Experience Butte

11/02/2024

How 'bout them Bulldogs!!! 💜

11/02/2024

Christmas stroll is coming!

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10/22/2024

If you received a Form 5102 in the mail today requesting $119 to file for your business, toss it out. It is a scam!

09/27/2024

Woohoo! Go, Butte!

HOCO schedule for tomorrow (Friday 9/27)
Please share! Let’s paint the town purple! 🎨🏈

09/27/2024

Blast from the past...

It's time to travel back in time to 1982 in our latest !

Whether you were around Butte during this time or not, you probably know this as the year that the main pumps were turned off. This allowed Butte's underground metropolis to start slowly filling with water, as well as the famous Berkeley Pit.

There was concern and debate about this decision, and we now know the fate of it.

However, since 2019, water has been being treated from the Pit and discharged as part of an effort to control the rising water. There are even studies happening that might allow for necessary critical minerals, such as Rare Earth Elements and Zinc, to be pulled from the Pit's water!

To learn more, be sure to stop by the Berkeley Pit Viewing Stand!

📰 The Montana Standard
August 1, 1982

09/26/2024

❤️

Anyone will tell you that Butte, Montana, is tough. They'll also tell you that it's unbelievably kind and generous.

09/24/2024

Mark your calendars!

Greetings! The 2024 Butte Winter Farmers' Market Schedule is live! Every other November Saturday from 11AM-2PM then each December Saturday leading up to Christmas with extended holiday shopping hours from 11AM-4PM! We are so grateful for the Butte Plaza Mall for hosting us this holiday season! 🙂🦃🎄

*2025 location & dates are TBD*

Interested in becoming a vendor? Fill out our online application in the link provided: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSevbi8fYknNtekt7Y2UNbKAu_AsoYHIIuppTUcvJf6IgckeFQ/viewform?usp=sf_link

08/15/2024

Don't forget this event!

Please help us spread the word that The Wall That Heals will be in Butte from August 28 - September 1. We are very proud that our parent company, Town Pump is a local sponsor. We are offering a discounted room rate for anyone coming into Butte to view this 3/4 replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. https://www.choicehotels.com/reservations/groups/KK30U9 For more information on the event log onto thewallthathealsbutte.com

07/03/2024

FYI...

Dogs and other pets are discouraged at the Butte Farmers Market for several reasons.

If for no other reason than you want to show how much you care for your furry friend, please protect their paws by not bringing them to the Butte Farmers Market in the coming weeks and save them from the stress of large crowds.

06/27/2024

Makes you laugh. 🤣 Makes you wonder. 🙄

06/25/2024

Help! This is a fun one!

The Montana Folk Festival Please plan to join us in Butte, Montana on July 12-14, 2024. The Montana Folk Festival will remain a new and exciting event each year at the same time it remains very familiar to anyone who has attended in previous years. The Montana Folk Festival will continue to feature....

06/25/2024

Yay!

06/19/2024

Cool Butte stuff!

This is a Brown Bag Lunch presentation by Jim Michelotti and Joe Lee about Butte’s Mom and Pop neighborhood grocery stores. Jim has been collecting photos an...

06/13/2024

A time to remember...

Organizers are trying to spread the word about Butte hosting The Wall That Heals this summer.

06/12/2024

Get out! See the sights!

Get ready and get out there!

06/03/2024

Help needed for our furniture bank!

05/25/2024

Thanks to all those caring folks who make this happen!

Free Youth Summer Meals Schedule

05/25/2024

There have been plenty of rumors about the mall and its future. Looks like something is finally happening!

Dickerhoof Properties of Oregon purchased the mall on May 21 from the Hyman Family Trust for $8.5 million and plans to convert it into more of a strip mall experience.

05/21/2024

Things are looking up downtown!

Butte, MT – MAY 20, 2024 - The historic Socialist Hall/Fran Johnson Building in Butte, Montana is set to celebrate its grand reopening on June 5th with a ribbon-cutting
ceremony hosted by the Butte Chamber of Commerce. The event will take place at 5:30 PM at the building's location, 1957 Harrison Avenue.
Originally home to the renowned Fran Johnson Sporting Goods, the building has undergone extensive renovation led by local developer Rick M. Joseph. The revitalized structure now features eight luxury one and two-bedroom apartments available for lease, as well as two commercial spaces on the ground level.

Rick Joseph, who grew up in the Butte area, emphasized the importance of preserving the building's rich heritage. "I love the rich history Butte has to offer, and it’s important
to preserve it," Joseph remarked. "The Fran Johnson building is a lasting part of ou heritage, and we want this project to be a point of pride for the City of Butte."

The Socialist Hall, also known as the Fran Johnson Building, is listed on the National Registry of Historical Places. Built-in 1916 during the peak of the Socialist movement in the city, it was a hub for the Industrial Workers of the World until socialism fell out of
favor. The building later housed Fran Johnson Sporting Goods, serving the community from 1975 for 36 years.

The grand reopening promises to be a celebration of Butte's enduring spirit, with tours of the apartments and the building as a whole.

“We would love to have the community come out and see how we have preserved the building and yet made it functional for modern Butte,” Joseph said. “It will always be known as the Fran Johnson building in the eyes of the Butte Community. We are really
happy with the improvements.”

At the ribbon cutting, you can take a tour and look at the renovations, the new commercial spaces and the apartments.

For those interested in leasing the newly available commercial or residential spaces within the Fran Johnson Building, further information can be found at

www.FranButte.com or by contacting 406-792-1191.

05/17/2024

Flag Placing for Memorial Day

05/17/2024

We can hardly wait!

The Montana Folk Festival has announced the final seven performers that will join the event in Butte on July 12, 13, and 14.Choro Das 3,Hailu Mergia,Reverie

05/16/2024

Our local ReStore is a great resource for gently used, discounted building materials, appliances, and plumbing fixtures. They rely on donations from the public to fulfill their mission of providing affordable housing. If you are remodeling or renovating your home, please give them a call to see if your materials are acceptable for donation. They do not have a pickup or delivery service. Consider partnering with a friend or neighbor who may have the means to bring in your items. Thank you for supporting your local Habitat for Humanity of Southwest Montana !

Feeling studious? You should probably get this desk and chair... 😉

05/16/2024

You like gyros? Stop in and eat here. Support small local businesses!

Kellie and her husband Justin opened the Gyro Wagon in Dillon three years ago. Before that, Justin’s parents ran the business out of a bus for 10 years in Stevensville.