MATR Newsletter – July 20, 2020
The state with the best education wins!

Come Home Montana

• COVID-19 Short Term Hire Positions for Missoula County! (no benefits included)

  • Infectious Disease Branch Director • COVID Case Investigator • COVID Contact Tracing Leader • COVID Contact Tracer • COVID Isolation Monitoring Lead • COVID Quarantine Monitor • COVID Administrative Services Lead • COVID Administrative Assistant • Infectious Disease Coordination Info Center Call Taker • Patient Services Group Supervisor • Patient Services Scheduler If you…

Great Falls Development Authority

• Great Falls Economic Development Top 10 for 7-19-20

  Do you have a great idea for a business but you don’t know where to start?

MEDA -Montana Economic Developers Association

• Using AI to Assist Those Experiencing Homelessness in Austin

  We describe homelessness as a “wicked problem” due to its complexity, heterogeneous stakeholders and interested parties across governments and nonprofits.

• Keeping Rural Businesses Open Across Generations

  Selling a company to its employees could be a way to preserve small town and rural businesses with generations of tradition behind them. Rob Brown from Business Ownership Solutions has some advice on how to do it.

The Telecommuting and Gig Workforce in Montana

• 15 Affordable Small Towns in the US With Fast Internet for Remote Workers

  Looking to get away from it all, but keep your tech job? These are the best rural and small towns to live for gigabit internet and low real estate prices, making them perfect for remote work.

Next Generation Broadband in Montana

• Billings, other Montana schools begin paying for some students’ home internet amid remote shift

  Several school leaders in Montana have put small-scale plans in place to address what they view as a long-simmering equity issue. Public school districts in Billings, Missoula, and Great Falls all began or will begin to pay for some students’ home internet access.

Gov. Steve Bullock

• Gov. Bullock directs $75 million to support Montana schools

  Governor Steve Bullock on Friday directed $75 million from the Coronavirus Relief Fund to Montana K-12 schools to cover expenses incurred due to COVID-19 and take precautions to keep students and staff safe this fall.

Regional Business News

• DeFi could become the next big thing in finance

  DeFi products remove a lot of the friction that’s present in finance. The simple practice of borrowing a bit of crypto and generating a return seems innocent in comparison to the massive array of opportunities available today.

Wyoming Business

• In Wyoming, women rarely get elected to the Legislature. One group is looking to change that.

  Leah Juarez is many things.

Careers

• 7 job search rules you should break now

  These pieces of conventional wisdom could actually be holding you back.

• These five steps will make your resume look amazing

  They will truly transform your resume and make your content look amazing.

MSU Leadership Institute & UM Global Leadership Initiative

• Montana State University grad student’s internship with the Leadership Institute helps Bozeman understand gaps in bike lanes and sidewalks

  Jon Nelson recently completed a semester of mentorship with Bozeman mayor Chris Mehl through the MSU Leadership Institute’s Mentored by the Mayor program.

Transportation

• Liberating Cities from Cars

  Examining models of progress toward restrictions on the use and storage of automobiles from urban areas around the world.

• Big Sky Passenger Rail Authority to include 11 founding counties; adoption pending

  Among other things, restoring passenger rail will serve as “a means to further the health, safety, welfare and economic prosperity of the region by advocating for rail as a public transportation option,” the pending resolution states.

• UK’s first ‘CYCLOPS’ junction opens in Manchester to boost bike safety

  A new Cycle Optimised Protected Signals (CYCLOPS) junction, which fully segregates cyclists from general traffic, has opened in Hulme, Manchester.

Energy and Climate Change

• Maine Becomes First State to Ban Styrofoam Containers and Cups

  It never goes away. Like other plastics, scientists estimate it will take between 500 and a million years to break down into tiny pieces, while never fully biodegrading.

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