstone National Park, Secretary Ken Salazar said, "They are also an investment in telling the story of America to future generations through our national parks by conserving our awe-inspiring landscapes, our rich culture and our great heritage."

It's Easter time, and this year there are many more homeless families and homeless children than ever.

Learn more about homeless children by state at America's Youngest Outcasts:

• In every state in America, housing costs outpace wages.
• A family with one-full time worker earning minimum wage cannot afford the HUD established Fair
• Market Rent (FMR) for a two-bedroom apartment anywhere in the United States.
• A full-time worker earning the average renter wage cannot afford a two-bedroom apartment at the
• FMR almost anywhere in the United States.
• In the vast majority of states, the hourly wage needed to afford the rent for a two-bedroom apartment is 2-3 times the minimum wage.
• Available housing vouchers, a potential solution, meet only one-quarter of the need in America.

Also, according to CNN:

• 42 percent of homeless children in America are younger than 6.
• African-American and Native American children are disproportionately represented.
• More than 1 in 7 homeless children have moderate to severe health conditions.
• Approximately 1.16 million of homeless children today will not graduate from high school.

Thanks, and have a Blessed Easter!

In the sport of bike racing you've heard of the Tour de France, the Vuelta a España, and the Giro d'Italia ...now there's the Tour de Bozeman, Montana's Last Best Bike Race.

This Bozeman, Montana Bicycle Racing Event, slated for Saturday and Sunday, July 25 and 26, 2009, offers a $5,000 Cash Purse and fun for the entire family. Cycling Sprints down Main Street Bozeman; Bicycle Time Trials on Springhill Road; and a Bike Road Race in Bridger Canyon.

Watch male and female cyclists burn 1000's of calories and suffer oxygen-debt, pushing their bodies to super-human levels competing in...

• Saturday, July 25, morning: Springhill Road Cycling Time Trial on a straight, 20 kilometer out -and-back course, along Bozeman's Bridger Mountains.
• Saturday, July 25, evening: Downtown Bozeman Main Street Bike Sprints along five blocks of Historic Bozeman's Main Street, which will be closed for these brutal 300 meter cycling sprints.
• Sunday, July 26, morning: Bridger Canyon Road Bike Race on an unrelenting 70 mile course with long, steep climbs and petrifying descents through the Bridger and Bangtail Mountains.
  
• Sunday, July 26, afternoon Tour de Bozeman bike racing awards at Bridger Bowl Ski Area.

The Tour of Bozeman is a collaboration of three Bozeman-area cycling teams: Bozeman Team Delphine, Gallatin Alpine Sports-Intrinsik Architecture, and Bozeman Masters Velo and is sponsored by both First Interstate Bank of Bozeman and Bridger Orthopedic and Sports Medicine. 

Races open to and capped at:
    * Men's Pro 1/2 - 100 entrants
    * Men's Cat 3 - 100 entrants
    * Men's Cat 4/5 - 75 entrants
    * Masters 40+ - 100 entrants
    * Women's 1-3 - 50 entrants
    * Women's 4 - 50 entrants

Register for the Tour de Bozeman  -  Photo Courtesy of Natasha Westphal

From blog.nileguide.com Top 10 Mountain Towns in North America  March 10, 2009

"Many of us cling to the dream of ditching the urban rat race and moving to a funky town in the mountains where we can hike, bike, climb, paddle, and ski to our heart's content."

# 3: Bozeman, Montana - Bozeman is an easy drive from Yellowstone [Park], and Big Sky sits just up the Madison Gallatin River. As a university town, it offers decent great local food and culture, where you can bone up on your literature in between jaunts to hit the hikable [and skiable] backcountry at Bridger Bowl.

Note: Killer mountain biking, kayaking, and fly fishing, too..

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Upcoming Fundraisers For The Recent Bozeman Explosion

Saturday March 21, Montana Ale Works on East Main will hold a Downtown Bozeman Relief Fund Event begun by the Human Resource Development Council (HRDC) and injected with a generous $25,000 donation from First Security Bank Foundation. Event is from 8pm to or beyond 10:30 p.m. Local  musicians, including Jeni Fleming, will tender all money to the Downtown Relief Fund. Tips for the musicians will be donated to the 4 musicians having lost their homes in the Bozeman blast.

Saturday, March 28, Gallatin County Fairgrounds is the place for the Downtown Bozeman Relief Festival, from 12:00am to 12:00pm. Food and music all day and night for an admission fee of $10 for adults, $5 for kids under 13. Silent auction, photo contest, and face painting. For info: Terri Sullivan, 586-0499; Cheryl Ott, 579-9984; or Mary Jane Disanti, 580-7888.

Bozeman News - Bozeman Explosion Updates

Our son is progressing fast, skiing the Magic Carpet Hill as well as skiing Blue slopes and Green slopes between his papa's legs.

No fun here...

The Montana snow was excellent, the Montana sun couldn't have been brighter, the big Montana sky clearer...the camaraderie better.

Tremendous views and the Tetons (not shown) are often visible on these very clear days... just a bit too many alto stratus clouds this day...

Prudential Montana Real Estate has taken on Black Bull, Bozeman, Montana's Family and Golf Community, offering resort-style living built around Black Bull's dynamic Tom Weiskopf-designed golf course. The private community includes a clubhouse, and, when not golfing, other recreational activities like swimming, tennis, fishing, and cross-country skiing. Black Bull is also within minutes of world-class downhill skiing and just about any other outdoor activity that comes to mind.

