Poverty coalition to set up shop in Havre

Havre will house the headquarters of an organization aiming to administer an estimated $75 million in grant money to fight poverty in north-central Montana.

The steering committee of the Northcentral Montana Community Ventures Coalition decided Wednesday to locate the headquarters here.

The three proposed Havre sites - the Atrium, the Heritage Center, and the building that houses the District IV Human Resources Development Council - were among 10 proposed locations for the headquarters of the coalition.

In December, the the Northwest Area Foundation awarded the coalition $12 million in seed mo...