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It’s Hunting Season in Montana – Make sure to have meat tested for CWD prior to donation, commercial processing

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that hunters harvesting a deer, elk or moose from an area where CWD is known to be present have their animal tested for CWD prior to consuming the meat, and to not consume the meat if the animal tests positive.  

Harvard-trained expert shares how to ‘move fast and fix things’: It’s surprising ‘how infrequently people actually do it’

She offered a five-step guideline you can use to fix problems in your workplace, with each step assigned to a day of the week to keep you on schedule.

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.

GFDA – Upcoming Trainings: Indian Equity Fund Grant training, Boots to Business, MMEC Trainings, and more!

Whether you’re just getting started, looking for new customers, wanting to grow sales through e-commerce, or focusing on workforce.
We’re here to help.

Montana Rural Explorer – October 2023

Welcome to the MONTANA RURAL EXPLORER, USDA Rural Development in Montana’s monthly newsletter with information about our business, community facilities, energy, electric, housing, telecommunication, and water and environmental programs. Thanks for checking us out. Let us know how we can serve you better.

‘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.

GFDA Top Ten for 10-1-23

We hosted two business delegations from outside the US interested in opportunities for investment and development in our region.

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The MDT Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) Program encourages and supports the participation of companies owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals in transportation contracts.

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

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