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Nathan Dugan

@nathandugan.bsky.social
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Mountain town housing and climate advocate. Executive Director of @livableflathead.bsky.social. Co-founder of @shelterwf.bsky.social.

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Livable Flathead @livableflathead.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
MLUPA 2/5: How it works: Plan for 20 Years of Growth: Cities must use data to project population and plan to accommodate it. Zone for Needed Homes "By-Right": Update zoning so the required homes get permits automatically if they meet the rules—no endless public hearings. Fewer delays=lower costs.
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Nathan Dugan @nathandugan.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
The first posts in Livable Flathead's series explaining how the Montana Land Used Planning Act affects planning locally in the Flathead Valley. Follow @livableflathead.bsky.social for more!
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Nathan Dugan @nathandugan.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
We ran it back!
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Paul Krugman @pkrugman.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
Am I the only one noting that after demonizing China for years, Trump seems to be letting them off lightly, while going full tilt against Canada? Is it Musk's business interests? Have Chinese players been buying Trumpcoin?
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Shelter WF @shelterwf.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
It's Giving Tuesday! This Giving Tuesday, your support helps us continue our vital work advocating for smart housing policies, connecting communities, and empowering residents to shape the future of our town.
People sitting around a table at an organizing event. Graphic to promote Giving Tuesday.
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Nathan Dugan @nathandugan.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Weak stuff from Councilor Sweeney last night, who apparently doesn't want a lifelong local voice with a different perspective on housing issues to be on the Community Development Board. We all call ourselves Democrats, but the generational divide here is stark.
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Nathan Dugan @nathandugan.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Happy Thanksgiving! I'm thankful that Whitefish proper is far from "built out" as some might try to have you believe. Let's make a plan to build denser and up rather than sprawl outward onto our prime 🦃 grazing fields. flatheadbeacon.com/2024/11/28/d...
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Don’t Let Whitefish Sprawl - Flathead Beacon
On Nov. 21, 2024, the Whitefish Community Development Board reviewed the draft demographics section for Whitefish’s ongoing Growth Policy update – Vision Whitefish 2045. Part of this draft provides an...
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Nathan Dugan @nathandugan.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
Tired of daily fundraising emails after the longest election period in the world ends? I sure as hell am. We need to get money out of politics. That money is so much better used for other things than for dictating political party agendas and supporting a party's preferred candidates.
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Nathan Dugan @nathandugan.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
Two Trump policy dreams that have the complete opposite effect and cost us more money. Not a lot of good stuff in here, unsurprisingly. www.npr.org/2024/11/22/n...
List of proposed HUD policies.
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Nathan Dugan @nathandugan.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
I'm in Bentonville today for the Urban Land Institute Northwest Arkansas Place Summit. I'll be sitting down to talk Montana state-level zoning reforms with Senator Forrest Mandeville from 12:30 - 1:30 PM this afternoon. Looking forward to sharing these bipartisan wins with folks in Arkansas!
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Welcoming Neighbors Network @welcomingneighbors.us · 18/11/2024
Corner stores make our communities great, pass it on
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The Corner Store Comeback
Small-scale neighborhood retail is staging a post-Covid revival in many cities, thanks to a mix of zoning reforms, shopping trends and local incentives.
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Nathan Dugan @nathandugan.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
If Mitch McConnell blocked a Supreme Court nomination for 6 months, then we sure as hell can expand the court. Time to do it.
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Brian Schatz @schatz.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
We are about to confirm a bunch of lifetime appointments to the federal bench fyi.
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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Something something Make America Healthy Again
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Nathan Dugan @nathandugan.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
I'm offended. youtu.be/WNlA7fcLEqI?...
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Banger Boyz - SNL
YouTube video by Saturday Night Live
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Nathan Dugan @nathandugan.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
This ain't no Reagan map. Sorry Donny.
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Nathan Dugan @nathandugan.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
What a shocking development.
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Nathan Dugan @nathandugan.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
We're cooked. A thread.
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Nathan Dugan @nathandugan.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
The aging of Montana is a big story with serious ramifications that not many people talk about. This is a direct consequence of high housing costs and little economic opportunity for younger people. As a home health PT, it's a boon for me, but for most others, it isn't.
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Nathan Dugan @nathandugan.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
One of the biggest challenges that we face when trying to advance housing policy to meet the needs of 2024 is that many of the people holding elected office first came to Montana (or came of age) when there were 40-50k (30-40%) fewer people in their county.
Table of population in Montana by county, 1950 - 2023.
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
No post-mortems. No hang-wringing. Zero introspection. America didn't reject us: it was rigged! Why shouldn't Dems do the same? Obviously, I'm saying this as a joke, but in some ways it's points to how cramped the post-mortem convo is and also how much it is almost certainly missing.
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Nathan Dugan @nathandugan.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
New MAID brief just dropped. It's very long. Stay tuned.
Table of contents of brief.
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Nathan Dugan @nathandugan.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
Unfortunately, no thanks here as my Rep, Ryan Zinke, voted for this. As a non-profit founder and board president, this is scary stuff. Don't agree with how the current administration sees things? Now you're a terrorist and can get locked up.
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BlueySky Dad, PhD @sm-tommasini.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
2 people to lead the Dept. of Government Efficiency? Look, it doesn't take a genius to know that every organization thrives when it has 2 leaders. Go ahead, name a country that doesn't have 2 presidents. A boat that sets sail without 2 captains. Where would Catholicism be without the popes?
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Nathan Dugan @nathandugan.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
I didn't realize this sit was literally Twitter 😂. Happy to be here.
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