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| MATR Newsletter - Thu Sep 30, 2010 |
“We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic chords of memory, stretching from every battlefield, and patriot grave, to every living heart and hearthstone, all over this broad land, will yet swell the chorus of the Union, when again touched, as surely they will be, by the better angels of our nature.†The Inaugural Address of President Abraham Lincoln http://matr.net/articl ... .html
MEDA -Montana Economic Developers Association
Missoula Public Schools Excellence
- MEDA Conference Summary
Attached are presentation links and photos from our 2010 MEDA Fall Conference. Reviewing the summary is the next-best-thing to being there.
Montana Business
- Ekoo Beck and Nicole Blake, students at Hellgate and Big Sky High Schools - The National Coalition Building Institute Missoula "Inspire to Lead " Wins "America's Promise Alliance" Award
Our idea includes: providing peer led prejudice reduction and violence prevention trainings to a total of 700 freshman students at Hellgate, Big Sky and Willard high schools
Montana Economic Development
- Algae Aqua-Culture Technology (AACT) of Whitefish, Montana Receives $350,000 Montana State DEQ Grant for Biodigester Plant: Algae and Wood Chips to be Converted to Methane & Organic Fertilizer
"This is a terrific example of how the Recovery Act is creating good-paying jobs by investing in on-the-ground Montana innovation. Getting rid of biomass by turning it into usable energy is a win-win, which is why it's a big part of my Forest Jobs and Recreation Act. These are exactly the kind of Montana jobs I'm proud to support." Senator Jon Tester
Bill Payne
- Montana seeks wind developers for land near Cut Bank
The requests for proposals issued Tuesday covered two areas _ one with 1,280 acres split into two sections in Glacier County and another with 4,900 acres spread over 17 parcels in Glacier and Toole counties.
- News from Prospera Business Network
I look forward to raising my glass in honor of Prospera's first Board President and the 25 members who were there in the beginning and remain with us today. I hope you will join the celebration on Thursday, November 4.
- Montana Business & Technology - Innovate Montana
Welcome to our Fall 2010 issue of Montana Business & Technology magazine, a publication designed to highlight the people, companies and products that are spurring the growth of Montana’s increasingly technology-based economy.
Montana Education Excellence
- Venture Capital in Montana
I have a residence in Montana and have discovered that friends and family and angel investors invest in many companies here.
MAPS™ : Media Arts in the Public Schools
- Gov. Schweitzer Discusses Education In Missoula
"If we graded Montana against other countries, we'd be about a B. There are at least a dozen, maybe 20 countries around the world that have higher achieving students when they graduate from high school. So, I think we have to challenge the status quo, we have to improve."
- Montana Tech president critical of U system hierarchy
Montana Tech will have a hard time keeping a qualified chancellor unless the state stops allowing the presidents of its larger universities to have oversight of the smaller colleges, Chancellor Frank Gilmore told the state Board of Regents recently.
Government
- MAPS works on project with Governor Schweitzer
"Using MAPS gives us a tool to promote math and science created for kids, by kids," said Nancy Schweitzer, who starred in the commercial, alongside Jag the gubernatorial dog.
Other Economies
- New website tracks "tweets" from Montana officials
The new site, http://www.TweetMontana.org, was created by the The Montana Policy Institute in Bozeman, and aggregrates and displays the tweets from elected Montana officials.
Community
- Wisconsin Pension Fund Explores Venture Capital Investment Strategy
The State of Wisconsin Investment Board is considering putting more money from the big state pension fund into top-performing venture capital funds on the coasts and, as part of that move, trying to steer money toward investment opportunities in the upper Midwest.
- California should learn from Michigan, investor says. Wait, what?
A high-profile Californian venture capitalist is envious of Michigan.
Non-Profit News
- 2011 AmeriCorps Grant Funding Available in Montana
"This is a great opportunity to expand AmeriCorps in Montana," said Jan Lombardi, Executive Director of the Governor's Office of Community Service. "We want to get the word out that there are federal grant dollars now available to plan and implement AmeriCorps programs."
- Keynote speaker warns nonprofits that change is coming
In challenging economic and political times, leaders of nonprofit groups need to be tuned into national trends and willing to look critically at every aspect of their organizations for effectiveness and efficiency, the editor of a leading nonprofit journal said Tuesday.
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