For all of us, "It Matters How We LiveMissoula!"
As the saying goes,"All real estate is local." But when you are thinking about moving to a community, you want to know about more than just the real estate. You want to know what the community is like, what the neighborhoods are like, and what it might feel like to live here. There's nothing like pictures and voices to capture the essence of Missoula.
The links below make it easy for you to find out more facts and information about recreation, arts, churches, schools, and doing business here. Whether you are visiting, are, or soon will be a new member of our community, Welcome to Missoula! We're glad you're here to share what makes Missoula special because
for all of us,
"It Matters How We LIVEMISSOULA!”
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the Missoula Organization of REALTORS® or
any of its members
Growing a Missoula to Treasure
by Mae Hassman, CEO - Missoula Organization of REALTORS®
On the second Sunday in August, people in Missoula had their choice of going to the demolition derby at the Fairgrounds or hearing the Missoula Symphony at Caras Park. For those at the park, the music competed briefly with the rumble of motorcycles crossing Higgins Bridge. In just a few week's time after the symphony, Caras Park tent was the scene of a reggae concert and Governor Schweitzer reading a book about his dog, Jag. The backdrop for that event was a country singer entertaining patrons at the Clark Fork Market under the Higgins Bridge. Up the street, the People's Market was going on as usual in a street blocked off next to the Missoula Art Museum. It is quintessential Missoula, a community often identified with and proud of its diversity.
Diversity doesn't grow and thrive without tolerance. Perhaps because Missoula grew up with the University, or perhaps because, as a community we embraced the 'live and let live' code of the West, Missoula is as often identified with its tolerance as much as with its diversity. It’s not unusual to hear people say, “Only in Missoula!” as they encounter something new. As a community, we are offended—even outraged--when we learn that someone has broken that social agreement of tolerance that we have with each other.
Missoula is changing from a timber town to a cosmopolitan small city and that change brings with it ever-increasing diversity--politically, demographically, ethnically, culturally…the list goes on. This diversity enriches us as a community and opens up a wealth of new experiences and opportunities. It also reminds us that it is tolerance that will allow us to share in those new experiences and shape our evolving collective identity. We don't all have to like the symphony, the reggae, the rumble, or the reading, but it is incumbent on all of us to be tolerant of those who do. In the face of both change and growing diversity, tolerance is the one constant which will help ensure that we continue growing a Missoula to treasure.
