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MATR Newsletter – June 10, 2022
The state with the best education wins!




The Western Land Rush

Today’s run on land out west is spreading not American power but five-star living dressed up as frontiersmanship. Welcome to the home of end-table antlers and Escalades.



Montana Disadvantaged Business Enterprise – Minority Business Development Agency Seeking Nominations for 2022 National Minority Enterprise …

The MDT Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) Program encourages and supports the participation of companies owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals in transportation contracts.

Workforce Development Programs To Get The Job Done at The Montana Department of Commerce

Frederick Van Den Abbeel, Business Attraction Manager with the Montana Department of Commerce, noted the state has a number of flagship programs that provide training for both existing and new employees and businesses including:


Today’s MATR Newsletter is sponsored by:

Come Home Montana

Montana Department of Commerce

The MDT Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) Program

Great Falls Development Authority

Montana West Economic Development

MEDA -Montana Economic Developers Association

  • MEDA News

    Thank you for a great showing at our Spring Conference. We had a full house with great speakers, networking opportunities, and discussions. Presentation materials will be posted to our website shortly. Please contact us if you’d like a copy of the materials beforehand.

  • Brad Feld Releases: Startup Boards: A Field Guide to Building and Leading an Effective Board of Directors 2nd edition launch day is 6/15. It will be a must read for every board.

    The first time many founders see the inside of a board room is when they step in to lead their board. But how do boards work? How should they be structured, managed, and leveraged so that startups can grow, avoid pitfalls, and get the best out of their boards? Authors Brad Feld, Mahendra Ramsinghani, and Matt Blumberg have collectively served on hundreds of startup and scaleup boards over the past 30 years, attended thousands of board meetings, encountered multiple personalities and situations, and seen the good, bad, and ugly of boards.

The Telecommuting and Gig Workforce in Montana

  • A full return to the office? Does ‘never’ work for you?

    “It’s kind of a Wizard of Oz thing,” Kime said. In other words, his team realized that there was no almighty being compelling his assistance; there was just a man behind a curtain (or Zoom screen). “As much as we complained about going back to work, we all understood that it was going to happen. But the minute we started going, we realized how silly that was,” she added.

Next Generation Broadband in Montana

Montana Economic Development

  • Climate change puts a different spin on fly fishing for once skeptical anglers

    “When you spend a lot of time outdoors, and you do it over decades, you start to see a pattern, and you can count on those things happening over and over again at approximately the same time (of year),” said Todd Tanner, a Montana resident who has been fishing for more than 55 years. “Anyone who has been fly fishing for a decade or longer has seen the impacts of climate on our fisheries.”

Housing

Montana Business

Funding and Building your Business

Regional Economic Development

  • The Western Land Rush

    Today’s run on land out west is spreading not American power but five-star living dressed up as frontiersmanship. Welcome to the home of end-table antlers and Escalades.

STARS Montana Early Education Program

  • “Starting at Zero,” an important new film about early education

    Starting at Zero examines the latest developmental brain science to demonstrate how essential the earliest years of learning are to maximize human potential. Key features of high-quality early childhood learning environments and experiences are outlined and then brought to life as the film delves into the evolution of Alabama’s #1 nationally ranked state Pre-K program.

Rural Communities

Government News & Events

American Prairie

Oregon Business

  • Oregon to Reform Parking Requirements in 52 Cities

    Oregon’s Land Conservation and Development Commission is in the process of approving a major reform package of land use regulations that would give 52 cities in the state options for rolling back parking regulations.

Transportation

Cool Stuff That’s Coming



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