Great Falls, Montana Blog

Well we hit the big time!!!!!!!!!!!  Great Falls, Montana was featured today in USA Today.  I was interviewed last Thursday for today's article.  I thought is was quite good.  Thanks to our association President for giving them my name to give a report on the lower north side Historic District an...

Well here we are and it is raining again!!  I have not seen so much rain in the 15 years  Ihave been here.  The landscape is green and lush and beautiful.  I thought this great plains area was technically a desert.  I guess every decade we must get some moisture to recharge everything.  Most days...

Spring Is Here!! Well the sun is shining again.  We had a very hard winter and a very cold, rainy spring.  Our unusual temperatures are what some are saying was normal 30 years ago. I don't know about that.  All I can say is it was a tough one and with all the moisture I have never seen the field...

Happy Holidays!!!! The weather outside was frightful - 31 degrees below 0 Fahrenheit.  Today it was 18 below at 5 am at my stable and by 7 am it was 9 below.  By noon it was 35 degrees above and delightful.  Welcome to Montana!!!  We love it here!!  The people are nice, no traffic to speak of and...

  Well it is that time of year again.  The Montana State Fair is back in full swing here in Great Falls, Montana.  The funny thing is that for the first time in forever it has rained almost every night.  I can't hardly believe it either.  It hasn't rained this much in July in decades.  On the bri...

Well I have to tell you that I didn't really think it would happen.  Spring is here.  Yes we got snow again this morning but it warmed up to about 60 degrees F today and most trees are budding out.  The three feet of snow we got a week and a half ago made me think that winter was never going to l...

Here is a little tidbit about Great Falls Montana that I read yesterday.  Forbes has ranked the top 200 "Best Small Places for Business and Careers" for 2009.  Believe it or not our city Great Falls was ranked 85th in the nation.  Forbes bases the criteria on the cost of doing business, projected...

How cool is this?  Interest is so low.  Wow.  I guess we are bucking all the trends with new low rates.  Here in Montana we don't have very many foreclosures (like one per 7500 homes) so our prices haven't taken the proverbial dip like in other areas.  We are lucky, but this is also not the place...

Hello everyone, The Holiday Season is fast approaching.  Please don't forget that rescued dogs and other animals need help too.  Often animal shelters and rescue organization are overlooked this time of year.  There are really great people out there who foster rescued dogs and the rescue organiza...

  This graph shows the historical data of where interest rates were in 1963 and where they are now in 2008. They might be headed up so do your research and decide if now is the time for you to buy. Educated buyers make better buying decisions.  Become an educated buyer.