MEDA -Montana Economic Developers Association

Born outside of Montana? You’re nearing the majority in the state

From 2021 to 2022, more than 4,000 new out-of-state residents came to Yellowstone County, according to the Census Bureau.

Severe Crash Is Coming for US Office Properties, Investors Say

About two-thirds of the 919 respondents surveyed by Bloomberg believe that the US office market will only rebound after a severe collapse. An even greater majority says that US commercial real estate prices won’t hit bottom until the second half of 2024 or later.

COVID in Missoula wastewater rising ‘exponentially’

Cindy Farr, the health promotion division director at Missoula Public Health, says the amount of COVID detected in the wastewater is increasing “exponentially,” now at about three times what was seen in April.

Senator Jon Tester Continues Push to Bring Rural Tech Hub to Montana During Senate Hearing with Secretary of Commerce

I have faith in this country, and I have faith in our ability to emerge from a time when we’ve outsourced our jobs to a time when we can bring the jobs back here again”;

“I am blown away by the effort that Montanans have put forth on this opportunity”

Can Missoula solve homelessness? Communities across the country suggest paths forward

“People were very angry at first,” she recalled. “Communities need to feel you’re providing a service. We all have a role to play in ending homelessness.”

State Economic Development Agencies Adapt to Cleaner Energy

It’s not just car manufacturing heavyweights like Michigan and other parts of the upper Midwest, but Southern states as well, which have spent several decades developing a strategy to grow auto manufacturing and its supply chain.

Technology will lead to a 3.5-day workweek, banking exec says

Live to 100, don’t get cancer, work three-and-a-half days a week — that’s the life Jamie Dimon is predicting for the next generation.

The childcare cliff is here, Missoula providers are looking for support

Pandemic relief funds for child care are expiring, once again leaving providers to fend for themselves in an unstable industry.

‘1923’ may not return to Butte, Montana despite writers’ strike ending

The Montana state legislature did not continue tax incentives that first attracted the “1923” series that filmed much of its first season in Uptown Butte in 2022.

City of Billings Awarded $1MM Small Community Air Service Development Program Grant

“This SCASD grant is a very effective tool in our community’s ongoing air service development effort. We were successful in bringing American Airlines service to Billings with the last SCASD grant and I am looking forward to the new air service this grant will generate,” shared Jeff Roach, Director of Aviation and Transit for the City of Billings.

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