MEDA April News and….

Please visit our website and review the March BEAR Report http://www.medamembers.org/meda/working-groups/bear/bear-reports/?item=5025 and the April News http://www.medamembers.org/meda/news-&-events for MEDA.

The lead story for MEDA is the fast-approaching spring conference:

Spread the word! http://www.medamembers.org/media/userfiles/subsite_107/files/MEDASpring2015DraftAgenda.pdf

Montana Economic Developers Conference & Leadership Development Event

Impact: Learning, Sharing & Partnering for

High Performance

Great Falls is playing host to Impact! Learning, Sharing & Partnering for High Performance a Conference on Montana Economic Development. For two and a half days, May 4th – 6th, attendees will have the opportunity to learn, network and see first-hand how resources and partners available in every community are used to

grow the economy and create jobs.

Economic Development is everyone’s job:

* making loans to businesses to buy equipment and create new jobs

* communities setting policies for strategic growth decisions that impact real estate development

* preparing a workforce for growing businesses

* workers buying or building houses

* workforce support – housing, child care, etc.

* communities growing and needing improved infrastructure

everyone is involved and benefits.

MEDA Members and partners are being asked to promote this unique opportunity to hear from:

* Montana Governor Steve Bullock

* Tameka Montgomery, Associate Administrator of the Office of Entrepreneurial Development at the US Small Business Administration

* Ashley Zuelke, Senior Advisor for Export Policy, Promotion and Strategy International Trade Administration, US Department of Commerce

* ADF Group, Calumet Refining and Pasta Montana on how they each used economic development tools to grow

* Barbara Wold, Authority of building business through customer driven strategy and maximizing human assets

* Jeff Finkle, President and CEO of International Economic Development Council

* Della Rucker, expert at helping citizens, businesses, government and nonprofits improve their communities’ futures for nearly 20 years

* Workforce Housing resources on what can work for communities

For more details, check out this website: http://www.medamembers.org/meda/news-&-events/?item=3988.

Have a great day,
gloria