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Seattle’s new zero-emissions delivery hub is an experiment in slashing e-commerce emissions with Bonner, Montana’s Coaster Cycles

Companies can make centralized deliveries to the hub and then use more sustainable methods to get them to your door. It’s a testing ground for experiments to improve our new delivery-based economy.

Retail workers are quitting at record rates for higher-paying work: ‘My life isn’t worth a dead-end job’

Some 649,000 employees gave notice in April, the sector’s largest one-month exodus in over 20 years, a reflection of pandemic-era strains and a strengthening job market

As Lumber Prices Fall, the Threat of Inflation Loses Its Bite

Costs soared partly because of do-it-yourselfers’ spending stimulus checks, but a month of declines show that consumers aren’t about to trigger runaway increases.

The economy isn’t going back to February 2020. Fundamental shifts have occurred.

A new era has arrived of greater worker power, higher housing costs and very different ways of doing business

Study shows Glacier, Yellowstone contribute more than $600 million to local economies

Paying for hotels leads tourism spending

Here’s What Plunging Lumber Prices Tell Us About Inflation

The price of lumber has fallen more than 40% since its peak in May and other commodities have followed suit, suggesting that some of the price surges that have alarmed lawmakers and investors this spring may fade with time as the economy returns to normalcy.

Great Falls Development Authority Wins Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) $1,280,000 Loan Capital Grant

I’m excited to let you know that the Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) Fund of the U.S. Treasury today announced an award of $1,280,000 in grant funds to the Great Falls Development Authority for loan capital!

The Next Great Disruption Is Hybrid Work– Are We Ready?

Our research shows that 41 percent of the global workforce is likely to consider leaving their current employer within the next year, with 46 percent planning to make a major pivot or career transition

Are You a Female Business Leader? Please share these opportunities! – Prospera Business Network

How Women Rise: An Intimate Look at the 12 Habits That Hold Women Back in Business and Life

USDA Launches Grant Program to Help Expand Regional Economies and Create High-Wage Jobs in Distressed Rural Communities

Rural Innovation Stronger Economy (RISE) is intended to help rural communities identify and maximize local assets and connect to networks and industry clusters within their region. The new grant encourages a regional, innovation-driven approach to economic development.

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PFL Tech Inc. is a marketing technology company that provides sales enablement and marketing automation solutions, as well asprinting, mailing, and fulfillment services. They also provide some great Montana Jobs.

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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.

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