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10/07/2026

The Red Lodge Tourism Development Strategy Open House is TOMORROW (Thursday 10/8) at the Roosevelt Center from 6pm to 7:30pm. The Tourism Asset Development Strategy aims to support a strong local economy while preserving the qualities that make this community unique. The strategy’s three primary goals are: 1) protect what makes Red Lodge unique, 2) build a more resilient tourism economy, and 3) deliver a high-quality destination experience.

Did we get that right? Come to the open house to learn more and share your thoughts. You can also drop by the Roosevelt Center on Friday, October 9 between 9am and 12pm to chat with the project team in a smaller group setting, no appointment required.

If you can't participate at these times, you can also review the draft strategy and email your comments directly to [email protected].

Draft strategy: https://www.rlacf.org/programs/thrivingnonprofits/pilot-community-tourism-grant-program/red-lodge-tourism-asset-inventory-development-strategy/

More details are available at: https://www.rlacf.org/programs/thrivingnonprofits/pilot-community-tourism-grant-program/

10/06/2026

Join us at the Roberts School Library on Monday Oct. 26 from 6-8pm for a discussion about attainable housing. All are welcome to attend.

The purpose of the meeting is to discuss the community’s needs, opportunities, and concerns related to attainable housing and begin developing a shared vision for housing and potential community development.

View the agenda in this post to learn more about the direction of discussion. Hope to see you there!

09/30/2026

Tourism plays an important role in Red Lodge’s future, and community input is essential to shaping how it grows. We’re ready to share the direction for the draft Red Lodge Tourism Development Strategy, a project funded by the Pilot Community Tourism Grant and facilitated by the Red Lodge Area Community Foundation.

Come learn more about the strategy and share your thoughts at the Open House at the Roosevelt Center on Thursday, October 8th from 6pm to 7:30pm. You can also drop by the Roosevelt Center on Friday, October 9th between 9am and 12pm to chat with the project team in a smaller group setting, no appointment needed.

If you can't participate at these times, you can also review the draft strategy and email your comments directly to [email protected].

Draft Strategy: https://www.rlacf.org/programs/thrivingnonprofits/pilot-community-tourism-grant-program/red-lodge-tourism-asset-inventory-development-strategy/

Learn More Here: https://www.rlacf.org/programs/thrivingnonprofits/pilot-community-tourism-grant-program/

09/23/2026

What does the future of tourism in Red Lodge look like to you? As part of a long-term effort to guide tourism growth, we are gathering input to refine the draft Tourism Development Strategy to make sure it captures community priorities.

Learn more about the strategy and share your thoughts at the Open House at the Roosevelt Center on Thursday, October 8th from 6pm to 7:30pm. You can also drop by the Roosevelt Center on Friday, October 9th between 9am and 12pm to chat with the project team in a smaller group setting, no appointment needed.

If you can't participate at these times, you can also review the draft strategy and email your comments directly to [email protected].

Draft strategy: https://www.rlacf.org/programs/thrivingnonprofits/pilot-community-tourism-grant-program/red-lodge-tourism-asset-inventory-development-strategy/

Learn more and participate here: https://www.rlacf.org/programs/thrivingnonprofits/pilot-community-tourism-grant-program/

09/03/2026

The Red Lodge Area Community Foundation is getting ready for winter with the Firewood Assistance Program.

We're looking for volunteers to help process donated firewood on Saturday September 26th at 11am.

If you are in need of firewood or want more info about how to volunteer, email [email protected] or call 406-446-2820.

This program provides split wood to those who may not be physically or financially able to obtain firewood on their own.

08/13/2026

Update 8/17: Registration has closed as the workshop reached maximum capacity. Thanks for your interest!

Register and join us for a FREE grant writing workshop at the Roosevelt Center hosted by the The Foundation for Montana History and Red Lodge Area Community Foundation on Wed. Sept 9 from 10am - 2pm.

Pre-registration required! Email Sara at [email protected] to RSVP. Lunch provided by the Red Lodge Area Community Foundation.

07/30/2026

Our CART Volunteers!

Wow, we just tallied the volunteer hours for CART's 4th Quarter of the '25-'26 Fiscal year, and 5 individuals tallied an amazing number of total hours—165.5 hours—helping CART do its important work!

Thanks to drivers Grant Barnard and Scott Malone who ably fill in for CART quite regularly, taking driving duties off of Karen and myself so we can concentrate on other administrative things. Over 100 hours of driving time!

Thanks to newcomer Keith McNally who has volunteered a couple of times riding along on Friday mornings when we take a whole group up to Walmart in Laurel to go shopping. It's quite a job helping our passengers load and unload groceries and supplies, and riders have responded so positively to his help!

And finally, thanks to TAC member Barbara Marquardt, and rider Wanda Venegas, who have amassed over 50 hours helping us enter passenger ride data into the computer for reporting to MDT.

Again, for a grand total of 165.5 hours of volunteer service to CART and the transit-using community in Carbon County!

You may not know this, but every hour volunteers work, gets converted to a dollar value and reported to the Montana Department of Transportation. The Red Lodge Area Community Foundation and CART have to fundraise and match the dollars we get from the MDT Grant that ensures that we can operate. Your valuable time therefore subtracts from the dollar amount RLACF must raise to keep CART moving! That's a significant number of dollars saved!

On behalf of all of us here at CART, we thank you many times over!

07/01/2026

Do you visit the Red Lodge area? We want to hear from you!

Your feedback will help us develop a 10-year tourism strategy for the Red Lodge area.

Let us know what we're doing well and where we can improve by taking the online Red Lodge Visitor survey here: https://umt.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_1AIcRnqa1vPW7UW

Don't want to take an online survey? We also have a paper option available, just reach out to us.

Thank you for participating!

06/30/2026

A very special celebration of people working together to create affordable housing options for people who live and work in our communities!!

06/15/2026

CART Fundraising Campaign, part 2

This week's featured rider is Steve Kuna of Belfry. Read his story and the stories of 4 others from around the county who take advantage of the CART Transit service in all kinds of ways.

All this month, CART is promoting its annual fund-raising campaign to keep providing rides for people in all our communities around the county. Help folks like Steve continue to get where they need to go!

Mailers have hit mailboxes all over the county, so send in your donation using the remittance envelope you received. You can also give securely to the CART Campaign at: rlacf.org, or by calling (406) 446-2820. And THANK-YOU!

Address

122 S Hauser Avenue, PO BOX 1871
Red Lodge, MT
59068

Opening Hours

Tuesday	9am - 3:30pm
Wednesday	9am - 3:30pm
Thursday	9am - 3:30pm

Telephone

+14064462820

Website

http://www.rlacf.org/

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