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Making Montana Calls for Makers, Manufacturers, and Students – 2/28-29 – Kalispell, Montana
It will feature interactive exhibits and informative presentations by tech enthusiasts, manufacturers, engineers, artists, crafters and scientists.
Weld Like A Girl: A Millennial Woman’s Success In A Man’s World
A new generation of women welders is rocking a male-dominated industry.
California Climate Program Offers Up to $9,500 Toward Purchase of Used EVs
Unlike other incentive programs, participants must also scrap an older, polluting vehicle.
Research Quantifies the High Price of the Car Economy
Car culture isn’t free, even for people who don’t own cars.
Autistic young people deserve serious respect and attention — not dismissal as the pawns of others.
Greta Thunberg is a powerful and visionary leader not despite her youth, gender, disability, or anger — but in large part because she is a young autistic woman rightfully angry
Boise Set Out to Become the Next Austin or Seattle. Instead, It’s On Track to Become the Next Silicon Valley
Long known for its cool vibe, the Idaho capital is challenging Seattle and Portland as a hotspot for entrepreneurs.
Podcast – Montana’s Goodworks Ventures, ‘Impact Investing’ And Rural Development
Founded in 2007, Goodworks Ventures, a Missoula, Montana impact fund, currently has invested in a portfolio of 35 companies in science, food, sustainability and technology.
Montana Career Opportunities – Lab Technician, Senior Research Scientist, Research Scientist, more… – Expesicor Inc.
Biotech: Expesicor Inc. launches Missoula lab, jobs in search of neurological cures “We’re actively making hires of people who have gone through the University of Montana system. They won’t have to leave the state to…
EV Start-Up That Puts the Engine in the Wheels Raising Money at a $580 Million Valuation
Haaretz reports that an REE wheel can speed up from zero to 100 kph in just three seconds and can reach a speed of 250 kph.
What every data-driven mayor needs
When employees see using data as a way of meeting shared goals, it means something far more profound than when data is seen as a compliance exercise.
Climate Change Town Hall – 12/14 – Missoula
This series of non-partisan Climate Change Town Halls will be held in free, neutral locations where all citizens are welcome to attend. No donations will be accepted for any candidate.
The Next Nuclear Plants Will Be Small, Svelte, and Safer
The company has already secured permission to build its first 12-reactor plant at the Idaho National Laboratory, which may start supplying power to communities in Western states as soon as 2026.
Wyoming’s coal-fired economy is coming to an end
The state faces a future without an industry that’s been very good to it.
Great Falls Montana Economy Grows 7.4% in 2018
Our local GDP grew 7.4% in 2018, an increase of $288,802,000!
Man indicted in $722 million bitcoin Ponzi scheme is majority owner of Butte’s CryptoWatt
The arrest of Matthew Brent Goettsche, 37, of Lafayette, Colorado has thrown the operation of the Butte plant into turmoil.
The Importance Of Paying It Forward Once You’re Successful
“You shouldn’t go through life with a catcher’s mitt on both hands. You need to be able to throw something back.” Maya Angelou
What’s New in Civic Tech: Seattle Builds Benchmark Dashboard
Seattle has launched Performance Seattle, a new centralized dashboard where visitors can see what Seattle is doing to improve the quality of life in the city.
Seattle Joins the Rush to Slow Down Traffic on City Streets
The city plans to lower the speed limit on major roads to 25 mph in hopes of boosting safety, following similar moves in New York, Philadelphia, and Boston.
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Digital Marketing Strategies Workshop – 12/17 – Helena
Digital Marketing Stategies Workshop – 12/19 – Butte
Get Back to Great Falls! – 12/26 – Great Falls, Montana
EMT Training: Emergency Medical Technician 9-Week Winter Course Starting Jan. 6 in Bozeman, Montana
Quick Cybersecurity Tips to Keep your Company Safe – 1/9 – Webinar
Kick off the New Year with Ignite 2020! – 1/20 – Great Falls, Montana
Montana Council of Cooperatives 60th Annual Meeting – January 15/16, 2020 – Great Falls
Montana Economic Outlook Seminar 2020 – Finding Good Workers – 1/28-3/19 – Various Montana Cities
City 101 Academy – 1/29 – 6/17 – Great Falls
Making Montana Calls for Makers, Manufacturers, and Students – 2/28-29 – Kalispell, Montana
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