MATR Newsletter – October 4, 2019
The state with the best education wins!

Montana Main Street Program Grant Applications

Funding can be used to address long range community planning and revitalization needs as well as more specific prioritized projects.

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Great Falls Development Authority Earns International Reaccreditation
“The Great Falls Development Authority displays the professionalism, commitment, and technical expertise that is deserving of this honor”, said IEDC President and CEO Jeff Finkle.

Commentary: The Birth of a Rural Summit
Rural life hasn’t left the spotlight. It’s just that people are talking about it in different ways and in a different tone of voice.
Cowboy Cricket farm finds new, improved home in Bozeman, Montana
“People are definitely starting to understand that we need to change the way that we eat,”
Form and Function: The Shape of Cities and Economies
How do industries and businesses tend to cluster, and how does this dictate the shape of a city?

REC Silicon May Sell Butte, Montana Facility
The move shows the trade war isn’t getting any easier for the Norwegian company that has most of its production based in the U.S.

Whitefish, Montana-based Neuro ID – Eliminate friction and fraud…in real time
Next-generation analytics to scientifically measure the friction and intent of each digital customer

PacifiCorp Embraces Massive Renewables Build-Out, Early Coal Retirements
Six-state utility includes solar, storage in draft plan for least-cost portfolio. But coal retirements face a political battle in Wyoming.

How to make high school more valuable in the real world
“The largest effort to make high school more valuable – to young people and their communities – is underway in the six-county, two-state Kansas City metro area.”
Montana Receives 5-Year, $50 Million Federal Literacy Grant
The MCLSDP proposes to award approximately 30 subgrant awards ranging from the state’s largest districts to the most rural.

An Early Peek at What Happens When a City Gives Its Residents $500
A universal basic income experiment in Stockton, California, is nearly halfway over. How has $500 a month affected the lives of 125 residents?
Missoula County lobbies for costly return of passenger rail service
“It would be safer, it would be sustainable, it would be enjoyable.