Montana Business

Sweetgrass is turning free trade on its head by bringing the raw material, bamboo, from China and adding value to it here in the United States. Kustich said they’re proud to be putting up a new building on Main Street USA that will create jobs for years to come while preserving a tradition long after he and Bracket retire.

Dick King cautions that those residents rooting for Maclay’s resort to run adrift should consider the implications of that land instead turning into hundreds of unplanned McMansions dotting the ranch below Lolo Peak.

“How that land will be developed—or not developed—is such a significantly large piece of property,” say King, “that it will have a big influence on our economy and our quality of life.”

“We’ll function as an incubator and give them a place to get their product out to market,” Oberlander said, emphasizing that the start-up food business is a tricky endeavor and one he knows well. “We’ll try to help them from falling into the pitfalls that are out there with everything from labeling to nutritional information… it gets pretty technical.”

"There is a huge opportunity out there," William said. "This may be the best chance for jobs in Anaconda. This is about creating jobs for this community."

Griffin-Hammis Associates, LLC (GHA), in partnership with the Minnesota Chapter of the Association for Persons in Supported Employment (MNAPSE) to develop and manage a statewide employment training and technical assistance center to support employment of people with disabilities.

ikuw Solutions has been approved to provide job training services to adults, youth and dislocated workers who fall under the Workforce Investment Act (WIA).

NaturEner officials will be presenting plans for the completion of the second phase of the Glacier Wind Project.

“We’re still waiting,” Stevensville District Ranger Dan Ritter said. “We haven’t heard from them” since December when resort officials said they intended to submit the information soon.

Selling the experience of visiting Montana is paramount to growing the state’s tourism industry, an Ohio-based author and consultant said Monday.

The resort has been on hold as Bitterroot and Lolo national forest officials await financial and technical information on Maclay’s proposal for skiing and biking in public lands above his ranch on the sides of Lolo Peak.