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| MATR Newsletter - Fri Feb 12, 2016 |
"Without education, the economy can't work." former Montana Senator Pat Williams
Senator Tester To Host 16th Small Business Opportunity Workshop, 2/16, Billings, Montana http://www.matr.net/ev ... =5811 --- Susan Wolff, CEO and dean of Great Falls College MSU to be honored as the Montana Ambassadors Educator of the Year at Great Falls Conference 3/10-11 - All are invited to attend. http://www.matr.net/ar ... .html
Big Sky Economic Development
Montana Politics & Legislature
- Contest will choose best new Billings business plan, expansion
Grand prizes for two winners, one existing business and one new shop, will be a year of free rent downtown, along with consulting, graphic design and advertising services, access to competitive loans and free memberships to the Downtown Business Alliance and Big Sky Economic Development.
Great Falls Development Authority
- Native American votes matter in an election year
"Without education, the economy can't work." former Montana Senator Pat Williams
Montana Ambassadors
- GFDA Top 12 2/7/2016
It's been a busy week with several more projects coming together across Cascade County. 2016 is going to be a great year -- watch for more announcements and construction starts!
Visit Montana - Montana Dept. of Tourism
- Susan Wolff, CEO and dean of Great Falls College MSU to be honored as the Montana Ambassadors Educator of the Year at Great Falls Conference 3/10-11 - All are invited to attend.
"It is my honor to recognize the 2015 Montana Ambassador Award recipients, and I am thankful for their dedication, service, and efforts to ensure that Montana is one of the best places in the country to live, work, play, start a business, and raise a family."
Energy and Climate Change
- Nominate a Partner (or yourself!) for a Montana Tourism Award
Nominations for the Montana Tourism Awards, to be presented Academy Awards-style at the Monday-night banquet of the 2016 Governor's Conference on Tourism and Recreation, are now open!
Come Home Montana
- Want to Impact Climate Change? Massachusetts Tells You How.
Climate change is real, and it's threatening plants, wildlife and infrastructure. The only question policymakers have regarding climate change is what they can do about it.
Developing a more Entrepreneurial Montana
- Montana Career Opportunities - Mechanical Engineer, Materials Project Management, Assemblers, Machinists, Welders and more...- Applied Materials
Learn more about our PPC positions, and join us at Applied Materials in Kalispell.
- Montana Career Opportunities - Bookkeeping/Office manager, Front-end Developer, Full-stack Developer, Developer Student Internship, Sales and more... - Submittable
We are looking for excited, motivated, and creative people to join our team.
- Governor Bullock Discusses High-Wage Jobs in Montana's Growing Health Care Industry
"In the coming years we will see thousands of new high wage jobs being added to this industry, which will only strengthen Montana's already vibrant economy."
Developing Funding Opportunities in Montana
- Ag 101: New service - Farm Link Montana - teaches the farming and ranching business
Farm Link Montana is a new online clearinghouse for Montana's beginning farmers and ranchers, with a wide array of resources and tools to help new producers get started.
Montana Business
- ONE WEEK AWAY - Tester to host 16th Small Business Opportunity Workshop in Billings - Accessing Capital: Financing your Business in the 21st Century
Tester's Workshop will focus on helping Montana small businesses maximize their potential by connecting entrepreneurs with the capital they need to start up and grow in the 21st Century.
Careers
- Join Governor Bullock As He Unveils The Montana Business Navigator, 2/16, Missoula
The Montana Business Navigator is here to create an easy-to-use environment where Montana's businesses can find the requirements and tools they need to own and operate a business in Montana.
- TrueNorth Steel Scraps Staff in Missoula
The facility has also produced modular bridges for roads and pedestrians, but Kadrmas says the fabrication will now take place in Billings. Both Montana facilities have been operating below capacity of late as demand among TrueNorth's energy clients diminishes, he says.
- Glacier Park Deferred Maintenance Piles Up to $180 Million National Park Service says $11.93 billion of neglected needs exist nationwide
Over $3 million in outdated wastewater systems. Nearly $28 million for aging and historic buildings. About $123 million for damaged or deteriorating roads.
- University of Montana Study: Montana-Made Products, Services Boost Local Economies
Visitors who made local purchases spent more money in every spending category except gasoline/diesel.
- New Missoula company Kayle dishes out quick-delivery health food
"You have fast food that's not necessarily healthy, and you have healthy food that you can't really get fast. So we're blending the two. We're bringing healthy fresh meals to you super-quick."
- Cuts Imminent Within Plum Creek Front Office; Mills and Public Access Spared
"Once the merger is complete, Weyerhaeuser plans to continue manufacturing operations as they are in Montana right now. That's the good news," Ray said. "It will remain business as usual for all of the mills."
Rural Communities
- Voluntary Job-Quitting Hits Highest Level in Nine Years
The figures signal a strong finish to the year for the U.S. labor market. Americans are more likely to voluntarily leave one job if they think they can do better elsewhere, and companies appeared ready to absorb them.
Idaho Business
- Here's What 65 Looks Like around Here
Rethink your stereotypes of rural seniors.
- Senator Leahy calls on USDA to raise minimum broadband speeds for rural Vermont and rural America
"Rural America continues to lag behind the rest of the country when it comes to broadband deployment," Leahy said.
Incubators and R&D
- Idaho advocates rally for early education at Capitol
"I really don't want to be the last in the nation for early education."
