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Video – About Accelerate Montana

Accelerate Montana offers a broad range of programs to benefit businesses and individuals alike – regardless of where you live or work in Montana. In order to meet our mission of accelerating economic potential, we have assembled teams who can support, guide, and consult with you on your business or help guide you in your career.

Why Parking Garages Are Pointless

For the past century, the public and private sector appear to have agreed on one thing: the more parking, the better.

Montana ranks in top 15 for domestic migration

New numbers from the U.S. Census Bureau shows a population increase of 1.5% totaling 16,003 people who moved to the treasure state.

Great Falls Economic Development Top 10 for 2-5-23

Cost of Living in the Great Falls metro in 2022 was 87.4% of the national average, according to C2ER (Council for Community and Economic Research)

Maryland Could Have a 4-Day Workweek. Will Businesses Take the Opportunity?

A bill introduced in Maryland would create a pilot program to test the four-day workweek. But some Maryland-based CEOs are skeptical.

Gas stove makers have a pollution solution. They’re just not using it

Four decades ago, the gas industry and appliance manufacturers developed a partial solution for this problem. They created a cleaner and more efficient burner. But you can’t buy ranges with those burners because the industry never manufactured those appliances for sale.

Economic Outlook: More visitors and businesses in Montana’s Dillon and Beaverhead County

Beaverhead County is the largest county in Montana area-wise. It’s more than twice the size of Rhode Island and Delaware and its 5,572 square miles are 69 more than Connecticut has.

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Making the case for Gallatin College

Bozeman leaders continue to press Gov. Gianforte, lawmakers for $38 million for the region’s two-year campus.

Milwaukee County Makes Substantial Progress on Homelessness

In 2022, the county’s point-in-time count of unhoused people reflected just 18 individuals, the lowest in the country.

Anaconda, Montana welcomes job growth and economic boom

“We did all our infrastructure, water, sewer, our streets, our street lights, got rid of the blight, now have a very attractive community that people are wanting to be a part of,”

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Great Falls trade area. Competitive for food, ag, bioprocessing, energy, and support. Closest U.S. metro area to Calgary. Untame Your Entrepreneurial Spirit!

Bozeman is a rapidly growing city with a high quality of life in part due to the easy access to the outdoors, burgeoning tech industry, and cultural experiences it offers.