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Indian Equity Fund helping small Montana Native-run businesses

The IEF matches investments made by small Native American run businesses into their own companies.

States Invest in the Outdoor Recreation by Opening Offices Dedicated to the Sector’s Growth

“Outdoor recreation represents over 5 percent of our economy and $70 billion in annual consumer spending in Montana, and creates more than 71,000 jobs.” Rachel VandeVoort, director of the Montana Office of Outdoor Recreation

Federal Courts Allow Corporations to Tear Apart the Family Farm

Presidential candidates have some good plans for revitalizing rural America. But unless we restructure the Supreme Court, those proposals won’t get far.

60 miles from college: Lack of education, a way out of poverty, could ‘kill rural America’

More than 5 million Americans live in education deserts, lacking any college within a 30-minute drive. Few students go away to college, and poverty persists.

Medical Simulation Brings High-Tech Training To Montana’s Remote Clinics

One Montana program is now delivering state-of-the-art simulated training to some of the state’s most remote clinics and hospitals. And experts say it’s helping save lives.

Destination Missoula; Missoula Tourism Business Improvement District (TBID) Event Grant Fund Application Spring Cycle Open

The spring cycle for the Missoula Tourism Business Improvement District (TBID) Event Grant Fund is open. This grant provides funding for events that will bring economic benefits to Missoula through spending in the community.

University of Montana Western’s Experience One unique in higher education

The Dillon school made a big change that has paid off

As Workforce Shortages Threaten Rural Broadband Progress, Tester Demands FCC Find Ways to Recruit Personnel

Senator: “If you train kids from rural America, they might actually come back to work there.”

Frontier Communities Get a New Advocate

Frontier regions constitute nearly half of the nation’s land area but only 2 percent of its population.

Investments in Climate Action Could Boost Rural Economies, Research Finds

Researchers believe rural America may be the key to some of the most effective climate change mitigation practices.

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

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