Havre will host community assessment team next week

A team of economic and community development experts is coming to Hill County next week to meet with groups and begin preparing a report on strengths and challenges in the county and possible actions to improve it. And it's preparing the report cheaply - for the cost of room and board.

Craig Erickson, planner for Bear Paw Development Corp., said he hopes the report presents ideas for Hill County that are as exciting as those presented to other communities.

"Can we capture lightning in a bottle twice? I don't know, but I sure hope so," he said.

For instance, a team that examined Liberty County...