Saving The Burg: A Story of Love Sweat and Beers
The inside story of the dramatic economic turnaround of tiny Philipsburg, Montana.
Saving the Burg
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Community cleanup crew toss old appliance from a shuttered downtown hotel in Philipsburg, MT. The project, which converted the vacant building into a local museum, was one of the
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The annual car show on Broadway in Philipsburg has become a well attended Summer event.
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Cover of U of M Journalism School photo book that captured Philipsburg in the economic dark days in the late 1980’s.
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Director Jim Jenner [left] and Jordan Lefler [kneeling] capture reunion moment of Philipsburg native Mary Jo Carstensen with Brian Keller [L] and Todd Goodrich [R] who photographe
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Director Jim Jenner [left] and Jordan Lefler [kneeling] capture reunion moment of Philipsburg native Mary Jo Carstensen with Brian Keller [L] and Todd Goodrich [R] who photographe
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Director Jim Jenner [left] and Jordan Lefler [far right] capture reunion moment of Philipsburg native Mary Jo Carstensen with Brian Keller [L] and Todd Goodrich [R] who photograph
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Iron worker attaches new balcony on Philipsburg’s oldest brick building, the Kaiser House. “Saving the Burg” captures the efforts that went into restoring dozens of buildings in
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Drone image of historic Philipsburg which struggled to survive the 1980’s only to emerge as a nationally recognized economic comeback story.
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Winninghoff Park Ice Rink and Arena in historic downtown Philipsburg was one of many community projects that helped bring Philipsburg back from the economic brink.
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Philipsburg Elementary, the oldest operating school in Montana, was restored thanks to a vote by local citizens to tax themselves for the remodeling costs. The playground to the
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Director Jim Jenner was an eyewitness and early investor in the restoration and reinvigoration of Philipsburg. He interviewed 35 other local people to tell the story of “Saving t
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Todd Goodrich [left] and Brian Keller return to the streets of historic Philipsburg. The two were part of a U of M photo journalism class that spent a week photographing the town
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The restored metal fronts of historic buildings in Philipsburg, and the vibrant businesses they now house such as a brewery, hotel and thrift store, are part of the story of “Savi
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Candyman Dale Siegford operates an antique taffy wrapper in a scene from “Saving the Burg.” The opening of a candy store in the once struggling mining town was one of many key mo
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Community cleanup crew toss old appliance from a shuttered downtown hotel in Philipsburg, MT. The project, which converted the vacant building into a local museum, was one of the