Big Sky Economic Development

The Montana Main Street Planning and Project Grant is Now Open!

Grants are available for Montana Main Street member communities for comprehensive revitalization projects; this includes planning activities like a downtown master plan and project activities like seed money to implement a façade improvement program.

Video – There’s Space for you to Be, Grow and Play As a Healthcare Professional in Billings, Montana

Let our local healthcare community tell you why they selected Billings and why they are staying! Billings is a regional healthcare center offering world class health care to the 500+ mile region it serves. A community of healthcare systems that continue to grow and invest back into the communities they serve.

Big Sky Economic Development Annual Meeting- 10/7 – Billings, Montana

Remarkable Builders, Celebrating Entrepreneurs will open with the BSED Board Chairs recapping the accomplishments of the prior fiscal year, followed by the Executive Director Unveiling the 2021 Annual Report and FY 22 Strategic Priorities. To conclude the meeting, we will bring you distinguished legacy entrepreneurs within the community to share their journey as entrepreneurs and the businesses they have created that drive our unique economy and make us economically resilient.

Prices spike as Billings joins the great Montana housing bubble

The Wall Street Journal recently ranked the state’s largest city as the nation’s top emerging housing market. Locals paint a more complicated picture.

Big Sky Economic Development Newsletter – Presenting a Three-Part Experience for the 2021 Annual Meeting

Big Sky Economic Development vision is Building a Vibrant, Health Economy. BSED’s 2021 Annual Meeting will highlight entrepreneurs and the businesses they have created, the ideas they have built into reality. It will take place on Thursday, October 7, 2021 at the Babcock Theater at 3:30 pm.

Economic Development Bus Tour: Big Sky 😍 Back by Popular Demand! 10/15 – Big Sky, Montana

Join us for a day filled with education surrounding economic development in Southwest Montana, networking opportunities + exclusive, behind-the-scenes tours.

Edge of the Plains Documentary – Imagination, Resourcefulness and Grit Entrepreneurship in Montana – Many Montana Communities Starting With: 9/9 – Harlowtown, Montana

Coming Soon to Your Town

We’re taking Edge of the Plains on the road.
Join us for an upcoming screening.

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Montana Technology Innovation Partnership (MTIP)- Promoting Technology Commercialization in the State of Montana.

Big Sky EDA- Building Businesses and Creating Jobs in the Greater Billings, Montana area

It is simply amazing, without reserve, and the best piece of fine furniture we have ever encountered. -Ted LaCriox Arlee, Montana