Unseen Missoula: Secrets of the Clark Fork River
2022-07-13 10:00 - 11:30, 2022-07-27 10:00 - 23:30, 2022-08-10 10:00 - 11:30, 2022-08-24 10:00 - 11:30 (America/Denver) | Montana Natural History Center, 120 Hickory Street, Suite A, Missoula, 59870, United States
Visitors participate in a guided walk that explores the often overlooked features and untold stories associated with Missoula’s riverfront. Group leaders will offer meaningful interpretations that present opportunities for participants to make personal connections to natural and cultural resources. The tour highlights ways that community-driven conservation and stewardship preserve our natural and cultural resources.
FREE admission to the Montana Natural History Center is included with the purchase of a tour ticket!

Unseen Missoula: Basements & Back Alleys
2022-07-16 10:00 - 12:00, 2022-07-26 16:30 - 18:30, 2022-07-30 10:00 - 12:00, 2022-08-02 16:30 - 18:30, 2022-08-09 16:30 - 18:30, 2022-08-13 10:00 - 12:00, 2022-08-23 16:30 - 18:30, 2022-08-30 16:30 - 18:30 and 1 more date | Basements & Back Alleys Meeting Spot, 101 Carousel Drive, Missoula, MT, 59802, United States
Experience the parts unseen in Downtown Missoula! This tour explores a holistic look at downtown life during Missoula’s transition from a marginal frontier town to a major local economic and cultural center from 1880 to 1920. The tour starts at Caras Park and lasts approximately 2 hours. This tour is not fully ADA accessible. Please refrain from bringing strollers. These less-accessible spaces remain hidden the majority of the year, so catch them while you can…
COVID-19 Precautions:
Your safety is our priority. We are committed to continuously monitoring Missoula County’s COVID-19 Community Level and will respond according to the CDC’s list of individual and community recommendations for each level. At all levels, people can choose to wear a mask according to their personal preference and level of risk. People who show symptoms, who test positive for COVID-19, or who have been exposed to the virus should reschedule their tour.

THERE ARE NO HARD TICKETS FOR THIS EVENT.
Please keep your confirmation email and bring your order ID, ticket number and ID to check-in.
Please arrive a few minutes before the tour start time in Caras Park near the Carousel. There will be a large sign indicating where to meet.

MDA Membership BBQ: Surf's Up!
2022-07-26 17:30 - 20:30 | Caras Park, 123 Carousel Drive, Missoula, MT, 59802, United States
Hang Ten My Friend! for the 36th Annual MDA Membership BBQ
Dig out that Hawaiin shirt and inflate your floaties cause we’re partying it up once again with our local friends and businesses down in Caras Park! Join us for a festive night of beach tunes, great barbeque, raffle prizes and lawn games in the newly renovated park.

Volunteer Here!

MDA Walk and Talk
2022-08-04 12:00 - 13:00, 2022-09-01 12:00 - 13:00
Missoula Downtown Association and Providence St Patrick Hospital present Downtown Walk and Talk Thursdays 12-1245pm. The program will run June 2-November 3 and will meet at the corner of Main St and Higgins Ave. Come join fellow Downtown employees for MDA’s weekly Walk and Talk. Connect with your community, learn more about Downtown, meet new people and get outside and active during the workday! Routes will change each week. Please reach out to Gretchen with any questions! gretchen@missouladowntown.com

Unseen Missoula: Hotels & Hooligans
2022-08-04 16:30 - 18:00, 2022-08-18 04:30 - 18:00, 2022-08-25 04:30 - 18:00, 2022-09-08 16:30 - 18:00, 2022-09-22 16:30 - 18:00 | Burlington Northern Plaza, Burlington Northern Plaza, Missoula, MT 59802, Missoula, MT, 59802, United States
The Hotels and Hooligans tour explores Missoula’s daily life during the city’s railroad boom, as well as some of the everyday culture of people living here. The Courthouse and Missoula’s railroad hotel district will also be explored for their scandals and seediness.
The tour will start at 4:30 pm at the statue of Captain John Mullan at the northeast corner of Alder and Higgins, by the XXXX’s. Arrive a few minutes early so the tour can begin promptly at 4:30 pm. Come prepared with walking shoes, a bottle of water, and clothing for the weather on this 90-minute tour that covers approximately a mile on foot.
COVID-19 Precautions:
Your safety is our priority. We are committed to continuously monitoring Missoula County’s COVID-19 Community Level and will respond according to the CDC’s list of individual and community recommendations for each level. At all levels, people can choose to wear a mask according to their personal preference and level of risk. People who show symptoms, who test positive for COVID-19, or who have been exposed to the virus should reschedule their tour.

