Chamber Listens – Other people’s ideas
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Billings needs to get more airlines to fly in and out of our city. If the ticket prices could be comparable to the Bozeman ticket prices this would encourage people to fly into Billings. Deplanements are down, even considering the six weekend runway closures this past summer.
Railroad should clean up along Montana Ave from overpass into downtown. City did a lot of landscaping along that stretch, but it is going down. Doesn't do much good when the other side of the fence is a Mess. Railroad needs to get rid of the weeds, and keep the dried up once cleaned out as well. Clean it up and Keep it Cleaned Up! I always wonder what our visitors think! Thanks
Watch the crime stats - Without a police force to deal with the growth, we could rapidly lose our status and future growth. Support the upcoming Public Levy and understand and communicate what it will mean if it doesn't pass.
The east entrance of the city is a eyesore. Makes you want to skip billings. There are small attraction signs nothing like interstate signs for Bozeman, butte, Helena. Zoo sign says zoo that's it. How about adding Montana avenue and signs for museums also. Add crow language on signs like on the flathead
Why doesn't eastern or rocky expand. ? Especially petroleum or computer programming? Can we get more aggressive growth? Perhaps university of wyoming?
Why doesn't oracle open a center in billings also? P
Natural history museum on top rims. World class like Bozeman and Cody already has. Possible skywalk iff the rims to valley right below the rims. Hotel convention.
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Develop a two-way mentoring program between seasoned and young professionals.
Work closely with Eastern Montana cities and towns to help them with infrastructure needs