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Missoula Downtown Business Association Working With Railroad To Keep Local Tourism On Track

The Missoula Downtown Business Association and Montana Rockies Rail Tours recently completed a pair of Familiarization (FAM) Tours. The DBA and MRRT hosted San Francisco-based Talbot Tours and Golden Gate Tours. The tour companies are…

Wood for Work

WISDOM–The BeaverheadDeerlodge National Forest is about to make its first foray into new way of doing business. It’s called “ stewardship con tracting” , and Forest Service and local officials are hoping that it will…

MR3 pulls out of Butte

While actively working to resolve issues with its landlord, the Department of Environmental Quality and a few disgruntled employees, MR3 Systems announced this week that it is per manently closing its Butte facility and equipment…

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…

Indiana ‘angels’ network at outing Web site’s unveiling provides avenue for state’s elite investors and entrepreneurs to link up.

When 80 people gathered last week to kick off a Web site that connects investors with entrepreneurs, it may have marked a new frontier for Indiana business. By: J K Wall Inrianapolis Star news Indianapolis,…

Great Falls Development Authority Fund-raising campaign on way to reaching goal

The Great Falls Development Authority’s Founding the Future fund-raising campaign is more than half way to its goal of $2 million, and community leaders say the final tally will exceed their expectations. By BETH BRITTON…

High-tech hopes in Superior though partnership with GCS Research of Missoula

SUPERIOR – Mineral County is floating an economic development plan before Congress, and if it prevails, the impoverished former logging town will become a technological hub and the eyes and ears for the West. By…

Billings woos Dell Computers – but no dice

Despite 10 months of trying to sell Dell Computers on Billings as a suitable site for a technology center, the company has instead selected a city in Oregon. Billings apparently came in second to Roseburg,…

The Relocation Game-The parameters have changed; no longer is saving money the sole motive for corporate America to move.

The corporate relocation game is not just about incentives anymore. Cities, counties, and economic development agencies need more than a good incentive package to attract companies. Corporate America also is looking for a competitive edge,…

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