MEDA -Montana Economic Developers Association

New group working to bring community together to invest in Helena

Invest in Helena was created as a way for citizens to have a say in which direction their town goes.

CEO Guide to Site Selection – In Montana, The Sky is the Limit

Montana’s high-tech industry now employs more than 15,772 workers with an average salary of $73,100

Why rural communities struggle to bring in much-needed federal grants

A new analysis suggests that over half of communities in the West lack the capacity to take advantage of infrastructure bill funding. Now what?

GFDA – Coming up: 4/28 Cut Bank Business Pitch In, QuickBooks, Boots to Business and more!

Business Pitch In is a fun and relaxed event designed as an opportunity to tell your story and experience peer-to-peer idea exchange and feedback. Walk away with the necessary resources and knowledge to move your business project forward. Register for the Cut Bank Business Pitch In here.

Montana’s Economy Grew at the 7th Largest Rate in the Nation

Our economy grew at the seventh largest rate in the nation. This is the highest rate in Montana in 40 years, and I just want to say thank you to all the hard working Montanans who made this happen. It wasn’t government. It was the private sector that’s creating better outcomes for folks.”

Great Falls Economic Development Top 10 for 4-24-22

Here is our Top 17 for this week celebrating work and successes to grow and strengthen the Great Falls regional economy — Montana’s Golden Triangle. And, sharing business resources and skill-building opportunities to empower your success.

Montana-based Eventgroove becomes the first event platform to offer carbon removal with Stripe Climate. Eventgroove is powered by 100% clean wind energy.

Carbon removal combined with Eventgroove’s carbon-neutral shipping and 100% wind energy becomes another pillar of Eventgroove’s long-standing commitment to helping event organizers run climate-friendly events.

Funding opportunity for tribal communities to address climate change

The Department of Interior announced this month that it will invest $46 million in funding for tribal communities as part of the Bureau of Indian Affairs Tribal Climate Resilience Program.

America’s Demographic Winter

Population growth is slowing or reversing just about everywhere in the country. That has enormous implications for our future economy and prosperity.

Team Butte takes home Montana film award

The women and men who helped make that happen included Maria Pochervina, director of Butte’s Convention & Visitors Bureau, Jocelyn Dodge with Butte’s CVB, Paul Babb of NorthWestern Energy, Mike Johnson, president of Management Consultants Inc., Courtney McKee, co-owner of Headframe Spirits, and Mackenzie Quinn, also of Headframe Spirits.

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Prospera helps businesses and communities find their pathway to success, acting as the navigator, problem solver and catalyst for a strong Montana economy.

SBA 504 Loans offered statewide! Real estate and equipment, acquisitions, renovation, and new construction. Low, fixed-rates up to 25 years with as little as 10% down.

Big Sky Commerce is an integrated provider of merchant credit card transaction processing services, check processing services, Internet payment gateways, related software application products and value-added services.