Corona Virus Information

• Coronavirus and Employment Law -3/4- Online Webinar

  Employer obligations in response to Coronavirus will be discussed in this Interactive Dialogue.

Come Home Montana

• Montana Career Opportunity – Controller – Backcountry Hunters & Anglers

  Backcountry Hunters & Anglers (BHA) is a North American nonprofit organization with chapters throughout Canada and the United States. BHA seeks to ensure North America’s outdoor heritage of hunting and fishing in a natural setting, through education and work on behalf of our wild public lands, waters and wildlife. Now, more than ever before, we…

Montana Department of Commerce

• Montana Students Share the Importance of Filling out the Census in New Radio, TV PSA – Download the new PSA today!

  Each year, Montana receives more than $500 million for educational programs including Title I and II, Head Start, school food programs and career training based on Census data.

MEDA -Montana Economic Developers Association

• Prospera in the News March 2020

  The new Prospera Economic Profile is now available as an interactive website. The charts and graphs can be customized, and images can be downloaded for presentations. Let us know what you think of this new format.

Opportunity Zones

• SBA Regional Administrator Co-Leads Opportunity Zone Panel

  “The SBA has been charged with supporting small businesses in undercapitalized communities, and I’m especially encouraged by this President’s efforts to steer more private sector investment into more than 8,700 of those communities through Opportunity Zones,” Nordberg said.

Regional Economic Development

• EDA Launches the Build to Scale Program, a Redesign of its Regional Innovation Strategies Program – 2020 Competition Opens for Applications!

  The new program is called Build to Scale (B2S), which builds regional economies through scalable startups.

Idaho News & Events

• Boise WeROC conference, Women Entrepreneurs Realizing Opportunities for Capital – 4/7 – Boise, Idaho

  WeROC is an exciting event designed to help women led companies discover the secrets to successful fundraising.

Wyoming Business

• Wyoming Business Council March Newsletter: Homegrown startup class blooms in western Wyo

  Discover Pinedale, a hidden gem for running a business, raising a family or simply stopping for a bite and a beer. Just don’t forget your fishing pole!

Montana Education/Business Partnerships

• Powerhouse Digital Advertising Company LumenAd Assists with UM Business Course

  The course provides students with a solid understanding of the digital marketing landscape and can help them differentiate themselves as digital marketers.

2020 Montana Politics

• Beware: Another fake news site distorts political coverage in Montana

  Readers are being fooled.

Government News & Events

• Missoula’s Mullan Area Master Plan Public Design Charrette – 3/23-37 -Missoula

  COME HELP PLAN YOUR COMMUNITY !!

Workforce Development

• Addressing Montana’s Telecommunications Workforce Shortage is Goal of Tester-backed Bill

  The FCC estimates that it will need to fill another 20,000 tower climber job openings to complete its 5G building project, nearly doubling the size of its current workforce

Transportation

• New York City Plans Electric Vehicle Curbside Charging Project

  According to the utility, a lack of publicly-available charging is a barrier to consumer adoption of EVs in the city.

Energy and Climate Change

• What Are the Most Effective Ways to Insure and Mitigate Wildfire Risks?

  If an entire community invested in wildfire mitigation, however, that could be an input to lower insurance premiums.