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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.

Great Falls Economic Development Top Ten for 9-15-19

We are growing and have three additional new positions to expand our team, including Commercial Loan Processor and Operations Assistant, Rural SBDC Business Advisor, and Talent Attraction Director.

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.

21 Montana counties registered with FEMA, $150 Million in USDA grants available

An additional $150 million in grants is available through the USDA Rural Development Community Facilities Program to help rural communities with natural disaster recovery.   Montana has 21 counties that are eligible/registered with FEMA: Blaine,…

Keynote Speakers for Montana’s INNOVATE 2019 are Fritz Lanman, CEO of ClassPass, Padden Murphy, VP of Global Marketing at WeWork, and Deano Roberts, VP of Global Workplace at Slack! 

Innovate Montana Symposium offers tangible value to companies and entrepreneurs looking to gain investment, grow their companies, and reach new markets.

Great Falls Economic Development Top Ten for 9-8-19

Thanks to this week’s Investors in Economic Development, including Cascade County, for their Premier Division Investment and Energy West for their Advanced Division Investment.

MTIP Receives FAST award, Get Serious with Fall Workshops, Innovate Montana Symposium Innovation Partnership P3 to PIII Newsletter September 2019

Fall is the perfect time to plan for SBIR!

Federal money available for rural broadband – but is it enough? And, for what?

Tens, or hundreds, of millions of dollars needed to fill gaps

Bigfork, Montana’s Whistling Andy Distillery is helping with Glacier National Park’s Sperry Chalet restoration (video)

Spencer says so far, the specialty huckleberry vodka is proving to be a successful way to raise money, and the distillery so far has donated $45,000 to the project.

Senator Jon Tester Fires up the Crowd, Leads Panel on Blackfoot Clearwater Stewardship Act at Last Best Outdoors Fest

Senator’s landmark legislation would protect public lands, increase public access to recreation, and strengthen Montana’s economy

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

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