Tag: Metra Park
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What Do You Think Should be in Metra Park’s Future?
“Go Big! Impress Us!” That was essentially the message that Kinetic Marketing and Creative, a Billings marketing firm, said they received in a survey of some 50 people in Billings about what they want to see evolve from the efforts to revitalize Metra Park. The company has been engaged to help gather public input regarding…
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SD2 Stadium at Metra Park?
By Evelyn Pyburn It’s been rumored for some time now that Billings School District 2 officials are interested in exploring the possibility of building a new stadium at Metra Park. Although mentioned with some frequency at Metra Park Advisory Board meetings and presented as a possibility in the master planning process, Manager Bill Dutcher reported…
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Metra Park Cancels Events thru Nov. 9
All events at Metra Park have been cancelled through November 9, according to a press release issued by Yellowstone County Commissioners on Tuesday. The Board of Commissioners stated, “In continuing to do all that we can to keep our community as safe as possible, and in light of the Health Officer Order of October 12,…
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Judge Refuses to Halt Grandstands Demolition
District Court Judge Rod Souza rejected a request by the Montana Race Horse Owners and Breeders Coalition, (MRHOBC), to place an injunction against Yellowstone County to halt the demolition of the Grandstands at Metra Park. The MRHOBC claimed that the County Commissioners did not attempt to explore the potential of placing the Grandstands on the…
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Grant to Help Design Metra Park Border
Big Sky Economic Development (BSED) is applying for a CDBG Planning Grant from the Montana Department of Commerce to hire a professional consultant to create a concept play for the redevelopment of the MetraPark border with US Highway 87. A hearing date was set by the county commissioners last week to consider the application on…
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County Must Plan for Future
Looking to the future – anticipating what space will be needed and figuring out a strategy of how the county will be prepared to meet those needs, is a primary focus of the coming year’s budget, for Director of Finance Kevan Bryan. While Yellowstone County has accomplished much over the past two years in meeting…