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May  2008
National Geographic Map Guide Community Forum A community-based process that will create a National Geographic “Geotourism MapGuide” for the Greater Yellowstone region.
National Geographic Map Guide Community Forum A community-based process that will create a National Geographic “Geotourism MapGuide” for the Greater Yellowstone region.
The Idaho Green Expo A free, two day annual event that will showcase environmentally friendly products and services, and provide information that will help people to lead healthier and more sustainable lives.
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YBP Fifth Annual Conference
REGISTER TODAY!
May 19-21, Jackson Lake Lodge - Grand Teton National Park


Make plans to join us for our Annual Conference. With gas prices remaining high and the need to reduce carbon emissions, there is no better time to examine our regional transportation issues.  Cost-effective solutions can be crafted to respond to our needs and power our economy while maintaining the health of our ecosystem. The conference will feature panel discussions on transportation issues, and keynote speaker Todd Litman of the Victoria Transport Policy Institute.

Transportation to the conference will be provided via bus to all registered conference attendees. The conference will also feature the usual excellent food and amenities offered by the Jackson Lake Lodge.

Click here for more information and to register online.

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Take Part in Regional Meetings

On February 28 the Yellowstone Business Partnership (YBP) held a tri-state video conference that temporarily solved an all too common problem shared by residents of the Greater Yellowstone region: the challenge of collaboration between far-flung cities.

The purpose of the video conference was to begin strategic economic planning based on the YBP report, Turning on the Off-Season, which thoroughly maps out the challenges facing the 25 counties that surround Yellowstone and Grand Teton national parks.

The next regional meetings are open to the public. Citizens, educators, business owners, and members of local agencies, chambers of commerce, professional organizations, and economic development groups that missed the video conference are encouraged to participate in the selection of a project.

Meetings are currently scheduled for the Pocatello, Idaho Falls and Billings Regions 

CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROGRAM

New UnCommon Sense Class Underway

Congratulations to the newest class of participants in the UnCommon Sense Program. 

GY Framework Pilot Projects Begin

The eleven pilot projects of the GY Framework participated in an initial training session on April 1st and 2nd in Bozeman, MT.
Get more information about the program and the pilot projects here.

YBP Fifth Anniversary Tour

2008 marks the fifth year that the Yellowstone Business Partnership has been in existence. In celebration, we are planning a series of celebratory events across the region in the coming months. CLICK HERE TO FIND AN EVENT IN YOUR AREA

YBP Teams with National Geographic on a Regional MapGuide

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The Yellowstone Business Partnership is working with the National Geographic Society’s Center for Sustainable Destinations and other partners in Idaho, Wyoming, and Montana in a project to celebrate and help sustain the world-class natural and cultural heritage of the Greater Yellowstone region. A community-based process will create a National Geographic “Geotourism MapGuide” for the region centered on Yellowstone and Grand Teton national parks, and including communities and private and public lands in the three partner states.

Karen Ballard, Administrator for the Idaho Division of Tourism Development, says [YBP] is a natural fit.  “We at the local level know the region, its highlights and best places, and National Geographic has the map-making expertise.  We are thrilled to be working together, along with Yellowstone Business Partnership, on such a meaningful project.” Geotourism MapGuides are a program of National Geographic’s Center for Sustainable Destinations, which works to protect the world’s distinctive places through wisely managed geotourism and enlightened destination stewardship.

To submit a place for inclusion on the map, or for more information, visit the MapGuide website at www.YellowstoneGeotourism.com.


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Mission Regional News

The Yellowstone Business Partnership unites businesses dedicated to preserving a healthy environment and shaping a prosperous and sustainable future for communities in the Yellowstone-Teton region. The Partnership promotes scientific understanding, informed dialogue, and collaborative approaches to resolving our region’s most complex socioeconomic and natural resource challenges.


Current Activities

Get Involved in the "Turning On the Off Season" Project

A New UnCommon Sense Class Begins

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC AND PARTNERS LAUNCH GEOTOURISM PROGRAM IN GREATER YELLOWSTONE REGION

May 01, 2008


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Montana landowner makes pre-emptive purchase to save viewshed
A landowner whose property abuts a proposed development in Montana's Paradise Valley purchased roughly 4,000 acres of the land included in the Ameya Preserve to protect his viewshed from development.
SCOTT McMILLION - Bozeman Daily Chronicle
March 26, 2008
Wyoming library addition built with process that's older than dirt
The new addition for the Sublette County Library in Pinedale will be the first-ever rammed-earth public building in the nation, using a technique that's been around for thousands of years and built with dirt from neighboring Cora.
JEFF GEARINO - Casper Star-Tribune
March 24, 2008
Carbon plan debate: Boon or disaster?
At a Montana Chamber of Commerce event in Billings, national, state and local business leaders debated the effect carbon regulation would have on business in the state and the nation.
MIKE STARK - Billings Gazette
March 20, 2008
Developer pitches 'green' growth plan for Montana resort town
The Spires at Red Lodge, a development that could eventually add 400 homes to Red Lodge, is being touted as a livable, sustainable community by its developers, who tout the subdivision's affordability, unique water features, views of the Beartooth Mountains and a planned trail system.
LINDA HALSTEAD-ACHARYA - Billings Gazette
March 12, 2008
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