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This Just In: Member Survey Results!
In October of 2023, we sent out a survey to our members. As a tool library, we see many of our members during our open hours, at workshops, and around town. As the quiet of winter approached, we sought to find a way to connect with members, seeking feedback and Read more…
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Celebrating Women in Construction Week with MUD
March 5-11 is the 25th Annual Women in Construction Week which celebrates and promotes the role of women in the construction industry. According to the National Association of Women in Construction website (https://www.nawic.org/), “women numbered 10.9 percent of the entire U.S. construction workforce in 2022” and “the gender pay gap Read more…
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A New Year Fresh Start with MUD
January is often a time of reflection and planning for the new year and for the MUD team it’s no different. Earlier this month our staff and board spent a cozy Saturday at the Missoula Public Library reflecting on our accomplishments from 2022 and getting ready for some exciting new Read more…
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Demonstration Rain Garden – Working Together for Creative Solutions to Pollution
MUD and the National Wildlife Federation (NWF) have partnered on many projects over the last few years and we are excited to share about our latest project – a demonstration rain garden at the MUD tool library! NWF’s Big Sky Watershed Corps member, Kassie Robakiewicz, was inspired to install a Read more…
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Welcome Back to the MUD Tool Library
There is something so hopeful about spring. The warming weather. The buzzing bees. The buds on flowers. It feels like anything is possible. And at MUD, we are feeling especially hopeful about all of the exciting things we have planned for this year. We’ve already hosted 6 workshops and reached Read more…
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Forging New Skills at MUD’s Blacksmithing Workshop
It’s an overcast morning in late February, and Missoula’s northside neighborhood is quiet except for the backyard of Mark Vander Meer, where embers pop from a fire pit and iron clangs against steel. Vander Meer, blacksmithing hobbyist and owner of the Missoula companies Bad Goat Forest Products and Watershed Consulting, Read more…
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What’s the Buzz at MUD?
Introducing the newest MUD members – bees! On April 24, two hives of bees made the trek form Polson, MT, to their new home behind the MUD Tool Library. You may be wondering – what exactly do bees have to do with sustainability?
