MATR Newsletter – December 4, 2019
The state with the best education wins!

“I’m not a religious man but something is working here.” 

Come Home Montana

• Montana Career Opportunities – Accounting Internships – Fall 2020, Staff II or Senior Tax Accountant, Procurement Specialist and more… – Anderson ZurMuehlen

  Our passion is to improve the lives of those we work with: our clients, our co-workers, our communities.

• Bozeman to search for interim city manager

  “We certainly want someone who’s had an experience in a larger city, a city that’s growing as fast as Bozeman is, and that has a lot of the same issues as Bozeman has — and also someone who might be able to see Bozeman in the future and what our vision is.” Bozeman Mayor Cyndy Andrus

• A Montana Success Story “Saving the Burg: A Story of Love, Sweat & Beers” Philipsburg, Montana

  “Saving the Burg” portrays the astounding, steady, chronological transformation of Philipsburg – or “P-Burg,” as locals and Montanans call it for short – from a dusty, dried-up mining town of old to a thriving, enticing current-day phoenix that draws tourists hungry for a simple return to small-town life.

• Livingston, Montana getting ready to star in ‘Small Business Revolution’ reality TV show.

  This is the first time a Montana town has been selected as a top ten finalist in the five years of the program, and Livingston beat out a field of over 10,000 applications.

Big Sky Economic Development

• Businesses assisted by MT PTAC have been successful in winning $93.6 million in federal, state, local and subcontract awards since August 2019

  Since August 1st 2019 MT PTAC clients (all 7 locations statewide) have been successful in winning $93.6 million in federal, state, local and subcontract awards.

• Big Sky Economic Development gets $2 million grant to renovate downtown Billings building

  Big Sky Economic Development, Zoot Properties and other private partners are helping finance the project, according to a release from Big Sky EDA.

MEDA -Montana Economic Developers Association

• Anderson ZurMuehlen to Acquire ITC making AZ one of the largest technology service providers in Montana.

  The transaction will expand the firm’s information technology consulting division, Anderson ZurMuehlen Technology Services (AZTS). AZTS offers cloud-hosting through its PwrCloud & PwrCloud for QuickBooks© service, Cyber Security, QuickBooks©software

Next Generation Broadband in Montana

• Employment, Education, Health Services Flow through Rural Counties’ Fiber

  It is a gamble that has paid off.

• The One-Traffic-Light Town with Some of the Fastest Internet in the U.S.

  Connecting rural America to broadband is a popular talking point on the campaign trail.

Montana Business

• Fake Meat vs. Real Meat

  This fall, Burger King said it had its most successful quarter in four years, driven by sales of its plant-based Impossible Whopper.

• Park It, Trucks: Here Come New York’s Cargo Bikes – Missoula’s Coaster Pedicab

  Now a new city program aims to replace some of these delivery vehicles with a transportation mode that is more environmentally friendly and does not commandeer street space: electric cargo bikes.

Developing a more Entrepreneurial Montana

• Montana’s ‘Girls Go CyberStart’ program begins second year

  Girls Go CyberStart is a national competition.

Montana Office of Tourism & Economic Development

• Planes, Trains and Automobiles, on location in Montana!

  It’s not just the skiers who rejoice when snow starts to fall across Montana’s mountains, film crews are gearing up for winter car commercials that air during the holidays.

Idaho News & Events

• Idaho Business Review – 12/5 – Boise

  The Forum on the Future will center on the state’s record-breaking growth, which raises concerns for housing needs as well as the demand for an educated workforce.

Wyoming Business

• Wyoming Quietly Hires Its First Chief Data Officer

  One of the CDO’s duties would include identifying resources that could be shared or consolidated across government agencies.

Rural Communities

• Why We Should Stop Conflating Cities With Innovation and Creativity

  The language we use to discuss innovation and creativity has such a pro-urban bias that we’ve forgotten these qualities flourish outside of cities, too.

Government Technology

• Albuquerque Hopes Data Can Establish Equity for Residents

  Albuquerque has created a new case study for how data can be used in various ways to lift populations up.

Non-Profit News

• Utah Career Opportunity – Chief Executive Officer – VentureCapital.org

          VentureCapital.org is seeking an experienced leader to assume responsibility as its full-time Chief Executive Officer.

Hellgate Venture Network

• Hellgate Venture Network Holiday Party – 12/12 – Missoula

  Please bring something to share with the group, and we highly encourage carpooling and/or Uber!

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