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Saving The Burg

Saving The Burg

A deeply depressed former mining town in the 1980's, "P-burg" has spent three decades restoring its historic downtown and building an enviable reputation as Big Sky Country's "Comeback Kid". Filmmaker Jim Jenner blends historic and current footage with dozens of interviews of the natives and newcomers who engineered an economic reinvention so profound it has won national recognition. The inside st

Saving The Burg is a local public television program presented by Montana PBS

Saving The Burg

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Few towns in Montana have undergone a comeback as striking as that of tiny Philipsburg. (58m 30s)

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