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MATR Newsletter – May 20, 2022
The state with the best education wins!




Here’s How to Get Infrastructure Funds to Smaller Cities

A coalition of nonprofits is starting the Local Infrastructure Hub to help mayors of small and medium-sized U.S. cities compete for $1 trillion in federal funds.

Free Book from the Fed Aims to Highlight Effective Rural Development

Creating prosperity in small towns and rural areas will take renewed investment and changing the kinds of stories we tell about rural America.

Rural Rising: Paper Examines What Makes a Thriving Rural America

Research highlights key themes around economic development opportunities for smaller communities, with an emphasis on work flexibility and a need for reliable broadband.



The New Montana Rail Map? Big Sky Passenger Rail Authority

Passenger Rail Service through Southern Montana ended 42 years ago.

Together, we can bring it back.


Today’s MATR Newsletter is sponsored by:

Come Home Montana

Prospera Business Network

  • Prospera Summer Trainings Coming in 🔥Hot🔥

    “With Prospera’s help, I was able to fulfill my dream of becoming a small-town eye doctor. I wouldn’t have been able to do all the things that I had done without Prospera—100%.”

    Dr. Jessica Lemons, O.D.

    Owner, Gallatin Valley Vision

MEDA -Montana Economic Developers Association

Housing

Montana Business

  • “How do you build a log home that will not burn?” Everlog Homes

    In 2000, devastating Montana wildfires destroyed hundreds of homes and prompted us to ask: “How do you build a log home that will not burn?”
    At that moment, EverLog Systems and our concrete logs were born.

  • At Wells Fargo, a Quest to Increase Diversity Leads to Fake Job Interviews

    Mr. Bruno is one among seven present and former Wells Fargo workers who stated that they had been instructed by their direct bosses or human sources managers within the financial institution’s wealth administration unit to interview “numerous” candidates — though the choice had already been made to provide the job to a different candidate. 5 others stated they had been conscious of the follow, or helped to rearrange it.

Funding and Building your Business

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

Education News

Rural Communities

Careers

Transportation

Cool Stuff That’s Coming

Energy and Climate Change



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