Montana Economic Development

Ambassadors from a number of countries including, Panama Bahrain and Saudi Arabia, will tour Butte, Billings and Bozeman prior to the Montana Economic Summit on 4/30 and 5/1 in Butte

MWTC’s Latest Development: Montana Environmental and Engineering Consortium

"This couldn’t come at a better time," said Jim Lynch, director of the state Department of Transportation.

As states look to shrink the swelling ranks of those without health insurance, the crucial test for one approach gaining favor with policy makers is likely to be its impact on small business.

Affordable housing has become nonexistent in Bigfork because the community’s well-off residents don’t want it here, a local advocate charges.

Larry Swanson, director of the O’Connor Center for the Rocky Mountain West at the University of Montana, said there has been a lot of talk about growth in a few energy-rich counties in Eastern Montana, but the real story is the continued growth of the "urban counties."

"We had an excellent and diverse group of applicants, including projects
using new technology and the expansion of existing businesses through
marketing and equipment upgrades," said Nancy K. Peterson, director of
the Montana Department of Agriculture.

The stakes were high for the Missoula housing agency, which already invested at least $3 million toward creating a mixed-use development on Russell Street. The development needed $4.7 million in tax-credit equity to help provide 36 units of affordable rentals on a small portion of the land.

Reinstating that defunct route is a topic for discussion at 10 a.m. Tuesday in the Governor’s Reception Room at the state Capitol in Helena.

High gas prices and frustrations with airlines are sending people to the train.