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ADROIT Employment Resources is a Montana-based workforce and talent solutions partner
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Make Your Future in the College of Business
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We will bring the North Coast Hiawatha train route back to Southern Montana
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Prospera's mission is to advance and inspire diverse economies and communities in southwest Montana.
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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.
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Working closely with GFDA’s economic development team, HPF helps Montana businesses access the capital they need to expand, modernize, and strengthen local communities.
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The Great Falls Development Alliance delivers aggressive, award-winning economic development support for business attraction, expansion, and retention.
Great Falls, Montana Set for Economic Boom with Major Investments and GFDA Leadership
“We just didn’t see a replacement for that economic growth through the ’80s and ’90s,” said Jolene Schalper, executive vice president of the Great Falls Development Alliance. “But we reformulated how we approached our community growth then. We took time in the early 2000s to say, as a community, ‘We need to hone in on the key elements here.’”
Relocating to Montana? ADROIT Employment Resources connects talent with opportunity—from executive leadership to mid-level management and support roles.
We serve clients across industries, from government agencies to emerging technologies, including photonics, quantum, high-tech, and bioscience.
UM Selects Dr. Paul Lukacs as Interim Vice President for Research and Creative Scholarship
“My primary goal for the next year is to help navigate UM through a changing research funding landscape in a way that allows us to seize opportunities to continue to grow,” Lukacs said. “I also will work to increase the rate at which our research translates into community impact.”
Prospera Upcoming Networking Events in Bozeman, Montana
Big Sky Women in Business – An Evening of Connection
GFDA Top Thirteen for 6/21/26
Our team worked with two entrepreneurs who ran out of working capital to manage their business growth. We are helping them calculate their new working capital needs and repackage all their debt to help them succeed into the future. We offer creative financing solutions to help businesses succeed. Financing questions, call Shandi to discuss 1-406-590-9037.
GFDA Top Ten for 6/14/26
We traveled to Sedro Wooley, WA, with a group of community leaders to learn about Janicki Industries first hand. We toured, talked with people, and met several Montanan’s working at Janicki (looking forward to moving home). Janicki Industries is moving to the big city as their home town is just 13,480. When you walk through the shop everyone from the top to the newest hire know each other by their first names. It’s truly a comradery. We’ll fit great together!
2026 Greater Northwest Rail Summit and BSPRA Annual Conference August 25-27 Helena, MT
Taking place August 25–27, 2026, in Helena, Montana, this three-day event will feature timely discussions on the future of passenger and freight rail throughout Montana and the region. Attendees will explore how strategic rail investments can strengthen commerce, expand mobility, create jobs, support tourism, and better connect communities across the Greater Northwest.