MATR Newsletter – January 9, 2023
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• Reminders & Updates for Our Tourism Partners – Montana Office of Tourism

  Each new year brings its own challenges and opportunities. This is especially true for the tourism industry, whether you are a business struggling with issues such as housing and employees, or a destination marketing organization trying to get the ‘right’ type of visitor coming at the ‘right’ time of year. Our goal for 2023 is to continue to work together to develop new ideas and programs to address these challenges.

Great Falls Development Authority

• Great Falls Economic Development Top 10 for 1-8-23

  We market what we love about Great Falls across Montana and the Pacific Northwest as part of our talent attraction efforts. We focus on elements that make Great Falls an amazing place to live and work. Check out our full campaign on Instagram – LiveInGreatFallsMT.

• “Ignite” will highlight developments in and around Great Falls – Jan. 13 – Great Falls Development Authority

  The participating organizations represent a range of industries such as education, healthcare, and food and agriculture, GFDA spokesperson Jolene Schalper explained, “Ignite is one of my favorite events that we host.

Kalispell Chamber of Commerce

• Businesses missing out as Flathead County drags heels on Adopting the Commercial Property Assessed Capital Enhancements program, known as C-PACE

  The squeaky wheels of Flathead County government grind on. “I want specific business owners to come to me,” Abell demanded. Maybe a few personal phone calls can help grease the way. Emails and phone numbers are included in this post.

Montana Bioscience Cluster Initiative

• Scaling Biotech Companies in Montana

  Studies show Montana’s bioscience industry is a rapidly growing and high-paying segment of the economy. This virtual panel will offer insights from diverse professionals into how individual companies can effectively plan for growth, and how we can scale Montana’s biotech ecosystem.

Montana Business

• What is a richcession? Term coined by reporter hints at new type of recession in 2023.

  But this time, any downturn in the economy could really be different.

• Made in Montana: January 2023

  If it’s produced in Montana, it’s produced with pride.

• More Orthopedic Physicians Sell Out to Private Equity Firms, Raising Alarms About Costs and Quality

  Orthopedic surgeons, long seen as fiercely independent, are rapidly catching up with other specialist physicians, such as dermatologists and ophthalmologists, in selling control of their practices to private equity investment firms.

• Millions of workers are subject to noncompete agreements. Noncompetes could soon be banned

  The Federal Trade Commission took an a bold move on Thursday aimed at shifting the balance of power from companies to workers.

• Peer Learning Network – Wednesday Jan 11 – Accessible Outdoor Recreation

  Recreational activities, spaces, and places that are adaptive and accessible for folks with disabilities discussion with Erik Kingston.

• Commerce launches $100 million Capital Readiness Program for underserved entrepreneurs

  The program will provide funding to incubators, accelerators and other eligible organizations to assist and train minority and other underserved entrepreneurs seeking resources, tools, and technical assistance to start or scale their businesses in high-growth industries such as healthcare, climate resilient technology, asset management, infrastructure, and more.

• 2023 Manufacturing & International Trade Day Trade Show & Seminars – THURSDAY, MARCH 16, 2023 – Helena

  The event includes keynotes and seminars tailored to manufacturing and trade as well as a trade show. With the Legislature in session, it also provides exhibitors an opportunity to showcase their business and network with lawmakers.

• Biden-Harris Administration Invests more than $1.1 million across Montana Projects to Strengthen the Nation’s Meat Supply Chain

  “Montana produces some of the highest quality meat in the world. The more we can process these products in-state, the more value stays here and with our local producers,” said Williams.

Next Generation Broadband in Montana

• Grizzly Broadband to bring fiber-optic internet to Montana’s Bitterroot Valley

  According to executive director Joe Smith, the majority of Ravalli County will have fiber internet after all five projects are completed.

Housing

• Not Even The Billionaire Kardashians Can Keep The Idaho Housing Bubble From Popping

  TMZ has dubbed it “North Hollywood.” The billionaire Kardashian clan makes frequent visits, as do other celebrities like Justin Bieber, Mark Wahlberg and Harry Styles.

Developing Funding Opportunities in Montana

• New York Gov. Hochul announces launch of $30M matching fund program to qualifying early-stage startup companies in the state as part of a larger effort to bolster high-growth industries.

  The idea behind the program is that these companies will work with private-sector co-investors to match these funds as part of a larger effort to support the development of businesses in high-growth industries throughout the state.

Funding and Building your Business

• How Smart Leaders Use the ‘Toast Question’ to Turn Their Business Into a Well-Oiled Machine

  There is no wrong way to make toast; it’s just toast. The point of this exercise is to show that even seemingly straightforward processes can be interpreted differently from person to person.

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

• University of Montana to Honor MLK’s Legacy with President’s Lecture Series – Jan. 26 – UM Campus and Zoom

  Titled “Becoming King: How a Wavering Teenager Became a Global Icon,” the lecture will serve as UM’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day principal event. The talk at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 26, will be held at UM’s Alice Lund Instructional Auditorium and can be viewed live on Zoom by registering in advance. It is free and open to the public.

Government News & Events

• The ultrarich are getting cozy in America’s tax havens at everyone else’s expense – 13 states are holding billions in hidden assets

  13 states in the US have transformed, or are in the process of transforming, into strongholds where untaxed wealth can flourish in trusts. Those untaxed assets can sit and grow for generations, without a dollar going towards public services. What does that cost the rest of us?

Tell Us Something

• January 2023 Tell Us Something Newsletter

  Some Tell Us Something Board members will term out this year and we are looking to fill the Vice Chair position. Do you love Tell Us Something? Do you want to be part of a small and mighty team that helps to make Tell Us Something successful? Join us

Careers

• CBS Sunday Morning – Friendships, the key to happiness

  A decades-long study conducted by Harvard University has found that happiness comes not from money, looks or fame, but from meaningful human relationships.

MSU Leadership Institute & UM Global Leadership Initiative

• Leadership Barometer 178 You Don’t Need More People – Just Better Leaders

  You don’t need to more people; you need to change your leadership style

Washington State Business

• Seattle Public Schools sues TikTok, YouTube, Instagram and others, seeking compensation for youth mental health crisis

  Seattle Public Schools appears to be the first school district in the country to file such a suit against the companies.

Transportation

• Transportation Predictions for 2023

  Seventeen transportation experts and professionals weigh in on what they think trends in the sector will look like in 2023.

• You May Be Able to Own a Self-Driving Car After All

  General Motors CEO Mary Barra said the carmaker would “aim to deliver our first personal autonomous vehicles as soon as the middle of this decade.”

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