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PPL Montana: Officials fear more job losses

Butte-Silver Bow County officials, fearing that a mar keting arm for PPL Montana has plans to leave town — and take jobs with it — have been working at the state level to persuade the…

Economic Strategy Penned for Roanoke, VA Region

With several of the right elements already in place but scattered across a wide area, the two planning districts comprising the 13-county region surrounding Roanoke, Virginia combined efforts to develop a strategic economic development strategy…

Tobacco Valley EDC recognizes, plans for continued growth

Is Eureka growing? To answer that question, Mike Henry reviewed data spanning two decades for Lincoln Electric. Mike is the general manager of the co-op as well as president of the Tobacco Valley Economic Development…

Great Falls good for FedEx hub, consultants say

Great Falls economic development officials should use the airport and FedEx facilities as anchors as they work to get the city’s development efforts afloat, national consultants said Thursday. By BETH BRITTON Tribune Business Editor In…

Governor’s Office of Economic Opportunity- Governor Judy Martz- Interim Report – August 2002 Special Session of the 57th Montana State Legislature

LETTER FROM CHIEF BUSINESS OFFICER The Governor’s Office of Economic Opportunity and my position of Chief Business Officer were created by the 2001 legislature. During the course of last summer and fall, I, along with…

‘Fund of funds’ for Utah? (Why not Montana?)

Pooling cash might lure venture capital firms A legislative working group believes it might have found a capital idea. A group of legislators from various committees and some state Information Technology Commission members on Tuesday…

Buy, sell hay on new state Web site

Montana ranchers can buy or sell hay through a new Web site set up by the federal government. “Hay Net,” developed by the Farm Service Agency, allows ranchers to advertise hay available for sale or…

Chief Business Officer Addresses Joint Business/Labor Committees

Governor Martz’s Chief Business Officer Dave Gibson addressed a joint meeting of the House and Senate Business and Labor committees, highlighting the importance of long-term economic strategies to support better paying jobs and business growth…

State’s offshore banking a bust

Sometimes easy money isn’t so easy. Offshore banking was supposed to bring effortless millions to Montana. But in the six years after its creation, it has only produced brushes with scandal. Associated Press Billings Gazette…

RE: Economic Development Funding

Dear Governor Martz: It has recently come to our attention that two critical components of the state’s economic development infrastructure are under threat. As an on-the-ground development organization, we see this as an immediate budgetary…