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The Great Falls Development Authority, Inc. (GFDA), in partnership with the Downtown Development Partnership of Great Falls (DDP), seeks proposals to conduct an assessment of the market demand in Downtown Great Falls Montana and to use the market demand assessment to develop an Economic Vitality Transformation Strategy. |
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Montana’s Tech Hub EffortCome Home Montana- What’s business recruitment been like over the summer in Butte-Silver Bow?
When it comes to business recruitment for Butte, we all want what’s best for our community. Is our best expansion? Is our best staying as we are? - Montana Career Opportunity – Vice President of Marketing – Pathlabs
At Pathlabs, our people are at the core of everything we do. Building, valuing, and maintaining strong relationships is the cornerstone of success. Growth comes when we facilitate it. Like debt, things left unsaid, problems left unsolved compound and worsen over time. We solve problems now, bury the hatchet, and move on. We are clear and kind. We own it. We provide value to our customers by being experts. That means we do the work and don’t take shortcuts. We are humble and hungry. But, when it comes to trying to be the best, there’s no finish line. - Pod save (rural) America: Megan Torgerson is reframing the place she grew up in – Dagmar, Montana
Reframing Rural’s mission is to share stories of people and places in rural America in an effort to celebrate culture, preserve history and cultivate curiosity and conversation across geographic, class and cultural divides.
MEDA -Montana Economic Developers Association- 2nd Round of Wildfire-Prevention Funding Will Have Tools to Help Rural Applicants
A report from Headwaters Economics showed that communities with less staff and expertise were less likely to win grants from a federal wildfire-defense program. The Forest Service is trying two new tools to help these places, which tend to be rural, be more successful. - Great Falls Development Authority Downtown Market Assessment & Strategy RFP -Great Falls, Montana Downtown Market Demand Assessment & Economic Vitality Transformation Strategy Request for Proposals
The Great Falls Development Authority, Inc. (GFDA), in partnership with the Downtown Development Partnership of Great Falls (DDP), seeks proposals to conduct an assessment of the market demand in Downtown Great Falls Montana and to use the market demand assessment to develop an Economic Vitality Transformation Strategy. - This ambitious plan would revitalize downtown San Francisco to end its ‘doom loop’ – What can your city learn from it?
The proposal focuses on placemaking and street activation as tools for economic development. - Yellowstone Bison Revival
The mighty bison was virtually wiped out a century ago. But a few remained in the heart of Yellowstone National Park. CBS Reports explores the American icon’s incredible return from the brink, and its remarkable role in revitalizing and restoring sacred tribal culture and traditions. - CBS Sunday Morning – Plying their trades Not everyone is interested in a white collar job or college degree (or in racking up student loan debt).
“Sunday Morning” senior contributor Ted Koppel meets plumbers, apprentices and mechanics about their chosen professions, who talk about their blue collar work and how it’s perceived by others. - Proposed Overtime Rule Could Cost Businesses Up to $664 Million
The rule is a win for employees: Millions of new workers would be eligible for overtime. But it’ll come at a cost to businesses. - Emergency child care funding is about to end. Expect more daycares to hike prices, close.
Child care has long been unaffordable and inaccessible for many Americans, costing parents over $10,000 per year on average while more than half of the population lives in “child care deserts” with insufficient supply. - The Paradox of Our Time in History – Truer words were never spoken.
The paradox of our time in history by George Carlin, spoken words after his wife´s death.
Big Sky Economic DevelopmentGreat Falls Development AllianceNext Generation Broadband in MontanaHousingMontana Manufacturing Extension CenterFunding and Building your BusinessIncubators and R&D- New molecule slams the brakes on Alzheimer’s brain inflammation
In an effort to find new treatments to halt the progression of Alzheimer’s disease, scientists at The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have landed on a molecule that can improve memory by putting the brakes on a process that causes brain inflammation.
Come Home Idaho- The movement to shrink Oregon and expand Idaho
In a state dominated by progressive politics, some residents in rural Oregon east of the Cascade Mountains want to move the border so that their counties become part of Idaho, a more conservative state that more closely aligns with their values.
Come Home Wyoming21st Century Education Initiative – “You Should Care…”Hellgate Venture NetworkCareersCome Home North DakotaEnergy and Climate Change- The Future of Grid Energy Storage Starts Today
By combining data analytics with materials discovery and synthesis, characterization, prototyping, and testing and validation, PNNL scientists are accelerating the next generation of energy storage materials.
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