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Is My Project Too Small for Financing? – Big Sky Finance

When determining if a project is eligible for SBA 504 financing it’s easy to think of utilizing the program for larger projects. However, small projects could also benefit from the SBA 504 Loan.

Tips for Successfully Promoting Virtual Events in 2021 – Eventgroove

Even down the road when the pandemic abates, the event landscape (like the workplace) will be forever changed—though live events will return, virtual events are here to stay. 

Great Falls Development Authority – May Business Trainings

Whether you’re just getting started, looking for new customers, wanting to grow sales through e-commerce, or focusing on workforce.
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Important Announcements from Prospera

Montana Women’s Business Center Inaugural $15,000 Impact Grant awarded to these three Women-owned Montana businesses:

The May MEDA News

As you will see from the calendar and news, May and June are very busy months.

In Quebec, Child Care Is Infrastructure

Canada announced its intentions to create a national child care system and to “learn from the model that already exists in Quebec.”

More Americans Are Leaving Cities, But Don’t Call It an Urban Exodus – Some very surprising statistics

National migration rates are likely still at historic lows.

D.C. is working on a futuristic plan: Less parking, taller buildings and a transformed city

If the vision is carried out, it could turn D.C. into a place where fewer people drive cars, more pavement used for parking shifts to outdoor restaurant seating, and some people even pay a toll to drive downtown. The plan envisions a city where Metro stations are public gathering places, apartment buildings have stoops where people congregate, and taller buildings abut older single-family houses.

Great Falls Economic Development Top 10 for 5-2-21

Experiencing workforce challenges? Curious to know what tools and resources are available to bolster your existing workforce attraction, development, and retention strategies? Introducing the Workforce Webinar Series: Connecting Employers to Vital Resources Addressing Workforce Challenges. Check out the video announcement, and head over to GrowGreatFallsMontana.org/Workforce to learn more and register.

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As the hub of learning, creativity and innovation in Northwest Montana, Flathead Valley Community College is expanding

For over 25 years, Montana World Trade Center® has served Montana as a trusted business adviser.

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.