Montana Economic Development

If local economic development efforts are successful, more Great Falls workers may be wearing telephone headsets. According to a recent report, service centers are a good fit for the local economy and should be recruited….

Butte teachers should not only educate the city’s children, but should be leaders in Butte’s economic revitalization, Interim Superintendent Chuck Uggetti told them Monday. By Barbara LaBoe of The Montana Standard “ We’re the second…

Gallatin Development Corporation today unveiled their new website, found at http://www.bozeman.org. The site has been completely redesigned, and provides information and resources for people interested in starting or expanding a business as well as businesses…

Cooperatives Battle Poverty In Montana MCDC http://www.mcdc.coop. Executive Director Ty Duncan recently met with the Northwest Area Foundation’s Community Venture Task Force to investigate ways in which cooperatives may be able to reduce poverty in…

I come from a family of paycheck lovers. I can’t really say there’s not a single entrepreneurial bone in our bodies, but when I look around at my close relatives, I do see a flood…

Developers for a proposed power plant near Roundup are urging other business owners to get involved in an ongoing lawsuit over a different power plant slated for Butte, arguing that the environmentalists fighting it aim…

With heightened public interest in the state of the economy, the National Commission on Entrepreneurship (NCOE) this week released "Entrepreneurship: A Candidate’s Guide-Creating Good Jobs for Your Community," a first-of-its-kind publication on how policymakers can…

Do personal income tax cuts encourage entrepreneurship? Conventional wisdom and many politicians may suggest that if people have more cash on hand, they may be inclined to launch or start their own businesses. A working…

While public concerns regarding the expansion of Rocky Mountain Laboratories have been aired in recent weeks, county officials, too, announced this week that they hold some concerns of their own, according to Ravalli County Disaster…

Perhaps the most critical factor driving business formation and entrepreneurial activity is the hardest to measure: the culture and attitudes of the country or region. By Hal Heaton Brigham Young University In many places, business…