Montana Economic Development

"Success in the new economy will belong to those regions that create and nurture the human resources of intellectual capital – the people that create new knowledge and new technologies and quickly translate research discoveries…

Ravalli County commissioners did their part Monday to reincarnate the Five Valleys Economic Development District after a nearly 20-year respite. By JAMIE OGDEN Staff Reporter Ravalli Republic Shared with Mineral and Missoula Counties, the federal…

A Washington D.C.-based small business group says Montana is a poor place for small business owners, ranking the state 38th in the nation for how it treats small businesses and entrepreneurs for the second year…

New Mexico lands are in dire need of tree-thinning, and local companies looking to branch out are more than happy to provide the service By Sue Vorenberg Tribune Reporter There’s an upside to the critically…

BUTTE, Mont. _ This is a town that Superfund rebuilt. Faced with mining contamination similar in scope to the Silver Valley’s, Butte traded conflict for cooperation in cleaning up its massive Superfund site. Karen Dorn…

HHS Secretary Tommy G. Thompson today announced the creation of a HHS Rural Task Force that will conduct a department wide examination of how HHS programs can be strengthened to better serve rural communities. (Thanks…

Local economic development shouldn’t simply comprise a shopping list of projects for which community leaders scramble to gather state and federal funding, according to economist Larry Swanson. By JAMIE OGDEN Staff Reporter "That’s the old…

Taking a walk along Missoula’s riverfront west from the corner of Orange Street and Front Street, some will remember dinners at the Mustard Seed, movies at the old Fox Theater under its spectacular sign and…

"This is an area that for every problem it has, there’s an opportunity," said Larry Swanson, opening Wednesday’s public presentation of findings from the Ravalli County Economic Needs Assessment. By JAMIE OGDEN Staff Reporter Among…

The National Center for Small Communities (NCSC) http://www.smallcommunities.org/ncsc/ is making two new resources available to small town leaders and those engaged in rural development. Government Technology The Thriving Hometowns Network http://www.smallcommunities.org/ncsc/THN.htm is a compilation of…