MEDA -Montana Economic Developers Association

Watch your In Box for registration to open for the August 10 – 11 Professional Development course on Managing your Economic Development Organization and Strategic Planning.

This is the last week for registering for the 2010 MEDA Spring Conference. By this time next week, some of us will be already driving to Miles City.

You will read about the MEDA Spring Conference, BEAR Program Activity, Opportunities for You, available Grants and more.

Miles City Hosts are planning an unforgettable conference experience……Miles City style.

Interested in sharpening your professional skills as an economic and community development practitioner? Looking for new tools to place in your economic development tool box? Check these out.

The BEAR program, which dates to 2001, is designed to help businesses that are already in the community.

Also posted online is the 2009 Statewide BEAR Annual Report. Take a few minutes to see the great work BEAR Teams have accomplished all across the state.

MEDA Members Expertise Database: Over 100 of MEDA’s 249 membership have taken advantage of this
feature on MEDA’s website thus far. Just click on the Find Other Members button on the bottom of each page
to access the data.

VauthierFerguson Design has completed the MEDA Membership search and expertise database.

“One of the greatest benefits of MEDA is networking. This web tool will help strengthen our network and broaden our scope of services at the same time.” MEDA’s Coordinator, Gloria O’Rourke