VISITOR | RELOCATION & BUSINESS GUIDE 2020-2021 BOZEMAN AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE History of Bozeman ........................................................ 7 Table Economic Development of Demographics & Community Information .... 9 Map ....................................................................................14 Contents Education Montana State University .......................................16 Gallatin College ............................................................18 Public and Private K-12 Schools......................... 20 Community Information ................................................23 Hospitals ........................................................................24 Bozeman Solid Waste .............................................29 Bozeman Public Works .......................................... 30 Transportation .................................................................. 34 Local Attractions ............................................................. 38 Lodging ................................................................................ 42 Breweries & Distilleries ................................................. 44 Dining Guide ...................................................................... 44 Recreation Winter Recreation .................................................... 48 Hiking ...............................................................................52 Day Trips ....................................................................... 56 Yellowstone National Park .....................................58 Camping/Picnic Sites .............................................60 Summer Recreation ..................................................62 The Economy Housing ......................................................................... 68 Employment ................................................................ 69 Real Estate .......................................................................... 70 Marry Me In Montana......................................................77 Community Calendar .....................................................78 Business Directory ..........................................................80 The History of Bozeman Bozeman lies at the southern end of Montana’s Gallatin Valley, an agriculturally rich area still considered one of the most fertile in North America. For years prior to white settlement, various Indian tribes including the Bannack, Blackfeet, Crow, Bitterroot Salish, Pend Oreille, Kootenai, Nez Perce and Shoshone, hunted here and in the adjoining Yellowstone Valley. Game was plentiful and because the valley was used by so many tribes, the Blackfeet called it “Many Come Together Country.” The headwaters of the Missouri River, located on the northern end of the valley, were visited in 1805 by Lewis and Clark during their trek to the Pacific. The explorers named one of the three tributaries the Gallatin River in honor of Secretary of the Treasury Albert Gallatin. A year later, during the expedition’s return trip, William Clark and a portion of the “Corps of Discovery” were guided through the valley to the Yellowstone River by a young Shoshone girl named Sacagawea. Fur traders and mountain men passed through the area after Lewis and Clark. One of them, John Colter, was nearly killed by Blackfeet on several different occasions. Another, Jim Bridger, eventually guided a wagon train of settlers into the valley in 1864, and the mountain range immediately northwest of Bozeman is named in his honor. The discovery of gold in the early 1860’s brought thousands of miners into the territory. One of them, John Bozeman of Georgia, decided to lead immigrants to the gold fields via a series of old Indian trails through the Big Horn Basin. It soon became known as the Bozeman Trail, and while Bozeman guided a wagon train to the Gallatin Valley his friends Daniel Rouse and William Beall laid out a town site. After Bozeman and his train arrived in late July 1864, those passengers who decided to forego the mines and establish farms and ranches instead named the new community in his honor. Bozeman soon became the county seat of Gallatin County, and in 1867, following John Bozeman’s death - purportedly at the hands of Blackfeet Indians – the government established Fort Ellis several miles to the east. The fort was an important economic ingredient in the early growth of Bozeman, and the soldiers also lead expeditions to Yellowstone Park and built telegraph lines to connect Bozeman to the outside world. Following the Indian Wars of the 1870’s, the Northern Pacific Railroad reached Bozeman and the Gallatin Valley in 1883. Ten years later, the Montana legislature established the Montana College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts