Janicki Industries capital investment announced for Great Falls campus: $850 million Square feet of manufacturing space to be built in campus: 1.6 million Number of aerospace jobs to be created: 2,000+ Electricity controlled 24/7/365 by new BHE Montana Great Falls operations center: 472.5 MW Capacity of Westinghouse eVinci Microreactor announced for Malmstrom AFB: 5 MW New homes being built in Meadowview Village development: 163 Units of new housing under construction in Great Falls: 315 Resident capacity of memory loss village development announced by Benefis Health System: 48 Grant won by Great Falls College MSU to expand it’s veterinary tech program: $637,000 New light industrial-zoned sites created in Cascade County: 5 20-acre lots Revenue increase by a local entrepreneur’s participation in Goldman Sachs small business program: 47% Out-of-state visitors to Central Montana in 2025: 2.8 million Estimated local spending by these visitors: $370 million Dollars spent by visitors to Montana in 2025: $5.6 billion Construction planned for Malmstrom AFB over next 10 years (on base only): $1.2 billion Construction planned for Montana Air National Guard over next few years: $300 million New miles of River’s Edge Trail being constructed by Great Falls Bicycle Club: 2.5 Redevelopment investment to create Sun River Health & Rehab: $6 million Montana ranking for Most Friendly State: 1st New business openings and announcements in quarter’s Top 10: 19 GFDA Quarter Numbers Successful female entrepreneurs recognized with The Fire Within Awards: 52 Community members recognized with GFDA Ally Awards: 19 Out-of-state lead generation trips: 3 Visits to out-of-state primary sector prospect companies: 2 Primary sector prospects who visited Great Falls: 2 Proposals submitted to primary sector Requests for Information (RFIs): 8 National defense related out-of-state trips: 3 Housing developer prospect site visits to region: 8 GFDA gap and bridge loans closed: $1,485,476 Additional private investment leveraged by these loans: $11,764,351 More gap and bridge loans approved: $2,415,000 Additional private investment to be leveraged: $9,233,484 SBA 504 loans approved: $414,000 Additional private investment to be leveraged: $600,000 Entrepreneurs and small business (SBDC) clients advised: 130 Rural clients advised: 54 Total client advising hours: 334 Capital secured by small business advising clients: $1,433,000 Businesses started by advising clients: 3 Businesses purchased by advising clients: 3 Entrepreneur and small business trainings: 10 Number of training participants: 58 Government contracting (APEX) clients advised: 73 New government contracting clients advised: 14 Government contracting advising sessions: 141 Active government contracting clients at end of quarter: 357 Government contracts won by clients: $12,108,834 Government contracting trainings: 2 Number of training participants: 68 Community participants in first River Activation Task Force meeting: 30 Ideas shared by participants: 60+ New loan capital secured by GFDA in FY2026: $3 million Great Falls AgriTech Park acreage put under sale agreement: 197 acres Great Falls AgriTech Park acreage put under option agreement: 68 acres New GFDA Investors in FY2026: 15 GFDA Investors who increased their investment in FY2026: 14 Central Montana Defense Coalition founding investors in FY2026: 23 Recent Economic Data Average annual wage increase in Cascade County in four quarters ending 2025Q4: 4.7% Dollar amount of average annual wage increase in Cascade County: $2,552 Cascade County average annual wage in 2025Q4: $57,197 Wage increase nationwide during same four quarters: 3.6% Total wage earnings increase in Cascade County for those quarters: $81 million Interesting Factoids Number of site selection factors ranked by more than three-quarters of consultants as very important or important in siting decisions: 29 Critical site selection factor ranked top by 100% of consultants: Availability of Skilled Labor Missing from survey: Availability of Housing & Childcare Site selection factors ranked critical by 98% of consultants: Site Readiness and Due Diligence Status Also by 98% of consultants: Electric Power Availability at Scale By 96% of consultants: Political and Regulatory Stability & Operating Cost Structure USDA inspected meat processing facilities operating in Montana: 14 Projected annual solar generation growth rate each year from 2026-2030: 27 GW Projected annual battery storage growth rate each year 2026-2030: 15 GW Projected annual natural gas generation growth rate each year 2026-2030: 13 GW Meetings of Montana Governor’s Energy Task Force: 28 For info contact Jolene Schalper at [email protected] or 1-406-750-4481 Thanks for reading!! Brett Brett Doney President/CEO [email protected] 1-406-750-2119 | 
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