Montana Economic Development

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Grant for small diameter wood projects and 2000 fire impact

$248,656 AVAILABLE FROM COMMERCE ON FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED BASIS FOR COMMUNITIES IMPACTED BY FIRES 2000 Guidelines Available at http://commerce.state.mt.us or e-mail [email protected]. Helena, MT – July 10, 2002 –Effective immediately the Montana Department of…

An Economic Engine Nobody Had Imagined

MOORESVILLE, N.C. — Twenty years ago this fading mill town faced its own mortality. The minimum-wage jobs stitching blue denims were disappearing fast and when Mayor Joe Knox convened the first meeting of a new…

Alabama Creates Research Alliance to Spur Economic Development-Idaho Creates New Science and Technology Office

Gov. Don Siegelman announced the establishment of the Alabama Research Alliance, a partnership between among Alabama’s research universities, the business community and state government. In Government Technology The mission of the research alliance is to…

Training Transforms a Region’s Economy-The province of New Brunswick breathed new life into a dying economy by creating 20,000 new technology jobs and trained residents for them.

Situated along the Gulf of St. Lawrence in eastern Canada, the province of New Brunswick is blessed with forests of spruce and balsam fir, hillsides rich in copper, lead, and zinc, and offshore waters filled…

A successful entrepreneur from North Dakota hopes to open a second office in Billings.

But, it takes more than hope. Gerald Groenewold and his Energy & Environmental Research Center, appears to be the only corporation actively exploring a move to this area after Dell Computers picked Oregon for its…

Federal Legislative Alert: Request Baucus, Burns to sign Carnahan-Collins Letter Increasing EDA Funds

Letter to individuals concerned with Economic Development in Montana from Paul Tuss I am writing to strongly urge you to request that Senators Burns and Baucus sign onto a letter that is presently circulating in…

Two Montana groups awarded federal grants for economic development

Agriculture Secretary Ann M. Veneman announced Friday the selection of 51 grant recipients to receive more than $6.1 million in rural business opportunity grant funds to assist with economic development in rural areas. From Tribune…

MSTF Study Assesses Maine’s Technology-intensive Industries

A new report assessing Maine’s seven targeted technology sectors represents the first systematic attempt to analyze the growth of the state’s industry clusters. The report, Assessing Maine’s Technology Clusters, was prepared for the Maine Science…

Wages topic of radio forum

During the height of production in extractive industries, Montana ranked near the top of the nation’s wage scale. By KAYLEY MENDENHALL Chronicle Staff Writer Now, having dropped to 49th on the scale, experts agree action…

Montana Tech creates economic resource center

Armed with $300,000 in federal seed money, Montana Tech will attempt to help boost region al economic development with the establish ment of its Economic Development Resource Center. “ The university system in Montana is…