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Private company may fund Havre visitor center

A large company that does business locally has expressed interest in fully funding the center, Bear Paw Development Corp. planning director Craig Erickson said Monday.

Twelve plans competing for Butte-Silver Bow economic development money

Twelve groups asked for a total of $288,000 and only $65,000 is available from this year’s mill levy.

Movie footage shot at Chico Hot Springs Resort in Montana – "Hoot"

"This is indicative of the kind of films we can attract if we can get this thing going," Patrick Markey said of the new incentive package.

State-Run Venture Fund Succeeds With Native Firms

The Maryland Venture Fund was started in 1994 and is a leader among state-run funds. About 35 other states have venture funds of some kind, but none is as large as Maryland’s. Most, including funds in the tech centers of California and Massachusetts, offer much smaller equity investments, focusing on technology transfer from research institutions.

Senate Protects Rural Development and Rural Asset-Building Programs (For Now) and Rejects SACI

"The Center for Rural Affairs has a website with an excellent synopsis of the future funding crisis at the federal level for important rural development assistance programs." Ray Trumpower

NorthWestern board says Montana cities’ offer not enough

“Clearly, the propaganda campaign has stepped up a notch.”

Gallatin Valley businesses honored

"You know you have a good business model when you’re making money while you sleep," said McKinnon Baxter.

$1.3 million Primary Sector Workforce Training Funds Available for Montana Businesses that Create at Least Ten (10) New Jobs.

The grant program was designed for primary sector businesses that are expanding and adding workers.

MSE-Tetragenics ( Butte, MT) upgrades Plant Control System

MSE-Tetragenics, an automation, controls, and monitoring company, announces the upgrade of their Plant Control System (PCS), including hardware and software updates. The MSE-Tetragenics’ PCS provides complete monitoring and control capabilities for a wide variety of…

Investors take a look at entreprenuers’ work – 400 attend the Enterprise Institute Innovation Expo 2005 in Sioux Falls, South Dakota

"We are often the pivot point at the local level," Kasten said. "We need to point local entrepreneurs in the right direction and the programs here provided information about the resources that are available."

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PFL Tech Inc. is a marketing technology company that provides sales enablement and marketing automation solutions, as well asprinting, mailing, and fulfillment services. They also provide some great Montana Jobs.

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Big Sky Commerce is an integrated provider of merchant credit card transaction processing services, check processing services, Internet payment gateways, related software application products and value-added services.

Bozeman is a rapidly growing city with a high quality of life in part due to the easy access to the outdoors, burgeoning tech industry, and cultural experiences it offers.

Montana Bioscience Cluster Initiative - Collaborative program design and execution and integrated programs fostering innovation, technology commercialization, entrepreneurship and sustainable small businesses