August MDA Member Luncheon
2022-08-16 12:00 - 13:00 | Holiday Inn Downtown, 200 S Pattee St, Missoula, MT, 59802, United States
Connect with other MDA members during our August luncheon. Hear from The Trail Head owner Todd Frank as he provides insight and “wisdom from the trenches” as a long time Downtown business owner. Hosted at the Holiday Inn Missoula Downtown.
**NOTE: please RSVP by Tuesday, August 9 in order to guarantee you will have a meal. Any RSVPs after August 9 are not guaranteed lunch.**

Unseen Missoula: Music in our Roots
2022-08-27 10:00 - 11:30 | Basements & Back Alleys Meeting Spot, 101 Carousel Drive, Missoula, MT, 59802, United States
Chart the course of the local rock scene in Missoula, from the 1960s to today! Missoula’s music scene has survived down periods before so although live music may be put on a hold right now that doesn’t stop Missoula from re-living the rockin’ past of the Garden City! This tour will show the broader arc of local rock in Missoula through a walking tour of Missoula’s current and past music venues, famous musical acts, and all things musical in Missoula. The tour will meet at Caras Park.
Silkworm sings it best, Into the garden city I’m on the rise…
This tour is a part of the 16th Annual River City Roots Fest in Downtown Missoula on August 26-27. This is a 21+ tour.

CANCELED: August MDA Member Downtown On Tap
2022-08-30 17:00 - 19:00 | Peak Health and Wellness Center, 150 E Spruce St Ste A, Missoula, MT, 59802, United States

September MDA Member Luncheon
2022-09-20 12:00 - 13:00 | Doubletree by By Hilton-Missoula Edgewater, 100 Madison, Missoula, MT, 59802, United States
Hear from speakers on the upcoming Fairground Bond and Crisis Intervention (housing, health and safety) Levy.
Speakers include Burke Holmes, Jon Turner, and Susan Hay Patrick.
Hosted at DoubleTree Hotel
**NOTE: please RSVP by Friday, September 16 in order to guarantee you will have a meal. Any RSVPs after September 20 are not guaranteed lunch.**

September MDA Member Downtown on Tap
2022-09-27 17:00 - 19:00 | The Roxy Theater, 718 S Higgins Ave, Missoula, MT, 59801, United States

Digital Marketing for Missoula Businesses: Holiday Workshop Edition
2022-10-11 08:30 - 09:30 | First Interstate Bank, 101 E Front St, Missoula, 59802, United States
“If you only have one hour a week devoted to marketing your business online, this is the workshop for you.”

DATE/TIME: Tuesday, October 11….8:30-9:30am
LOCATION: Basement meeting room at the First Interstate Bank Building in Downtown (101 E. Front St.)
Designed exclusively for Missoula Downtown Association Members with one hour per week to allocate toward online marketing. What are the three things you could do this week to give yourself a competitive advantage online heading into the busiest two shopping months of the year? Presented by the Missoula Downtown Association in collaboration with Pintler Group Marketing is excited to present this one hour workshop. Open to MDA business owners, managers, staff, and anyone wanting to learn more about marketing a business.
This event is a perfect fit if this sounds like you:

You have 1-2 hours a week allocated towards digital marketing and need some specifics.
You wear all the hats. One of which is marketing. You need some action items heading into Q4.
You have an online presence, but know there is more you could be doing. You want to know the next most important three things to do.

Attendees can expect to learn:

How to build a retargeting audience in Meta and Instagram: showing targeted messages to individuals that visited your website or who have purchased from you in the past.
“Location” ads directing Missoulians to your store-front.
Quick to-do list for improving your Google Search page results (Google My Business Tips)
An Introduction to a couple frameworks for your team to use in 2022 Q4 and beyond.

Please RSVP your spot by noon on Monday, October 10

October MDA Member Luncheon
2022-10-18 12:00 - 13:00

Unseen Missoula: Screams & Spirits
2022-10-20 18:30 - 20:00, 2022-10-21 18:30 - 20:00 | The Roxy Theater, 718 S Higgins Ave, Missoula, MT, 59801, United States
Enjoy a chilling exploration into Missoula’s haunted history, featuring dozens of ghostly encounters and inexplicable tales. This walking tour starts in front of The Roxy Theater and takes approximately 90 minutes. As this is a Halloween tour, it’s recommended to dress warmly for the cool evening weather (costumes are optional but always welcome!), with comfortable walking shoes as this tour covers about two miles. Join us for some frights on this limited-time-only tour… if you dare!

COVID-19 Precautions:
Your safety is our priority. We are committed to continuously monitoring Missoula County’s COVID-19 Community Level and will respond according to the CDC’s list of individual and community recommendations for each level. At all levels, people can choose to wear a mask according to their personal preference and level of risk. People who show symptoms, who test positive for COVID-19, or who have been exposed to the virus should reschedule their tour.

THERE ARE NO HARD TICKETS FOR THIS EVENT.
Please keep your confirmation email and bring your order ID, ticket number and ID to check-in.
