MATR Newsletter – December 30, 2019
The state with the best education wins!

Meeting on NorthWestern’s long-term vision – 12/30 – Bozeman — 1/2 – Billings — 1/3 Lewistown —

After the Bozeman meeting, the PSC will hold listening sessions at the Billings Public Library on Thursday at 6 p.m. and the Lewistown Public Library on Friday at 5 p.m.

New Maps Help Communities and Investors Focus on Opportunities in Rural Areas and Opportunity Zones.

The organization that created the maps says the data visualization tools are designed to help policymakers, investors, funders and local economic developers create jobs and development in rural communities.

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Come Home Montana

Montana Career Opportunities – Sales Development Representative, Sales Manager, and more… – Submittable
Submittable is a cloud-based submission management platform that makes it easy to accept, review, and make decisions on any kind of digital content.
Montana Career Opportunity – Senior Director of Sales and Marketing – West Paw
At West Paw, our goal is to be “Dog’s Best Friend”. We do this by making things dogs love and by caring about how we make the things dogs love – from our own factory in beautiful Bozeman, Montana.
Montana Career Opportunity – Executive Director, Communications & Marketing – Flathead Valley Community College
FVCC is committed to excellent teaching, innovative research, and the personal and intellectual growth of its students in a diverse academic community.
Montana Career Opportunities – Elections Administrator, Planner III (Current Planning & Permitting), Information Systems Manager and more…- Missoula County
Missoula County, Montana covers approximately 2,600 square miles in the western part of the state. Five large valleys and two major rivers wind through this mountainous region.

Northwestern Energy

Meeting on NorthWestern’s long-term vision – 12/30 – Bozeman — 1/2 – Billings — 1/3 Lewistown —
After the Bozeman meeting, the PSC will hold listening sessions at the Billings Public Library on Thursday at 6 p.m. and the Lewistown Public Library on Friday at 5 p.m.

Montana Department of Commerce

Native activists working to get Montana reservations fully counted in census
If fully counted, Montana residents could gain a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, census projections show.

Flathead Valley Community College

Colleen Unterreiner Leaves a Legacy that Has Reshaped FVCC and the Community
Colleen Unterreiner retires after a two-decade career that the college president calls incomparable

Great Falls Development Authority

GFDA Top 10
Here is our Top 21 for the last two weeks, celebrating work and successes to grow and strengthen the Great Falls regional economy.

Kalispell Chamber of Commerce

Glacier Park International Cleared For Takeoff in 2020
Airport prepares for major expansion as passenger numbers continue to skyrocket

MEDA -Montana Economic Developers Association

New Maps Help Communities and Investors Focus on Opportunities in Rural Areas and Opportunity Zones.
The organization that created the maps says the data visualization tools are designed to help policymakers, investors, funders and local economic developers create jobs and development in rural communities.
Butte airport looking to add second Denver flight
The city just raised the $400,000 needed in guaranteed revenue to entice United to Butte

The Telecommuting and Gig Workforce in Montana

The Creator of Google Voice on How 5G Will Change the Way You Work
The Creator of Google Voice on How 5G Will Change the Way You Work

Montana Economic Development

Missoula flights to get bigger, faster airplanes in 2020
Alaska Airlines has announced plans to increase the capacity of popular early morning and mid-afternoon flights from Montana to Washington state.

Montana Business

Quote 2 Cast Summit, Missoula, MT – July 14-17, 2020
This year’s summit brings new speakers and panelists and is focused on the exciting theme of “The Future of Quote to Cash.”
Next-gen Montana wind farm stalls under PSC terms
The PSC put the overall avoided cost of the energy at $6 a megawatt hour effectively killing the project, according Caithness.
ClassPass is hunting for unicorn status in a new funding round
ClassPass is reportedly trying to raise $285 million in a new funding round that would push its valuation to more than $1 billion.

Funding and Building your Business

Are you working on you? Questions for improving the quality of your leadership
Here are a number of questions you may consider to improve your awareness and the quality of your leadership:
Use the ‘15-Minute Checkout’ to Save Time — and Your Sanity — at Work and in Life
“It is not enough to be busy,” said Henry David Thoreau. “So are the ants. The question is: What are we busy about?”

Incubators and R&D

MSU researchers win $1.2 million grant to improve worker-robot interaction
Laura Stanley is exploring what she sees as the next step: giving robots the ability to dynamically contribute to worker safety and satisfaction.

The Creative and Cultural Economy

Robert Burns Supper by Burns St. Bistro – 1/17 – Missoula Children’s Theater
As per usual, there will be readings, music by members of the The Celtic Dragons Pipe Band & The Missoula Highland Dancers, and spirits from Montgomery Distillery brought to you by Badlander Catering. Ya dancer!