Bear Paw Development Corp. held its annual meeting Thursday, providing an update on the last year of the organization’s local impact, as well as a presentation on the changing generational dynamics of the modern workplace.

Bear Paw Development Executive Director Paul Tuss said this is the 55th year of the organization’s operation and they worked on a lot of projects in 2023, bringing in $16.5 million of outside funding into the community.

The event’s keynote speaker, Rick Edwards, director of community connections at NorthWestern Energy, gave a presentation on the increasingly complex generational dynamic of the modern workplace and what employers and members of the workforce can do to navigate it.

Edwards said, for the first time in history, five generations have substantial representation in the U.S. workforce as older generations are increasingly going back to work.