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Commerce briefs Senate local government committee on tourism, bed-tax-funded grants and housing programs
Summary
Deputy Director Mandy Rambo told the committee Commerce distributed $24 million through a tourism revolving loan fund, operates a $2.75 million pilot communities program, outlined bed-tax allocations (about 52% to communities, >17% to tourism regions), and noted housing ARPA/HAF support and a bill to expand MFFA authority.
Deputy Director Mandy Rambo of the Montana Department of Commerce told the Senate Local Government Committee that Commerce is focusing on programs to sustain communities and to support tourism-driven economies.
Rambo summarized 2025 biennium accomplishments and programs enacted after the 2023 legislature, including the State Local Infrastructure Partnership Act (SLIP), the Emergency Shelter Facilities Grant program, and seven bed-tax-funded programs. "We were able to distribute $24,000,000 out to local economic development organizations," she said, describing the…
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