Montana Economic Development

"I couldn’t be prouder of the way all Montanans are embracing the opportunity of APEC to show the world what we can do and really deliver for our economy. Tonight’s roundtable with Tribal Leaders and Secretary Locke will give us a chance to showcase some of the exciting things that are happening in Montana’s reservation communities and focus on what more we can do to bring good jobs to Indian country," Baucus said. "The workshop later this year in Billings will give Montana reservation communities a chance to really build on the work we do at tonight’s roundtable and boost efforts to support good jobs for all Montanans."

"The potential new business and new job creation in front of us is astounding."

Despite Green’s talk of one day creating more jobs than Smurfit provided, job creation at the company’s other sites has been slow. In fact, two former millsites bought in 2006 still have no tenants.

Senator Worked to Include more than 100 Montana Businesses in Top-Level Trade Meetings he Brought to Montana

"But I’ll take it. I’m not a skeptic today. I’m a believer."

GFDA President Brett Doney said the agency has a new, more targeted approach to help with what he called "economic development fundamentals."

As an integral part of current downtown master planning process, this program will provide strategies to encourage the adaptive reuse, rehabilitation and preservation of historic buildings and sites in downtown Great Falls.

"New West is happy to take a lead position in the encouragement of economic development in the six Rocky Mountain states that we cover editorially," said Ingham. "This region is growing rapidly, and we find that our Western colleges and universities are a unique breeding ground for innovation and technology, resulting in a strong entrepreneurial community."

The methodology for the 2011 rankings largely corresponds to that used last year, which emphasizes the robustness of a region’s growth both recently and over time.

The Montana Department of Transportation (MDT) recognizes that the effective coordination of transportation and land use planning decisions is vital to Montana’s long-term economic growth and fiscal well-being.