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Welcome to MEDA: Leadership Dedicated to Building Montana's Economy

How Gigabit Internet Is Turning Smaller U.S. Cities Into Tech Hot Spots

Hyperfast digital networks have turned some of America’s smaller cities into superstars.

Missoula’s economy remains strong, outpacing state average

Fueled by growth in technology and the residential housing market, Missoula’s banks and business services continued to grow in 2019, outpacing the state average, according to this year’s economic report.

Commerce Department Announces $4.5 Million in Housing Trust Fund and HOME Awards Funding will support 294 affordable homes in Montana

“Our goal is to strengthen communities by supporting the development and rehabilitation of affordable homes in Montana,” Commerce Director Tara Rice said.

Montana Office of Tourism and Business Development Friday Flash

Reminders/Updates for Our Tourism Partners

WGA NEWS: Western Governors deliver State of the State addresses; entrepreneurship spreads across region; register for Rural West workshop in Oregon

Best of the West: Entrepreneurship expands across region

Great Falls Economic Development Top 10 for 1-30-20

THANK YOU to all you DOERS out there making great things happen in our region!!!

The Montana Census State Complete Count Committee is asking businesses, organizations, and community facilities to sign up to become a “Be Counted” site for the 2020 Census.

Sign up at CENSUS.MT.GOV

“We’re In This Together” – The Next Generation Analysis Project of Montana’s economic and community development tools, programs, and funding mechanisms.

Outreach meetings will be held throughout Montana over the next four months in an effort to gather key rural, tribal, and urban perspectives.

“It wasn’t Wall Street that won the West, it was cowboys (and cowgirls).” Tech startups come to the Mountain West, but can they grow?

“Boise, Idaho has gotten really cool, right? Bozeman, Montana has gotten really cool, and they have a flavor of this kind of growth there.”

Paul Tuss, executive director of Bear Paw Development Corp. has been elected to the board of The National Association of Development Organizations

“I am honored to have the trust of my peers in this 10-state region to further the interests of economic development and economic development practitioners at a national level,” Tuss said.