Montana Economic Development

"You’ve got to be kidding me! Is this what we paid the consultant to produce?"

Polzin’s official retirement date is set for June 30, but he plans to keep working for the Bureau of Business and Economic Research at the University of Montana for another year. That means he’ll probably be doing one more outlook tour.

"This is probably the largest economic development project ever in the Golden Triangle," Shelby Mayor Larry Bonderud said.

The first false claim I’ll address is that land held under a conservation easement is taken off the tax roll, requiring the remaining landowners to make up the difference in revenue.

"It’s information they can go out that day and apply to practices on their place."

“I don’t want anyone or any agency telling me what to do,” Ray Peterson said in the jam-packed shop. “If you want to do something with my land, then buy it.”

"We’re offering any support services for small business," said Conway, "and it’s aimed at businesses on the Blackfeet Reservation."

"For once in our life we have a strategic advantage over eastern Oregon and Washington," Smith said. "We can grow a lot of stuff here."

Johnson said, "We’re keeping Montana in the national spotlight. It’s not
just the beauty of our state that we’re looking forward to showing off.
We have some programs in our Secretary of State’s office that other
states can really use as an example."

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