in Bozeman, a land grant college that today is Montana State University. Today, Gallatin County covers more than 2,500 square miles, an area larger than the states of Rhode Island and Delaware. Because nearly half of the land is publicly owned under the auspices of the U.S. Forest Service, State of Montana, Bureau of Land Management or the National Park Service, residents have ample recreational opportunities right on their doorstep. Photo courtesy of the Gallatin History Museum Please visit www.bozemanchamber.com for more information 7 Demographics and Community Information DISTANCE TO City of Bozeman County of Gallatin Billings .............................................143 mi State Flower - Bitterroot Big Sky ...............................................50 mi State of Montana Belgrade ..................................................8 mi Three Forks ........................................... 31mi West Yellowstone ...............................89 mi State Bird - Meadowlark Gardiner ...............................................79 mi Helena ............................................... 97 mi Great Falls ..........................................185 mi GOVERNMENT – CITY Bozeman Health Big Sky Medical Center Livingston .............................................28 mi Four-bed inpatient unit, designed to Type: City Manager - Council expand to eight beds. 24/7/365 POPULATION Number on Council: 5 emergency services with Municipal Police: 59 heli-stop for air ambulance. City County Fire Department: 42 2018 48,532 ............................111,876 City Zoning Body: Yes – Design Review 2017 46,596 .............................107,810 Board URGENT CARE 2016 45,250 ............................104,502 Master Plan: Yes Bozeman Health Urgent Care 2015 43,405 ............................100,739 Two locations: 2014 41,660 ...............................97,304 COST OF LIVING MEASURES 1006 W. Main Street in Bozeman and 206 Alaska Frontage Road in Belgrade EFFECTIVE BUYING INCOME Median Housing Value: $434,200 More than 5 physicians and health Residential Electric Cents/Kilowatt hr: professionals. Gallatin County $11.09 Median Household Income: .......$61,499 Average Monthly Bill: $94.75 b2 UrgentCare Median Family Income: ..............$74,615 Commercial Electric Cents/KW hour: Located in the Big Sky Resort at the base Per Capita Personal: ....................$31,909 $10.17 of Lone Mountain, All Below Poverty Level: ................13.5% Average Montana Bill: $391.18 in the Ski Patrol building. Families Below Poverty Level: ........ 5.7% Natural Gas Thousand/cu ft: $10.20 100 Beaverhead Dr, Big Sky Bozeman b2 MicroCare Median Household Income: ......$51,896 PERCENTAGE OF POPULATION Located on the corner of 19th and Oak Median Family Income: ..............$73,283 Gallatin County in Bozeman. 1805 W. Oak St., Suite 3, Per Capita Personal: ....................$28,748 White: 90% Bozeman All Below Poverty Level: ................20.7% Black: 1% Zip Clinic Urgent Care Families Below Poverty Level: ........6.5% Hispanic: 3% 862 Harmon Stream Blvd #101, Bozeman Asian: 2% Total # of doctors: 3 physicians HOUSING OCCUPANCY DATA American Indian: 1% Gallatin County Other Races: 3% RECREATION Owner-Occupied Housing Units: 61% Gallatin County Median Age: 35 Parks: 21 Renter-Occupied Housing Units: 39% Bozeman Median Age: 28 Private Golf Courses: 3 Bozeman Public Golf Courses: 4 Owner Occupied: 44% HEALTH CARE Renter Occupied: 56% Bozeman Health CLIMATE More than 250 physicians and health Annual Average Temperature: 43.95 F MEDIAN MONTHLY HOUSING professionals and medical staff Annual Average High Temperature: 57.1 F COSTS representing over 40 Annual Average Low Temperature: 30.8 F For Renter-Occupied Housing Units: healthcare specialties. Annual Average Snowfall: 86” $1,018 Employees – over 2000 Annual Average Precipitation: 16.23” For Mortgaged Owners: $1,606 Bozeman Health Deaconess Hospital Elevation: 4,820’ For Non-Mortgaged Owners: $473 Beds - 86 Licensed Level Three Trauma Center DNV GL–Healthcare accreditation Healthcare for all ages, including cancer, cardiology, pediatrics, and women’s $ specialists. 8 Please visit www.bozemanchamber.com for more information EDUCATION Cottonwood Day School 1-5 Gallatin & Park County Region Divine Mercy Academy PK-12 Level of Educational Attainment Bozeman Licensed Emerge 6-12 Childcare Providers: 59 High School or Above: 98% Great Beginnings Montessori PK-K Bachelor’s Degree or Above: 57% Belgrade Licensed Greenwood Academy PK-K Childcare Providers: 31 Headwaters Academy 6-8 Hearts & Hands Montessori PUBLICATIONS Gallatin County Licensed Big Sky Journal Childcare Providers: 97 Ages 2-6 & summer programs Heritage Christian School K-12 Bobcat Football Magazine Highland Montessori PK-K Bozeman