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News Just For You – Big Sky Economic Development

Only 1 week remains to submit your application to receive a
Space2Place Grant for a Placemaking Project in Yellowstone County!

Montana Department of Transportation to expand Highway 93 study into Missoula city limits

The agency said its study is making headway but will now be expanded to bring it up to the Missoula city limits due to public feedback. In recent months, MDT said potential improvements could include improved lighting, reduced speeds and wildlife crossings.

How Infrastructure Funding is Bringing High-Speed Internet to Hard-to-Reach Places

A fresh round of funds was pumped into the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s ReConnect Broadband project when the infrastructure bill passed a year ago. That investment is bringing connectivity to some of the most rugged and remote corners of the country.

Montana West Economic Development – March Business Bulletin

Disaster Preparedness Planning for Businesses
Wednesday, March 8, 2023, 1 – 2 p.m.
Online

Montana needs the film industry and its jobs

Film companies come to Montana, they spend big, they train and hire Montanans, they renew communities. The bill was bipartisan in 2019. Expanding it in the 2023 session should be easy. We must replace the coal and oil industries that are closing down.

Missoula’s Reserve Street targeted for future study – Reserve Street Public Working Group (Zoom meetings every Tuesday at 9) & Missoula City and County Transportation Committee Meeting Times

Concerned citizens like Kevin Davis with the Reserve Street Public Working Group (Zoom meetings every Tuesday at 9) have been advocating for such a study for years. Davis would also like to see improvements such as designated crosswalks and protected bike lanes on the popular roadway maintained by MDT.

USDA Rural Energy for America Program (REAP) Application Deadline Approaching – MARCH 31, 2023

Agricultural producers and rural small businesses are eligible applicants for loan guarantees and grants to develop renewable energy systems and to make energy efficiency improvements. State and local governments, Federally recognized Tribes, land-grant colleges or universities or other institutions of higher education, rural electric cooperatives, public power entities, and Resource Conservation & Development Councils (as defined in 16 USC §3451) are eligible applicants for grants to conduct energy audits and provide development assistance.

BLM explores utility-scale solar in Montana

The effort is part of a broader federal initiative to permit enough renewable energy on public land to power five million homes by 2025.

Free seminars to support your business

Government Contracting: What Is It & How Do I Get My Business Ready? 
Tuesday, February 28, 1-2 p.m.
Online

Nearly $900,000 awarded to advance Montana agriculture businesses

The Montana Department of Agriculture announced 23 recipients of the state’s $896,003 investment in agriculture businesses from Circle to Libby.