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White House Announces New Resources for Small Child Care Businesses

The administration is planning to lean on the U.S. Small Business Administration to help it dispatch funds to alleviate America’s growing child care crisis.

Frontier, United increasing service to Denver; Sun Country set

Boil it down and Missoula Montana Airport Director Brian Ellestad said it will likely benefit customers in the way of ticket costs. And with the summer travel season close at hand, it may also require an additional security checkpoint.

Big Sky Film Grant Deadline Extended!

Up to $1.8 million in grant awards are available to filmmakers applying in one of four categories:

Scaling Montana Speaker Series Featuring Xavier Rolet, former head of the London Stock Exchange – 3/27 – Billings, Kalispell, or Bozeman, or watch from your desk

The Scaling Montana Speaker Series is a hybrid speaker series featuring conversations with technology and industry icons to provide strategic insights and technology content for leaders, builders, and tech enthusiasts across Montana.

Access to Finance for Small Businesses in Montana: 2nd report just released

Part Two of the comprehensive report on \”Access to Finance for Small Businesses in Montana\” is released. This report delves into challenging landscape of small business financing in Montana, offering timely recommendations.

Alternative teacher licensing pathway gets approval in Montana

Alternative teacher programs have been designed for people with a non-education bachelor’s degree and will usually lead to those taking the program getting a certificate or master’s degree.

Missoula-area wood industry closures mean ripple effects for workers, tax base, forest management

Both Pyramid Mountain Lumber in Seeley Lake and Missoula’s Roseburg Forest Products particle plant announced closures this month.

President of Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis Neel Kashkari to Visit University of Montana April 8

During the event, moderated by economist Bryce Ward, Kashkari will take questions from the public. The Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis is one of 12 regional reserve banks in the U.S. Montana is one of the six states represented in Kashkari’s region.

BLDC March Newsletter

BLDC Annual Dinner Party & Awards Ceremony is May 9, 2024!

Finally some truth from the timber industry

As Todd Johnson, son of the mill’s founder, said: “today’s crisis is much worse than what was experienced in 2000, 2007, and 2015.  There is simply no better solution for the owners than to shut the mill down permanently.”