- A10 Capital in Boise lands $75 million investment
"We have built A10 into a leading commercial real estate lender by being obsessed with our clients -- broadening our on-balance sheet loan products, solving our borrowers' pain points, and delivering a better and more efficient borrowing experience with our nimble and full-service platform," said Jerry Dunn, CEO of A10 Capital.
Regional Business
- Montana State University part of team that detects gravitational waves 100 years after Einstein predicted their existence
Montana State University has been a member institution of the LIGO Scientific Collaboration since 2007. Physics professor and MSU eXtreme Gravity Institute, XGI, co-director Neil Cornish leads the MSU LIGO group.
Workforce Development
- Senate passes Senator Tester's Internet Tax Freedom Forever Act
Bipartisan bill will stop federal, state, and local governments from taxing the Internet
Wyoming Business
- President Obama's tax-credit plan to support community college-industry partnerships
The five-year plan would encourage employers from high-demand sectors to collaborate with schools to develop curriculum, create work-based learning experiences and hire graduates.
- Can apprenticeships boost Millennial job prospects? President Obama thinks so.
Apprenticeships, in which young people earn a wage while pursuing coordinated classroom and on-the-job training, hold deep appeal.
- University of Montana internship services director not worried about consolidation
Despite the decline in enrollment, the use of internship services has not dropped, Berkhouse said. Word is getting out about the department's many services and more students and faculty are taking advantage of them, he said.
Missoula Children's Theatre
- Wyoming Business Council sets ambitious goals, creates plan to achieve them
Wyoming's gross domestic product grew 32 percent over the last decade.
Montana Education Excellence
- International Opportunity with Missoula Children's Theater for 12-18 Year Olds Who Speak Mandarin Level 1
Are you in the Missoula area, between the ages of 12-18, speak at least level 1 Mandarin, have an interest in performing, and enjoy travel? MCT has a one-of-a-kind opportunity for you!
- 'Aspire' with MCT and Mamalode and Submittable - What's your story?
We are very excited to announce that Missoula Children's Theatre will partner with Mamalode, America's best parenting magazine, in March to bring you a month of amazing stories about what it means to ASPIRE.
Montana Education/Business Partnerships
- CodeGirl Movie & 2016 Technovation Challenge - Bozeman, 02/14, Bozeman
The tech world has always been a boys game... but that code is about to be rewritten.
- Developing a New Generation of Global Problem Solvers at Missoula's Sentinel High School
The McKinsey study traces the problem to the fact that major stakeholders are not engaging with each other. A third of companies say they never work with educators. Of those who do, fewer than half said the communication was effective. Meanwhile, fewer than half of the youth surveyed said they had an understanding of what to study for a profession with openings and decent wages.
- Sharon O'Hare outlines "roadmap to recruitment" at Associated Students of the University of Montana meeting
"When you want to turn enrollment around it takes time," O'Hare said. "What we can control, we've changed."
Community
- A thank you from the founders of a University of Montana Entertainment Management program
They say some of their courses are the most populated at the entire school. The founders also announced they're looking to create a masters program in the near future.
- Montana Tech nanotechnology students get big donation from Applied Materials
"Having experience, having the ability to be trained on these tools here at the graduate level kind of prepares you to step out into the working world and be able to offer opinions and ideas that are valid in the workplace,"
Funding and Building your Business
- The Bicycle as a Tool of Social Justice
Only by lessening our cultural and physical infrastructure worship with the automobile can we begin to form a type of city that, quiet simply, would bring us joy, as Illich might have said. (And even more joy when that international winter bike to work day ride comes with a pit stop high-five, a coffee, and some bacon.)
Connectivity & Communications
- 3 Educational Trends That Will Change How You Hire in the Future
If employers want to attract and keep top talent, they need to ensure that these jobs enable employees to use and grow their skills.
- Kristi Govertsen Presents - Crafting Influence: Public Speaking For Exponential Impact And Growth, 2/18, Missoula
During this half-day workshop, we will build (from scratch) your signature speech that positions YOU as an expert and allows you to fully leverage opportunities whenever you deliver it.
- Choose Montana for Business - New Video
The Montana Governor's Office of Economic Development is the state's lead organization to help businesses succeed in our state - and we take that mission to heart.
- It's Crucial to Keep Up With These 6 Digital Trends in 2016
Some of the most disruptive innovations over the past few years are creating new opportunities for businesses exploring the new digital frontier.
- 5 qualities of leaders who use emotions effectively
Oftentimes, the biggest obstacle for a new leader has little to do with how well she knows the job or whether she possesses the right technical skills.
Government Technology
- Senator Daines' high speed Internet letter draws critics
Daines was being skewered in publications like "The Hill" for penning a letter to the Federal Communications Commission, dated Jan. 21, about setting arbitrarily high minimum speeds for high-speed Internet.
Transportation
- L.A. County Uses Data Analytics to Keep Kids Out of Jail
Instead of waiting to help until kids get in trouble, Los Angeles County is using data analytics to help them before. So far, it's proving successful.
- New app will make scheduling city inspections in Missoula easier for contractors
"What we try to do here is provide the best service we can for general contractors, and we were looking at a way where they could schedule inspections,"
- Google's Autonomous Vehicles May Charge Wirelessly
Some say wireless charging is essential to the future of self-driving vehicles, which are intended one day to serve as a reliable mode of transportation for all, even those not capable of plugging in an electric car once they've reached their destination.
- Delta, Alaska expanding service at Helena airport
Delta Airlines will also be phasing out its 50-seat aircraft in favor of 65-seat jets that will offer nine seats in a first-class section.
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