MATR Newsletter – June 10, 2019
The state with the best education wins!

Lt. Gov. Mike Cooney – Main Street Montana: Rural Partners Tour – The eight Native American reservations across Montana.

Over the next two months, I am continuing roundtable meetings and engaging with tribal leaders on the Native American reservations in Montana.

“Let us not make more of something there is too much of. Let us find out what is desperately needed, although people may not know it. Let us find out what will beautify the world, although people may not know it. Then let’s learn and learn and teach ourselves, and support each other in doing that until we lose ourselves in those tasks.” Edwin Land – Founder of Polaroid

Today’s MATR Newsletter is sponsored by:

Montana Department of Commerce

Few state job creation grants go to rural Montana. Here’s why.
As Big Sky Organics attempts the leap from one-off arrangements with mom-and-pop stores to contracts with national distributors, it’s getting help from a key state jobs program, the Big Sky Economic Development Trust Fund, designed to nurture businesses that can provide Montana workers with stable, well-paid jobs.

Flathead Valley Community College

Flathead Valley Community College Unveils New Broussard Family Library and Learning Commons
The $3 million building includes virtual reality lab, podcast and video studio, and Makerspace with 3-D printing

Great Falls Development Authority

GFDA Top 10
Roof of the Atlanta Falcons stadium, parts of which were fabricated right here in Great Falls by the ADF International team!

TechLink

TechLink Weekly tech roundup: technology manager top picks for June 2019
All of them are opportunities for your business to license the patent and bring the invention to the commercial market.

Come Home Montana

Montana Career Opportunities -Civil Engineer Project Manager, Civil Engineering Senior Project Manager/Future VP, Civil Designer, Transportation Project Manager and more… – DJ&A
Working Together We build teams that help our clients address tough challenges, achieve their goals, and create new environments. Our people are our most valuable asset and we provide the resources to ensure they grow and succeed both in their career and personal life. In addition to competitive salaries and professional development opportunities, our benefits…
Missoula’s first opportunity zone project breaks ground – Career Opportunities
“What we find is that a lot of people want to move to Missoula to experience the quality of life, that probably both you and I live here for, so it’s a great opportunity to continue and build on that,” said Anderson.

Montana Businesses For Sale

Bozeman, Montana gourmet chain Olivelle receives top honors from Specialty Food Association – Open Your Own Oil & Vinegar Bar
Olivelle now makes over 150 products, items available not only to the community of Bozeman, but also globally.

Montana Economic Development

Lt. Gov. Mike Cooney – Main Street Montana: Rural Partners Tour – The eight Native American reservations across Montana.
Over the next two months, I am continuing roundtable meetings and engaging with tribal leaders on the Native American reservations in Montana.
Tech company, Figure in Cannery grows Bozeman, Montana location – Career Opportunities
With offices in San Francisco, Montana and Reno, Nevada, the company focuses on home equity, streamlining and shortening the process of gaining access to equity in homes
Announcing the Economic Value Atlas: A new approach to regional transportation and land use planning
Old policy playbooks that overly focus on business recruitment and congestion mitigation will no longer suffice.

Montana Business

Billings hydroponic farms, one using fish ‘waste’ as fertilizer, allow fresh greens to be harvested year-round
Billings greenhouses Swanky Roots and Swift Microgreens provide organically grown produce that are healthier than imported produce and capable of being harvested fresh year-round.
Polson, Montana’s Montana Black Dog Services training dogs to detect aquatic invasive species
Tiermenstein, Rosebud and Ismay will be working at watercraft check stations this summer. Boat checks are available across the state and are required to take any watercraft into Montana lakes.
Deeply Vulnerable Writing on Startup Failure
I wish more entrepreneurs would write extensively about their failure experiences in detail.
As Foreign Investment in U.S. Farmland Grows, Efforts to Ban and Limit the Increase Mount
Already, six states have laws banning foreign ownership of farmland.

Funding and Building your Business

Beyond Meat Founder Ethan Brown Quotes Steve Jobs Idol Edwin Land at Company’s First Earnings Call
Both men idolized the same iconic inventor.
Amazon Follows the Same Simple Rule to Get Every New Project Off To the Perfect Start
Feel like many of your ideas don’t pan out? Take a page from the Jeff Bezos playbook.

Regional Business News

Eversource Wants to Back Up an Entire Rural Town With Batteries Large and Small
Can grid resiliency finally pay for itself?
Amazon is creating detailed 3D models of suburbia to train its new delivery robots
‘Eventually, we’ll be delivering around the world.’

Montana Education Excellence

MSU-Northern Auto Program Ranks 2nd in the Nation
Northern’s Fast Track option is “attractive” to those who are looking to start a career right away, as does the Ford Maintenance and Light Repair Certificate.