Missoula, Montana Chamber of Commerce

• Leadership Missoula Now Accepting Applications – Missoula Chamber of Commerce

  Missoula is a dynamic and energetic community. Such vitality and growth present many opportunities and
  challenges for the citizens of Missoula. Keeping our community vibrant and healthy requires insightful leaders who have the ability to communicate and work effectively with others. LEADERSHIP MISSOULA is
  designed to facilitate the development and growth of tomorrow’s leaders, provide opportunities to interact with different community members while exploring issues relevant to our community.

• Missoula, Montana led population gains in the state between 2024-25

  In Montana, Missoula marked the largest population growth up 718 new residents to 79,000. Billings led the population decline down 206 people to 121,000.

Great Falls Development Alliance

• Montana Launches Major Transportation Study Across Nine Counties

  Montana plans a comprehensive transportation study across nine counties including Cascade, Chouteau, Fergus, Judith Basin, Lewis and Clark, Pondera, Teton, Toole, and Wheatland Counties to address future needs.

Montana Business

• Missoula, Montana Adopts Voluntary Energy Conservation Standard for Buildings

  The city council promotes energy-efficient, all-electric building options through education rather than enforcement. This approach gets around restrictive state law while encouraging greener practices citywide.

• 25 Best Small-Business Ideas for 2026

  Inc. magazine highlights 25 small-business ideas poised for growth, including health coaching and mobile pet grooming. These sectors reflect evolving market demands and offer potential for sustained growth into the 2030s.

• With limited public involvement, Montana Overhauls Land-Swap Rules After Two Decades

  “This is big,” said Kevin Farron with Montana Wildlife Federation. “This is opaque. This is something that was given to the public seven days ago in its full form … A 30-day scoping and comment period should be the very least that we should be getting out of this.”

• Montana Career Opportunities – Aviation and Safety Manager, Director of IT, Senior Product Manager – Sensor Software Platform and More… – Bridger Photonics

  Bridger’s headquarters are home to world-class engineering talent, wide-open spaces, and a strong sense of community. Here, you’ll find opportunities to do advanced technical work alongside a team of experts in physics, engineering, software, and data—plus access to unbeatable mountains, trails, and rivers just minutes from the office.

Montana Housing

• The Montana Budget and Policy Center’s Housing Affordability Map Shows Affordability in All 56 Counties

  Affordability is a major obstacle to housing security and quality of life, and a growing number of Montanans are paying levels of rent that severely strain the household budget.

Funding and Building your Montana Business

• Your next startup doesn’t have to be complicated or in a fancy industry.

  1. The exit is not the finish line 2. Boring is the new beautiful

City Club Missoula, Montana

• Introducing Montana Nonprofit Association’s new Fundraising Cohort

  Targeted support and customized learning to help you grow your fundraising capacity.

Montana Energy and Transportation

• Montana Tech, Idaho National Laboratory sign partnership agreement to expand collaboration in nuclear energy and critical materials research.

  The three-year agreement will provide opportunities for faculty exchanges, joint workshops and expanded internships and graduate research experiences for students.

• Bozeman Airport Tower One of Two Airports to Shift to FAA Control in Pilot Program

  Bozeman Yellowstone International Airport will transition its control tower to FAA ownership over the next 29 to 44 months as part of a new pilot program. This change aims to improve capabilities and staffing to better match the airport’s growing traffic levels.

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

• MSU Wins $10.7M NIH Grant to Launch The Center for Advanced Molecular Pathogenesis – CAMP

  Montana State University received a $10.7 million NIH grant to establish the Center for Advanced Molecular Pathogenesis, focusing on infectious diseases and workforce development. The center will support faculty research and advanced imaging technologies to grow Montana’s biomedical research capacity over five years.

• A Cattle Ranch Is Doing What the Most Colleges Can’t or Won’t.

  A good life can consist of things that are not for sale, that cannot be résumatized, that are not best understood as investments in your future so much as brushes with life itself.

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