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Montana Leads United States in GDP% from outdoor activities

Montana gets 5.1% of its GDP from outdoor activities, followed by Maine with 4.8%, Wyoming with 4.4% and Florida with 4.3%. Colorado and Utah tied at 3.3%.

Repeat Visitors – Assessing Motivations for Return Visits and the Influence of Previous Visits to Montana

Montana is unique and brings visitors back. According to repeat visitors, the scenery, access to public lands and water, and wildlife is why they come here over other destinations.

Montana holds highest foreign exchange student numbers in the United States

Education First said their research shows that students love how welcoming Montanans are, and how fun they make life.

NorthWestern Energy recognized for green-friendly Butte headquarters building

The U.S. Green Building Council awarded the utility the leadership in energy and environmental design gold certificate for its headquarters building at Park and Main in Butte.

Something Special Is Happening in Rural America

There is a “brain gain” afoot that suggests a national homecoming to less bustling spaces.

Tech in Montana: Raising Series B Funding in Our Own Valley

For a long time, Submittable was a single office above a sushi restaurant in downtown Missoula, MT. You could count all of the employees on a single hand.

Travel conference TBEX brings promise of tourism, exposure for Billings

An estimated 500 attendees joined in the Billings event, featuring “pre-BEX” tours that included excursions to Little Big Horn Battlefield, the Beartooth Highway, Bighorn Canyon, and Pompeys Pillar, among other trips closer to home including a brewery tour and downtown arts and cultural tour.

SBA awards Montana nearly $500k trade grant

The SBA’s STEP partners not only help entrepreneurs increase and diversify their customer base; they also help to create and retain local jobs.

5 ways cities can drive sustainable innovation

For cities to be digital and equitable, we need to shift from disruptive to inclusive innovation — but the disruptive model seems to still be the baseline.

Montana Featured in United Airlines’ September Hemispheres Magazine

“Montana has long been recognized as a great tourism destination for a long time, but what has been a little bit nascent in the story about Montana is that we’re actually a great place to do business too,” Ken Fichtler, chief business development officer at the Governor’s office of Economic Development, says in the magazine.

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Prospera helps businesses and communities find their pathway to success, acting as the navigator, problem solver and catalyst for a strong Montana economy.

Montana Bioscience Cluster Initiative - Collaborative program design and execution and integrated programs fostering innovation, technology commercialization, entrepreneurship and sustainable small businesses

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