What Travel + Leisure Golf says about Black Bull Golf Community, Bozeman, Montana, which is one of only 10 new communities having made it to their "Top 100 Golf Communities in America" list: Black Bull is one of those rare "total golf and community experience[s]" with "exquisite environments which are case studies in how to make life on earth as pleasing, stimulating and worthwhile as possible."

Please call me, 406.579.9683, for more information or to visit Black Bull Bozeman.

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Because of the number of pending real estate transactions here in Bozeman, Montana, Realtor clients are having difficulty securing appraisers and home inspectors as quickly as it had been during the last six months. We are seeing activity as if it were summer, and it is only February. Prices and values are great and interest rates are very good...

One of the many points to consider when searching for an older home is whether or not the building has asbestos contamination, something many buyers overlook. Asbestos is the name of a group of naturally occurring minerals, manifesting themselves in the form of masses of strong, flexible fibers separated into thin threads, which are then woven for industrial and construction products.

Asbestos was used heavily during the 20th century in construction as an insulation application for pipes, roofs, and floors. Because findings indicate asbestos exposure can be a health danger, asbestos awareness has increased and mitigation protocols continue improving. Data indicate many states have experienced a decline in asbestos levels.

Even though Montana is primarily a sparsely populated, rural state, Montana has experienced a high level of asbestos-related deaths. In the 1920's Asbestos mining began at the Libby mine in Libby, Montana. The mine progressed into the world's largest exporter of asbestos-contaminated vermiculite, used in industrial and construction trades. Homes and buildings built prior to 1980 may contain asbestos.

All Montana home buyers, or those planning to remodel older Montana homes, need to be aware that asbestos exposure may lead to health problems. Today, Green insulation options are available to replace asbestos insulation.

Inhaling asbestos fibers over a period of time may cause asbestosis, a noncancerous, chronic lung ailment, or even the severe lung cancer, malignant mesothelioma; treatment is limited and the condition produces chronic respiratory problems. Research indicates mesothelioma can develop slowly, taking 20 to 50 years to manifest. Consequently, mesothelioma is often difficult to detect.

Prudence dictates a professional inspector examine a property for asbestos and other potentiallyy hazardous materials. Asbestos remediation in the workplace, public facilities, and homes must be performed by a licensed abatement contractor. Asbestos professionals are trained in handling asbestos materials. The type of professional for your needs will depend on the type of product detected and the remediation process necessary to remedy the situation.

All asbestos is not necessarily harmful. If you suspect your worksite or home contains asbestos, professionals advise leaving it alone; disturbing it could release fibers into the site's atmosphere, creating a serious health risk.

Once remediation is completed, a builder may want to consider green insulation alternatives, including recycled paper, cotton fiber, denim, lcynene foam, cellulose, hemp, or even mushroom spore insulation.

According to the United Nations Environmental Program, the application of recycled building materials like cotton fiber insulation can lower annual energy consumption by 25 percent.

Eco-friendly data like this has caught the eye of those previously unaware of the availablity of environmentally sustainable, safe construction materials and practices. Not only do asbestos alternatives reduce energy costs, asbestos alternatives promote healthy work and living environments and are an effort to lower the overall exposure to adverse environmental conditions.

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The John Jorgenson Quintet will wow you at Bozeman's Ellen Theatre on Saturday, February 14, 2009, 8 pm. You know Jorgenson's music through Earl Scruggs, Barbara Streisand, Luciano Pavarotti, to name a few; he was Elton John's guitarist for six years! Get Your John Jorgenson Quintet Tickets Now. This rare musical experience is offered by the Montana Mandolin Society.

Enjoy dessert at Bozeman's Emerson Cultural Center's 22nd Annual Sweet Tooth Ball & Silent Auction, Saturday, February 7, 2009, 8 pm offering live music by Little Elmo and the Mambo Kings. You may also enjoy wine and beer. For tickets try: 406.587.9797

Get to the Holiday Inn Grand, Billings, MT for the Giving Back Foundation black tie blue jean benefit fundraiser, February 7, 2009, 5 pm. Enjoy the prime rib buffet, 6 pm and live auction with entertainment, 7:30 pm. This Montana-based non-profit, Giving Back Foundation (GBF), offers financial assistance to ranchers and farmers throughout the United States whose livelyhoods have been impacted by natural disasters.

Bozeman Symphony Society 2009 holds its annual chamber orchestra, February 7 and February 8, 2009, so you can still make the Giving Back Foundation's event in Billings, Montana. Through this year's theme, "The Classical Ideal," you will hear both 19th- and 20th-century compositional Classical period standards, featuring piano from the renowned Spencer Myer performing Beethoven's Concerto No. 1 in C major.

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Bozeman, Montana Housing Resources - Bozeman Homes: Buying Assistance

NBC featured a video segment with regular contributing Realtor, Barbara Corcoran discussing six reasonably-priced homes in six different states, ranging in price from the mid-200's to the mid-400's, including a home in Bozeman Montana, on the January 30, 2008 Today Show.

Other real estate featured included a Beaufort, South Carolina home, on a golf course, for $279,000; a Boca Raton, Florida home, in a gated community, for $325,000; a Sedona, Arizona home, in a climate offering 360 days of sunshine, for $349,999; a Las Vegas, Nevada home, in a city with 1% property tax, for 415,000; and a Lexington, Kentucky home, in the world's horse capital, for $449,500. For More on this Bozeman home on NBC...

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