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Join Us for the ABC’s of Starting Your Own Business! – 11/19 – University of Montana

Curious about entrepreneurship? Join us for a lunch-and-learn on November 19th to explore the basics of starting your own business. Samantha Alario from Blackstone Launchpad will guide you through key steps to turn your idea into reality.

Montana Department of Commerce Launches Fair Market Rent Survey

Montana renters will receive a letter in the mail this week that will have survey instructions and a code to get started. The online survey takes, on average, 10 minutes or less to complete. Responses are voluntary and confidential, and names will not be held on a mailing list and answers will not be linked to a name or mailing address.

Missoula’s Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Discussion – 11/8 and 12/4 –

Yellowstone-Teton Clean Cities, Drive Electric Montana and the City of Missoula are looking for feedback on Missoula’s EV infrastructure planning. Join us in Missoula this Friday at 10am or Dec 4th at 5pm to share your thoughts and learn about the cities plans/ideas for expanding EV charging infrastructure around the city.

GFDA Upcoming Business Trainings and Events

So many opportunities to improve your company and the Great Falls economy.

Missoula’s Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Discussion – 11/8 and 12/4 –

Yellowstone-Teton Clean Cities, Drive Electric Montana and the City of Missoula are looking for feedback on Missoula’s EV infrastructure planning. Join us in Missoula this Friday at 10am or Dec 4th at 5pm to share your thoughts and learn about the cities plans/ideas for expanding EV charging infrastructure around the city.

‘We’ll take them’: Glacier, Yellowstone spur record tourism spending in Montana

Among the state’s five designated tourism regions, Glacier Country, comprising the western portion of Montana, saw a two-year average of $1.9 billion in annual nonresident spending, accounting for more than a third of all traveler expenditures. Yellowstone Country, which includes Bozeman and Big Sky, was next with $1.36 billion in average annual spending.

GFDA Top Ten Great News for the Week.

Have you started a business in the Great Falls region? We want to celebrate you. Join us for the first annual Entrepreneur Celebration at the Newberry on November 20 from 5-6 PM and get recognized for your awesome achievement.

Missoula airport lands federal grant for year-round Chicago route The Missoula Montana Airport has been awarded an $875,000 grant to turn seasonal service to Chicago into a year-round route

On Thursday, those hopes panned out when Sen. Jon Tester announced that Missoula had been awarded an $875,000 grant to turn seasonal service to Chicago into a year-round route.

2025 Montana Conference on Tourism – 4/27-29 – Helena

The Montana Department of Commerce Governor’s Conference on Tourism is an annual conference bringing over 350 tourism and business professionals together to educate, network and inspire one another.

Sen. Jon Tester

Montana Senator Jon Tester Secures More Than $35.8 Million to Conserve 86,000 Acres of Land, Expand Public Access for Thousands of Recreationists in Northwest Montana

The funding will add 52,810 acres to the Montana Great Outdoors Project and help improve habitat connectivity for wildlife by creating a critical corridor between the Cabinet Mountains Wilderness Area and Glacier National Park. In addition to expanding access for recreationists, this conservation easement will also provide 3 million board feet of timber per year to area mills.