Montana Economic Development

We look forward to 2009 as MACDEP continues to develop and become more established as MSU Extension’s newest professional association!

“This project will create 30 well paying, full time positions in the healthcare industry and provide brand new medical equipment for the citizens of Red Lodge and surrounding areas,” said Governor Brian Schweitzer. “The outcome of this project will benefit the community for generations.”

Today the privately run, nonprofit organization has fostered about 100 startup technology-based businesses through a variety of services, from housing in its business incubator-style facility to introductions to venture capitalists willing to make investments.

Officials in three local counties said the hundreds of thousands of dollars in new cash has saved jobs and will pay for needed equipment replacement.

The state- funded supercomputer is scheduled to be installed in the Thornton Building, Broadway and Wyoming, in late December and be online by mid-January.

The North Coast Hiawatha route paralleled Interstate Highways 90 and 94 through Billings, Bozeman, Butte and Missoula. It was discontinued in 1979 because of federal budget cuts.

NOTE: The HOME Program did not receive a sufficient number of applications to fully award its 2008 competitive funds and those unallocated funds are being rolled into the 2009 grant competition.

The fifteen communities are Alberton, Choteau, Cut Bank, Darby, Ennis, Eureka, Geyser, Harlem, Hays, Libby, Malta, Sheridan, Superior, Stanford and Twin Bridges.

As we all strive to build a better quality of life for Montana residents, the Montana Board of Housing and the Montana Department of Commerce Housing Division wants to make it easier for families and individuals to find and secure housing opportunities within our state.

It is with mixed feelings that I leave this program. I built this program from a concept into a nationally recognized program, met many wonderful people along the way and cultivated many partnerships that have helped me and benefitted Montana’s tech-based market sector.