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How to Create a Great Board of Directors

Bryce Tingle’s new book highlights best and worst practices around corporate governance.

Big Sky Passenger Rail Authority Fall 2024 Update

Since receiving the Corridor ID grant, BSPRA has been actively collaborating with stakeholders, including state and local governments, transportation authorities, and community organizations, to gather input and ensure that the restored route will serve the needs of all residents. Public meetings and outreach efforts have been critical in shaping the vision for the Big Sky North Coast Corridor as community feedback continues to guide the development of the SDP.

Is This the End of Mass Production in Everything From Education To Manufacturing?

We’re in an age when artificial intelligence and other technologies make it easy to personalize everything and every experience. Few realize how much this will change how we produce and consume anything and everything.

‘Food and Country’ goes behind the scenes of America’s broken food system

Worried about the survival of small farmers, ranchers, and chefs hobbled by America’s policy of producing cheap food, trailblazing food writer Ruth Reichl reaches across political and social divides to report on the country’s broken food system and the innovators risking everything to transform it.

Inside The World’s Most Exclusive Club – Montana’s Yellowstone Club

From the fabulously rich to the fabulously famous, this remote patch of Montana wilderness has fewer than 900 homeowners, who are worth more than a combined $290 billion.

Wages up, housing still out of reach, says Montana labor report

“Montana ranks 2nd in the nation for fastest wage growth since 2020,” said the report.

Compound discovered at University of Montana making next steps in cancer trials

Jay Evans, a researcher from the University of Montana, explained that the path from university research to clinical trials is often challenging but rewarding. “Research really is a grind. It’s slow, it’s hard, there’s a lot of failures. But those successes when they happen… Those are rewarding and you see the potential is for things that you are working on to help people,” he said.

Flathead Valley Cmmunity College anchors rural Montana’s Lincoln County’s future

FVCC President Jane Karas said she has “lots of those kinds of stories” about locals who showed up at the college’s door jobless and left with a new career.

GFDA Top Ten for 10-6-24

3) GFDA purchased an additional 38 acres for the Great Falls AgriTech Park, a rail-served heavy industrial park certified by BNSF as one of North America’s Premier Sites for businesses that need rail services. We have multiple lots available. Contact Brett Doney at [email protected] or 1-406-750-2119.

GFDA Energy Assessment Findings & Recommendations – 10/14, 10/15

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