POSITION STATEMENT ON COMMUNITY HERITAGE

          THE MCHF & WHC BELIEVES THAT EVERY COMMUNITY IN MONTANA HAS A RICH AND STORIED HERITAGE OF WHICH NO VALUE OR PRICE COULD BE ASSIGNED.  IT IS OUR STRONG POSITON THAT NO COMMUNITY’S HERITAGE IS A COMMODITY AND HERITAGE CANNOT AND SHOULD NOT BE USED IN A MANNER THAT LEVERAGES ANY ONE COMMUNITY ABOVE OR BELOW ANOTHER.  THE MCHF & WHC IS A STATE-WIDE ORGANIZATION THAT BELIEVES WE ARE EACH, FIRST AND FORMOST, A PART OF A SINGLE MONTANA COMMUNITY REFLECTING A DIVERSE COLLECTIVE MONTANA WESTERN HERITAGE.  

          EACH AND EVERY COMMUNITY IN MONTANA HAS A HERITAGE WORTH HONORING.   GIVEN THIS UNDERSTANDING, THE INTENT OF THIS SITE IDENTIFICATION REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS IS TO IDENTIFY A COMMUNITY WHOSE RESOURCES, PAIRED TO OUR MISSION AND VISION THROUGH THE COMMON ALIGNMENT OF GOALS AND OBJECTIVES, WILL RESULT IN A MANNER THAT BEST BENEFITS ALL MONTANANS AND BRINGS LASTING HONOR TO THOSE WE EXIST TO CELEBRATE.