Montana Economic Development

Request for Qualifications (RFQ): Mineral County Airport Master Plan The BitterRoot Economic Development District (BREDD) in partnership with the Mineral County Board of Commissioners and Airport Board is seeking to retain a qualified aviation consultant…

With a presentation of our annual C.P. Higgins and

Frank Worden Awards

"We need to determine if it’s something viable for this community," Fisher said. "And if it’s not, then we need to move on."

U.S. Deputy Agriculture Secretary Kathleen Merrigan will attend Tester’s March 26 workshop in Bozeman to discuss economic opportunities in farming and ranching, as well as accessing capital and foreign markets.

Dozens of local companies in Billings are hard at work providing services and equipment for the vast Bakken oil field being explored in western North Dakota, Eastern Montana and Canada.

Every great idea starts somewhere. Naturally, we like to think it’s here; at headwaters.

Today, the Department of Labor is announcing the availability of approximately $40 million in competitive funding for Enhanced Transitional Jobs Demonstration grants to increase the workforce participation of low-income and hard-to-employ populations.

"This was a really good trip, very well worth everyone’s time. About 15 Montana business men and women joined me in going to Brazil and Colombia to make connections, to sell Montana products: everything from platforms that repair airplanes to wheat and barley. We made a lot of connections. It was very, very positive. These are the people I work for. These are my advisors, and I took them to all the meetings I had so that the Colombian and Brazilian officials could see that I meant what I said in making these connections. When I talk to our folks, our 15, they all say, "man that was really helpful," because all this comes down to is jobs, jobs in Montana. We just need more good paying jobs in Montana, a boost in Montanans’ incomes, and the 15 who joined me are going to help make that happen."

conomic gardening suggests rather than spending time and resources trying to get large out of state businesses to relocate to Bozeman-city leaders should work to create better conditions for small local businesses to start and to grow.

GFDA’s mission is to lead Great Falls economic development efforts to promote growth, diversification and the creation of high wage jobs.