COMMUNITY COMMONS

Our Community Commons campus is designed to help our neighbors overcome hunger, homelessness, and the daily barriers to living safe, stable lives. Guided by the belief that no one should go to bed hungry and everyone deserves a warm, secure place to sleep, this campus brings together two vital resources in one service-focused location.

Market Place houses our anti-hunger programs, including Gallatin Valley Food Bank and Fork & Spoon, while Homeward Point is Bozeman’s first and only year-round emergency shelter and resource hub. Together, these two buildings create a central access point for HRDC’s full range of services, helping families meet immediate needs and build lasting stability.

List of available services on a phone screen, including food and nutrition, senior support, housing support, energy and financial assistance, and youth support.

Market Place

Address: 206 E Griffin Drive, Bozeman, MT. 59715

Market Place is home to our food and nutrition programs, ensuring no one in our community goes to bed hungry. This thoughtfully designed facility includes emergency food storage, a commercial kitchen, a grocery-style food area, a pay-what-you-can restaurant, and space for education and enrichment.

Here, customers are welcomed by HRDC staff who help connect them not only to food resources, but to the full range of HRDC services that support stability and well-being. Market Place opened in the fall of 2023.

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Homeward Point

Address: 208 E Griffin Drive, Bozeman, MT. 59715

Homeward Point is home to HRDC’s new year-round shelter. Designed to address the needs of our homeless community, HRDC’s new shelter was thoughtfully planned from a trauma-informed point of view and includes dedicated space for families with a much-needed separate entrance.

In addition to a year-round emergency shelter for individuals and families, you will find on-site supportive services provided by members of our team and community partners. These supportive services will help ensure homelessness is rare, brief, and only one time. 

THANK YOU FOR HELPING US BUILD COMMUNITY COMMONS

How We Funded Community Commons

Community Support

  • $17,226,077 in private donations from individuals, businesses, and foundations
  • $375,000 in social impact investment forgiveness

HRDC Investments

  • $3,480,754 from the sale of HRDC properties (Gallatin Valley Food Bank on Bond Street, Fork & Spoon on North 7th Avenue, and the Tracy Avenue building that housed our early education team)
  • $1,092,750 from reserves and investment income

Permanent Debt

  • $3,000,000 in commercial financing

Private Investment via New Markets Tax Credits

  • $6,032,550 in private investment capitalized through NMTC

Government Support

  • $2,250,000 in federal ARPA relief dollars (via Gallatin County)
  • $562,500 from Montana House Bill 5
Total Project Cost: $34.5 million

At a total project cost of $34.5 million, Community Commons is one of the largest privately supported community projects in Southwest Montana.

This bold campus includes Homeward Point (our year-round emergency shelter) and Market Place (including our Gallatin Valley Food Bank, Fork & Spoon restaurant, and all of our income support programming).

Thanks to you, Community Commons is now open and serving our neighbors. If you’d like to help us finish strong — covering final payments and furnishings — your gift will make a lasting impact.

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