MEDA -Montana Economic Developers Association

This is the new leaders playbook for 2024

The leaders who will thrive in 2024 are those who recognize that the future is not just something to prepare for; it is something to create with these three strategies.

How to Build Tech Hubs in the American Heartland

Regions in the US interior are well-positioned to revive their manufacturing industries with new technology.

The workforce crisis of 2030 — and how to start solving it now

It sounds counterintuitive, but by 2030, many of the world’s largest economies will have more jobs than adult citizens to do those jobs. In this data-filled — and quite charming — talk, human resources expert Rainer Strack suggests that countries ought to look across borders for mobile and willing job seekers. But to do that, they need to start by changing the culture in their businesses.

Tech breakthrough could boost states’ use of geothermal power

Lawmakers in some states have been laying the groundwork to add geothermal power to the electrical grid and pump underground heat into buildings. Now, a technological breakthrough could dramatically expand those ambitions — and perhaps unleash a new wave of policies to tap into geothermal sources.

The Fastest Growing Demographic In The Workforce? People Over Age 75

A new analysis by Pew Research Center finds that the share of older Americans who are working has nearly doubled since 1987.

Unlikely partnership creates Missoula’s fourth commissary kitchen

The kitchen is not a local eatery or restaurant but part of the cafe at Consumer Direct Care Network, an in-home personal care provider.

Amtrak Has Big Plans For 2024, But Congress Wants To Derail A Big Advantage

Safety Karens are trying to get Amtrak to put everyone through the same security indignities that air travelers have to go through, because they want very rare incidents to become zero.

GIVEBACKBOX makes donations easier than ever!

Give Back Box® provides vendor services to retailers and charities, giving each and every cardboard box a second life to help people in need. So it is also a ‘green’ solution! Reuse your online shipping boxes in which you received your purchases, or any other cardboard box you may have, to donate your unwanted household items: such as gently used clothing, shoes etc., to make a major difference in the life of another person.

Too Good To Go – Restaurants can fight food waste together

Use the app to explore stores and restaurants in your local area and save surprise bags of surplus food from going to waste at a great price.

New Technology Promises More Efficient Solar Cells And Faster Miniaturization Of Electronics.

The team has achieved a milestone by manufacturing the first back-contact micrometric photovoltaic cells. The cells, with a size twice the thickness of a strand of hair, have significant advantages over conventional solar technologies, reducing electrode-induced shadowing by 95% and potentially lowering energy production costs by up to three times.

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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 EDA- Building Businesses and Creating Jobs in the Greater Billings, Montana area

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.