Billings - starting with the Chamber, needs to work more closely with our area attractions. Coordinate our efforts and our resources. Big Sky and Bozeman work closely together to create a more comprehensive destination experience. They work hard to get airlines and additional flights, and then they create a pull to fill those flights. We compete too much in Yellowstone country and southeast Montana, instead of working together.

I love working with all of you and your connections with MetraPark and our community! Thanks for all that all of you do!

I believe a self-guided Ag Tour between Billings and Pompey’s Pillar would be a draw and help promote MT AG. I think it could be a downloadable mobile phone application that would use the GPS to direct the car to predetermined fields then inform the user what is being grown there. (Corn, Wheat, Barley, Sugar Beets, Cattle Grazing, Feedlot Cattle) Another avenue might be the vertical integration from Ag. (Sugar Beet Plant, milling and baking shops, Project Meats etc.) I could see additional information to direct folks to other points of interest. (Yellowstone County Museum, the Huntley Project Museum of Irrigated Agriculture, maybe a story board about the Huntley Irrigation Project, the possibilities are many)

a man was knocking on doors asking if people wanted their walks shoveled-- city police bullied him saying he needed a business license! People tried to start food stands downtown, a competitor complained and the city hassled them into oblivion. Where do you think entrepreneurship starts? Chamber needs to step up on behalf of these people and focus on 'how can we make this work' instead of sitting back and letting them be beat down by the city's heavy hand. Regulations on restaurant start ups should be as limited as possible so people can start on shoestring... that could lead to great dining in Billings rather than national plastic food vendors. Where else can the Chamber help things to happen and push back those who would stop them because they don't have pockets full of cash? You never know where the next big thing will happen. We need an environment that will let new things to start. That's what a Chamber should be about.

Community needs to focus on the basics to assure their success. For example: crime, air service, schools.

Billings’s future is dependent on a vibrant downtown with events centers, and another large hotel.

Help businesses increase their ROI by bringing more customers through our doors.

Chamber should focus on getting people who have left to return.

Get more events to Metra

Maintain and grow air transportation.