Bear Paw Development receives Federal Performance Award

The Economic Development Administration of the US Department of Commerce recently announced that Bear Paw Development Corporation http://www.bearpaw.org/ is a recipient of the EDA’s Planning Performance Award from the Denver Regional Office of the EDA, which covers a ten-state area that includes Montana.

The Planning Performance Award is a special recognition by the EDA for high-performing Economic Development Districts. Bear Paw Development has been a federally-recognized Economic Development District since 1968. The Performance Award was given to Bear Paw Development for its active participation in the development activities of the region, exceptional fulfillment of Bear Paw’s Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy and exceptional collaboration with federal, state and local entities.

"All of us at Bear Paw are honored and humbled to be selected for this prestigious honor. We know there are many high-performing Economic Development Districts spread throughout the EDA’s ten-state Denver Region, so to be singled out as one of only two or three Districts to be recognized with a Performance Award is wonderful,” Paul Tuss, Executive Director of Bear Paw Development, said.

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