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Montana Business Assistance Connection (MBAC) – Why do we do what we do? It’s not because every challenge is easy.

The businesses we support are just a small sample of the entrepreneurs and organizations helping shape our region every day. Their success strengthens our communities, creates opportunities for others, and reminds us why this work matters.

What if your next customer was the U.S. government?

Making connections. Creating opportunities. Growing Montana businesses.

Startup World Cup – 10/21 – University of Montana – Missoula

Startup World Cup is a series of global startup conferences and competitions, powered by Pegasus Tech Ventures. It consists of 100+ regional startup competitions in more than 20 different countries around the world, leading up to the Grand Finale in Silicon Valley. The top startups from each regional event will fly out to the USA to compete for a $1,000,000 prize. The Grand Finale for Startup World Cup 2026 will be held on October 17 in San Francisco, California at the Hilton Union Square.

DOE Announces $10M in SBIR/STTR Funding Opportunity Supporting the Genesis Mission

American small businesses are invited to develop breakthrough technologies that advance the U.S. Department of Energy’s Genesis Mission.

University of Montana Launches Workshop and Coworking Space in Downtown Missoula to Boost Startups

The VBX Entrepreneurship Workshop Series offers mentorship and practical training to local entrepreneurs. A new downtown coworking space provides a hub for startups to collaborate and grow.

REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS (RFP) Downtown Tourism Infrastructure — Planning & Engineering Services – City of Dillon, Montana

Headwaters RC&D, serving as the Lead Organization for the Dillon D-Tour initiative under the Montana
Tourism Development Grant (MTDG) Program of the Montana Department of Commerce, is seeking
proposals from qualified firms to provide planning and engineering services in support of downtown
tourism infrastructure improvements in the City of Dillon, Montana.

Headwaters RC&D July 2026 Newsletter

Serving Southwest Montana: Anaconda-Deer Lodge, Beaverhead, Butte-Silver Bow, Granite, Jefferson, Madison & Powell Counties

Over Half of Retirees Leave Workforce Earlier Than Expected and Wish They’d Saved More

A recent TIAA Institute report reveals that 52% of retirees retire at age 57 on average, five years earlier than planned. This highlights the need for more aggressive saving and planning for multiple retirement scenarios.

Forever chemicals are hidden in farm soil. Scientists found a new way to remove them

Existing methods of PFAS cleanup are expensive. A new approach is an order of magnitude cheaper—and could also help fight climate change.

Montana’s Future Is All About Water

Montana’s population growth and widespread exempt wells are straining water resources and senior water rights. For the past 30 years, agriculture and other groups have worked to find a way to curb overuse and protect senior water rights while still allowing the exemption. Not a single bill that would have limited the exemption has passed.