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Construction industry faces worker shortage in Bozeman and beyond

Bozeman might be facing a shortage of housing as people continue moving to the area, but the people scrambling to build more homes are facing a shortage of their own: skilled construction workers.

"It’s bad. It really is," said Ron Trout, marketing director for the Montana Contractors Association. "But we’re trying to circumvent that."

What Trout is trying to circumvent is a construction worker shortage that has driven labor prices sky-high and has organizations like Trout’s reaching out to high schools and colleges to get young people to reconsider their ideas about the trades.

Daniel DeMay, Chronicle Staff Writer

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