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TechLink helps the Department of Defense to commercialize leading-edge new technology by partnering DoD labs with private sector companies for technology licensing, transfer, and research and development

Workforce Development Award Presented to Montana Businesses, Individuals, and Programs – Julie M. Foster, Executive Director of Montana Jobs Network, Receives Workforce Development Award

Congratulations Julie! If you’re unfamiliar with her efforts, please see http://www.Montana-Jobs.net and http://www.ComeHomeMontana.org among her many accomplishments for Montana!

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This is an opportunity to increase our state’s visibility and share the many positive resources Montana has to offer with more than 3,000 corporate real estate professionals.

Great Falls area officials in Seattle to beef up airport opportunities

Chavez rates the chances of a deal being worked out as "very high."

Four new co-op projects to be added in Montana

Craig Erickson of the Bear Paw Development Corp. said the MCDC projects include a grant-writers cooperative; an artisans cooperative in Havre; Peaks & Valleys LLC, which produces bio-based oils in Malta; and the carrot growers co-op, spearheaded by the Riverview Hutterite Colony.

Entrepreneurship Roundtable, 10/7, Bozeman

This year we’ll focus on
how to best support entrepreneurial activity in the state from a policy
perspective.

Lure of the West

The transformation will have profound implications throughout our region, some favorable, others problematic, at best.

Pumping the Startup in Minnesota – The Minnesota Investment Network, known as MinCorp

The St. Paul-based Minnesota Investment Network is designed to help fledgling businesses grow by running an equity fund that has put money into 25 small businesses.

Tech-savvy teen: Hamilton High student revives Kids First computer lab

"Before Jody came to Kids First, the computers wouldn’t work, we couldn’t get into Yahoo and we couldn’t get on the Internet," Moffitt said. "His presence at Kids First resurrected the computer lab."

Great Falls Malt plant delayed – Railroad line needs special permit

"This is a big hurdle, but this is not an unsolvable problem," said David Gibson, the state’s top economic development officer. "It is not going to stop this thing from getting done."

Telemarketer closes shop- 64 lose jobs in Butte

A telemarketing company in Butte abruptly closed its doors Tuesday morning, leaving 64 people without their $9-per-hour jobs. Talk America, a Reston, Va.-based company located in the building at 3725 Harrison Ave. that once housed…