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The New "Ranches" of Montana

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The 810-acre housing enclave, which is adjacent to Belt Creek, is proposed four miles south of Belt near U.S. Highway 89 and Armington Road. It's called The Ranches at Belt Creek.
Commissioners approved a preliminary plat for the first three phases of the project earlier this week. Another "yes" vote is needed to grant final plat approval.

Occupancy of most of the log or stone houses, which would range from $500,000 to $1.5 million, would be seasonal, according to the county Planning Department.

http://www.greatfallstribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070913/NEWS01/709130305
 
Yeah, that's just what they need in the area!?!

Kind of like the Wal-Mart they won't let them build out by Malstrom so those poor army wives don't have to drive all the way across town to the groceries they can afford.

It will be fun to watch all those outta stater's try to come out of Armington up the hill towards Belt in December to get a latte at Starbuck's.......which I am sure is on the other side of town next to the country club!!!!

Man... I miss the Great Falls area!!!!
 
I was up that hill by Belt one time.I had two 20' stocktrailers hooked behind a 2 wd 1 ton dually there was an inch of ice covered by 4 inches of slop hit the bottom going about 70 mph and topped it at about 15 mph.Was some white knuckle driveing on that trip very very cold and snowing and blowing all the way home.I ran low on gas outside of Jordan on the way back and was putting fuel in out on the wind swept prairie thats the coldest I've ever been.We did carry extra gas so that was'nt a problem.

Nothing anyone can do is going to stop urban sprawl around here when a farm goes up for sale the owners are just as much to blame as the developer's.Greed set's in on both side's the land owner want's as much as possible which is way more than it's worth and they all want CA$H.
I would bet most every farm in this area was bought on a contract for deed years ago but now days the people would much rather cash it out and play in the money.Greed is a terrible thing and the baby boomer crowd here top's the list for being greedy.
 
Nothing anyone can do is going to stop urban sprawl around here when a farm goes up for sale the owners are just as much to blame as the developer's.
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Fighting the same thing here, but a number of local boys have put ground in the Farmland Preservation program. Dad & his immediate neighbors just got some of their land into the program this year. Would have put more in, but its limited by available money thru state allotments.
 
Well at least they're not slamming 1 house/acre or less like they do here!!


" Seasonal", I'd say so....Brrrrrrrrrr!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Man, that's cold, wet & mean country in the wintetime!!!
 
This is one of the major challenges facing the industry nationwide. We are on the edge of development. From our house west to Colorado Springs, the are homes on every 40 acres for 50 miles. We went east one morning this summer, and traveled 150 miles on dirt before we met a vehicle, & that was a choreboy down by Haswell. One of the neighbors told me "You can either fight the bees, or collect the honey!" I'm still fighting the bees.
 
the log or stone houses, which would range from $500,000 to $1.5 million,
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Well, with the average Montanans' income less than $30,000 and household income less than $40,000- I don't think there will be many locals living there...

More of the continued Californication of the state......
 
Local land auction this week-- local rancher was in over his head and the bank forced him to put his house and bottom land up for sale- 311 acres dryland river bottom hay/pasture (been worked hard)...Sold as a total lot or in parcels...Total acreage sold for about $1585 an acre-- but the one parcel of hay meadow/grazing that had both creek bottom and river bottom sold for over $2500 an acre- which saved him from selling the other 200 plus the house...

Bidders were some corporate interests, a wetlands corporate group, and a fella that wanted a private hunting area... Luckily the ranch that owned the land on both sides had just fell into some inherited life insurance money- and were able to purchase it- altho it has to be for investment/government conservation payments program only as it won't pencil out for the ag use.... :roll:
 
Oldtimer said:
the log or stone houses, which would range from $500,000 to $1.5 million,
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Well, with the average Montanans' income less than $30,000 and household income less than $40,000- I don't think there will be many locals living there...

More of the continued Californication of the state......
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the population of our little town goes from about 800 in the "off-season" to over 1300 in the summer....most are californians and such who have the multi-million dollar summer homes that they "live in" for 3-6 weeks outta the year, while driving up our property taxes and land value!!! Average price of a 2 bedroom home in this valley now is about $280,000 and that is not much bigger than a broom closet!!! Sadly, our average incomes are not any better than they are in wayyyy more affordable regions of the state!!! If we should ever lose this place, you can guarantee that we will be looking at leaving!! :cry:
 
That is what is going on all over the state. However I think that this developer is barkin up the wrong tree. Those out of staters don't want to live out where it's flat, thank God. They all watched "the Horse Whisperer" and "A River Runs Through It", and want to live in the mountainous part of the state, which is why all the ranches in the Bitterroot and up the Blackfoot and in Gallatin or Ennis are getting swallowed up. I don't wish ill on anyone, but I generally don't mind seeing a developer go and lose his shirt because most of them are from out of state too.


Rob Miller
Montana Native
 

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