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July  2009
Transportation Co-Op Steering Committee Workshop

(July 9, 2009)

This Transportation Co-Op Steering Committe Workshop will take place on July 9th, 2009 at the West Yellowstone Holiday Inn from 10am to 5pm.
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Help Design A Regional Transportation System To Serve All Of Greater Yellowstone

Project Launch and Public Workshop - Thursday, July 9, from 10:00-5:00 in West Yellowstone, Montana

The Idaho Transportation Department has officially announced award of $535,000 in federal stimulus funding to YBP to study and then pilot a multi-state, member-based transportation cooperative that will manage a coordinated system of public and private transportation services across the Yellowstone-Teton region.  Volunteers are needed for the Steering Committee that will assess supply and demand, and help determine the viability of a networked transportation system using a co-op business model.
 
CLICK HERE - to learn how to volunteer
 
CLICK HERE - for a list of hotel rooms in West Yellowstone

CLICK HERE  - for the July 9 meeting agenda
 
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New GY Framework Technical Reference Guide Now Available

The pilot version of the Technical Reference Guide for the Greater Yellowstone Framework for Sustainable Development has finally been published! This comprehensive document outlines the intents, requirements, strategies and technologies for achieving pilot-project certification using the GY-Framework rating system. Click here to view an abbreviated version of the Reference Guide with only the credit intents and requirements for public review and comment. Print and CD versions of the entire document may be ordered here for $50.00 each or $75.00 for both. Or you may contact the YBP office at info@yellowstonebusiness.org or (406) 522-7809.


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Once again the discussion was lively and informative.

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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.
Members In The News

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recent articles about YBP members.

6-15-09 Greenspace - Walkin' The Talk
3-24-09

Grand Targhee Becomes First North American Business to be Climate Registered
2-2-09 Listen to YBP Executive Director Jan Brown On-line
1-15-09 Lander Business Receives National Recognition 
Group plans study on rural transportation
A business group [YBP] says it expects to receive federal stimulus money to pay for a study examining a possible transportation network to help travelers in Idaho, Utah, Wyoming and Montana get around more easily.
Associated Press
Group Studying Possible Regional Transportation Network
A volunteer steering committee formed by the Yellowstone Business Partnership will conduct a study to determine if a business cooperative made up of public and private transportation providers and transportation users can provide a viable transportation network in the 25 counties that surround Yellowstone and Grand Teton Parks.
Don Amend - Powell Tribune
May 08, 2009
E. Idaho transportation co-op concept attracts stimulus funds
Yellowstone Business Partnership and Idaho officials approving outlays of federal economic-stimulus dollars believe the concept has potential and deserves strong consideration.
Brad Carlson - Idaho Business Review
April 22, 2009
Area businesses ‘graduate’ from UnCommon Sense”
Companies dependent on unsustainable business models are dropping as fast as ice shelves in the Arctic, but other small and medium-sized companies face increasing strains on their bottom line if they don’t plan for a carbon-constrained future now. Four Bozeman area experts in sustainable business operations, Laurie Francis of Livingston, and Deb Friedel, Allison Collins and Stacey Kersens of Bozeman, share their extensive knowledge through the Yellowstone Business Partnership’s (YBP) UnCommon Sense training program.
The Bozone
April 15, 2009
Planning board hears of ambitious transit plan for public
Representatives of the Yellowstone Business Partnership (YBP), Chair Dave Stauffer and Executive Director Janice Brown, introduced plans for a tri-state transport system to members of the Carbon County Planning Board, March 11 at Red Lodge City Hall.
Alastair Baker - Carbon County News
March 19, 2009
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