Rocky Mountain Front Community Foundation

	Contact Information
	Rocky Mountain Front Community Foundation PO Box 1188 Choteau, MT  59422 Corlene Martin Phone: (406) 466-5784 Email: corlene@3rivers.net

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Mission
Building Sustainable communities by investing in the future.

History
Teton County Community Foundation was established in 1999. After a jackrabbit start, the foundation lost a fair amount of its enthusiasm. In 2006, the organization was rejuvenated and changed its name to the Rocky Mountain Front Community Foundation. We serve the Rocky Mountain Front communities of Augusta, Bynum, Choteau, Dupuyer, Dutton, Fairfield, Pendroy and Power.

Board

GOOD WORKS

• Dutton Civic Club, for construction of a sidewalk
• Fairfield Chamber of Commerce, for a downtown beautification project
• Teton County Development Corp., for landscaping improvements to the Choteau City Park

HOW TO GIVE

Donations can be sent to:

• Rocky Mountain Front Community Foundation
  PO Box 1188       
  Choteau, MT  59422

 
HOW TO RECEIVE

The Rocky Mountain Front Community Foundation prefers projects that demonstrate visible and recognizable impact(s) on the overall community and contribute to a community vision with long-term benefits. We have about $5,000 available annually for grant making. For information about how to apply for grants, contact Corlene Martin at 406-466-5784 or corlene@3rivers.net.

News and Events

Community Foundation Makes Awards
The Choteau City Park, Fairfield’s Central Avenue and Sunshine Trail Lodge in Dutton will benefit from $4,800 in grants from the Rocky Mountain Front Community Foundation, according to board member Corlene Martin.

Meeting Aug. 3, 2006, the foundation board reviewed several grant applications and awarded three grants to the following organizations:

• $1,500 to the Dutton Civic Club to construct a sidewalk connecting the Sunshine Trail Lodge to the sidewalk on Dutton’s main street,
• $1,650 to the Fairfield Chamber of Commerce to purchase 10 aggregate planters for Central Avenue as part of a downtown beautification project; and
• $1,650 to the Teton County Development Corp. on behalf of the city of Choteau to set boulders and trees along the perimeter of the city park, replacing the wooden fence.

Fairfield-based 3 Rivers Communications also contributed to the Choteau City Park project by donating $1,000.

"The plan for improving the beauty and the safety of the park includes removing old fencing surrounding the park and replacing it with a natural barrier of native boulders and trees, said Martin, who is a Choteau City Councilwoman and the community coordinator for the Teton County Development Corp.

According to 3 Rivers’ Telephone Cooperative Board Member Brian McCollom, the 3 Rivers’ Community Enhancement Grant program is a key element of 3 River’s vision and strategic plan to assist in the promotion of community well-being in the company’s service areas. "The upgrades to Choteau City Park fit the goals of the grant program very well," McCollom said.

Martin said the $2,650 city park project includes removing the high-maintenance wooden fencing from the east and west sides of the city park north of the Choteau Pavilion. Eight trees and many large boulders would replace the wooden standards and rails.

Martin, who lives next to the park, said that, besides being difficult to maintain, the fence attracts young men who test their muscular prowess by pulling the wood poles out of the ground to impress their girlfriends.

The project would focus on the fencing along the park boundary north of the Choteau Pavilion. The city park boundary south of the Choteau Pavilion already sports new trees and shrubs that the city crew planted last spring using a previous grant.

Last spring, the city of Choteau received a $2,500 grant from the state Department of Natural Resources and Conservation to remove the wooden fencing and add plants along part of the walking path and the edge of the park south of the Pavilion.

Chief City Finance Officer Leona Huidekoper said the city provided a $3,700 contribution for a match to the DNRC grant project including cash, labor and equipment. The trees and lilac bushes would form a natural fence in the place of the wooden fence, she said.

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