MEDA -Montana Economic Developers Association

• Montana Career Opportunity – Executive Director – Northern Rocky Mountain Economic Development District

  The Executive Director serves as the principal administrative and strategic leader of NRMEDD and reports directly to the Board of Directors. This position is the primary driver of the organization’s mission, requiring an entrepreneurial spirit and a unique blend of strategic leadership and direct, hands-on execution.

• Kindness 101 – How one man set off a global chain reaction of good deeds for people who can’t pay for their medications..

  “He was not a wealthy man, but he was probably the richest man on Earth with his heart.”

• Gloria’s Gladiators – It started with a light fixture and became a whole home. Who do you know that needs help?

  On the Road with Steve Hartman with the story of how a broken light became a beacon of hope.

• MISSOULA VILLAGES – Neighbors Helping Neighbors Age In Place

  Our Mission – Enhance Missoula’s vibrant neighborhoods by promoting aging in place with dignity, independence, and engagement through a trusted network of services, social connections, and community-driven resource exchange.

• GL Solutions of Kalispell, Montana helps reengineer government processes to improve efficiency and reduce waste.

  G L Solutions took one government agency from an average of three years to approve paperwork to three months.

• Montana’s History Has a New Home in Helena

  The goal is that every student in Montana will visit and learn about the history of their state.

• Who knew that improving yourself started with the Ocean?

  How are you seen in the eyes of other people?  What do you do beat and least?  How can you improve the areas where you’re the weakest?

Northwestern Energy

• Reliability First, Opportunity Ahead By Brian Bird, President & CEO, NorthWestern Energy

  Over the last 18 years, NorthWestern Energy has added nearly 1,100 megawatts of power generation to serve our Montana customers. More than half of this comes from renewable wind and hydro generation.

Great Falls Montana Development Alliance

• GFDA Top Ten for 12-7-25

  Blackfeet Community College in Browning has received an $8 million unrestricted donation from philanthropist MacKenzie Scott—its largest single gift in the school’s 51-year history. College leaders say the funding will expand scholarships, support employees, and improve campus infrastructure, strengthening long-term programs for the Blackfeet Nation and the broader community. The gift builds on Scott’s $3 million contribution in 2020 and continues a wave of major philanthropic investment in Montana’s tribal colleges – see KRTV.

TechLink

• Help start your new company with TBED Programs from TechLink

  I don’t need to do everything myself. Watching this designer’s methodical approach—their focus on understanding not just what we wanted visually, but why we may need a brand change—was both humbling and liberating.

Montana Business

• Instead of New Power Plants Duke Energy Wants More Customer Battery Storage

  It already encourages home storage.  Now it want’s to expand that to businesses, local governments and non profits.

• Montana Career Opportunity – Senior Product Manager – onX

  onX is seeking a Senior Product Manager with a passion for empowering adventurers to stay informed and confident no matter how far they venture off the grid. You will lead the product strategy for degraded-service and offline scenarios, shaping how millions of users access critical information when connectivity is limited or nonexistent.

• Vocational Training helping Veterans get jobs in the Ranching Industry – Bear Hug Cattle Company Montana

  Bear Hug Cattle Company is a 501c3 non-profit that provides vocational training to veterans pursuing a career in the ranching industry. Our goal at Bear Hug Cattle Company is to provide veterans with the opportunity and skill necessary to get their first job in the ranching industry. This program is free of cost to veterans – all donations go directly to sponsoring participants.

• 50 per cent more energy from 3D solar towers on a smaller footprint than traditional flat panels.

  Janta Power has developed 3D vertical towers that stack panels upward instead of spreading them across the ground offering triple the solar surface area of traditional flat panels, capturing low-angle morning and evening light and using only a third of the land

Montana Housing

• $39 million for affordable Montana housing projects

  Awards are for Miles City, Kalispell and Livingston, and rehabilitation projects in Billings and Missoula.

Visit Montana

• Voices of Montana Tourism Helping Rural and Less Publicized Communities Attract More Visitors

  There’s so much more to Montana than the larger well known cities.

Regional Business News

• How AI can help you make a little money from the clothes you don’t wear anymore.

  Send Threadup your unwanted clothes, they’ll do the rest.

City Club Missoula, Montana

• The Montana Nonprofit Association Announces A New Fundraising Hub To Help Members

  Thanks to a generous three-year grant, MNA is leaning in and bringing new resources to support members’ abilities to raise money from individual donors across Montana.

Hellgate Venture Network

• Come celebrate with Hellgate Venture Network at our Annual Holiday Party! – 12/18 – Missoula, Montana

  This month, we’re skipping the formal program and keeping it simple: good food, great company, and plenty of holiday cheer. It’s the perfect chance to unwind, catch up with familiar faces, and welcome new ones. Bring your favorite people! Friends and family are absolutely welcome.

YOUR MONTANA CAREER

• Montana Career Opportunity – Business Manager – Missoula College Dean’s Office

  The Dean’s Office at Missoula College invites applications for a Business Manager. The Dean’s Office has oversight in the following areas: Human Resources, Finance, Classroom Scheduling, Academic Course Scheduling, Community Communications and Public Relations, Compliance, Grants and Contracts, Advising and Retention, Academic Computing, and Administrative travel.

Montana Energy and Transportation

• New Mexico Data Center Could Emit More Greenhouse Gases Than The State’s Largest Cities

  Project Jupiter could emit more than 14 million tons of greenhouse gases per year. By comparison, Albuquerque and Las Cruces emit a combined 6.7 million metric tons of greenhouse gases annually, according to both cities’ climate action plans. The applications also say developers seek to install 41 turbines to annually generate about as much electricity as PNM.

• You may be able to buy your own autonomous car in 2026.

  Instead of adapting a car to be autonomous, Tensor is building it as autonomous from the start.

• In Ten Years, Your Local Nuclear Reactor May Be Cooled With Liquid Salt
  Idaho National Labs have successfully created the first batch of fuel salt.
• “No Plastic For YOU!!!” California goes paper only

  San Francisco has been doing it for over 2 decades.   Now the rest of the state is catching up.  Only recycled paper bags will be available for shoppers in most stores.  What is your community and state doing to remove plastic from our environment?

Montana’s 21st Century Education Initiative – “You Should Care…”

• Could Australia’s social media ban for kids be a template for America?

   “The ban will be one of the biggest social and cultural changes our nation has faced.”  Australia Prime Minister Anthony Albanese

• Tool developed at Montana State aims to help farmers implement new technologies

  The Smart Spray Annual ROI Calculator, a free and easy-to-use digital tool where producers can plug in numbers relevant to their own operations and determine how much time it would take for them to save enough money to justify the cost of new tools.

• Only 43.1% in language arts, and 36.9% in math.  That’s the “at or above proficiency levels” for Montana students.  Is this our future? 

  Was it how they were tested?

2025 Montana Legislature and Politics

• Georgia offers plan to keep data centers from constructing gas plants

  The proposal would give hyperscalers and other big commercial and industrial customers the ability to secure gigawatts of solar, batteries, and other energy resources on their own, not just rely on the local utility for their data centers.

Social Media, Connectivity & Communications in Montana

• Neighbors Helping Neighbors. What are people doing in your community?

  Maybe it’s a small town thing. Maybe it’s just a human being thing.
  One woman in Kingston, Wa. saw something that needed fixing. And she looked into her own heart, and appealed to the hearts of others to fix it.
  Wouldn’t it be nice if it was like this all the time?
  Heroes, all of them.

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