Seeking Investments? The Office of the Montana State Auditor
Lynne Egan, Deputy Securities Commissioner, Office of the Montana State Auditor, explained the do's and don'ts of asking investors for investments.
Category: 2019 MEDA Fall Conference, Presentations
This packet contains minutes from September 19, 2018, November 5, 2018, January 3, 2019, and March 14, 2019. They were all approved at the MEDA Board Meeting on May 21, 2019.
What does it mean and what a community can do to attract investments?
Opportunity Zone’s have been the talk of the Economic Development world throughout 2018, most of the conversation to date has been targeted directly at private-sector investors and how individual corporations can utilize the program to meet their tax goals.
Springsted’s Housing and Economic Development (HED) clients come only from the public and non-profit sectors...
The first ever MEDA Professional Development Webinar (Business Attraction) was a great success. As so often is the case, it could not have come together without multiple entities working in partnership: MEDA Professional Development and Scholarship Committee, MSU Extension with Paul Lachapelle, Great Falls Development Authority, and Big Sky Economic Development. Thanks to our fabulous presenters: Jolene Schalper, Great Falls Development Authority and Allison Corbyn...
Workforce attraction is crucial in economic development - without the workforce and enough potential employees - your business attraction can suffer. What does workforce attraction actually mean? What are companies actually looking for here when deciding where to locate? And more importantly, how do you even find this potential workforce?
It all starts with understanding the trends in the current workforce system -- how many peopl...
Economic development organizations face hard choices. To encourage investment and job growth, they must make certain decisions. They cannot be all things to all people. To a large degree, an EDO must bet on certain aspects of a community to be effective. Knowing how to tell the story to match the changing trends is even more important.
This presentation combines the Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming Community Assessment Process. It was prepared in the "ignite" format which is less than 20 slides and 30 seconds per slide. The purpose of the presentation was to share existing formats and to obtain feedback to learn best practices from each other and to learn of improvements - from each other.
Category: Community Assessments, Community Development, Resource Team Assessments, Resource Team Working Group
Healthcare Building Expansion Project for Blackfeet Community College - Sarah Converse and Casey Lozar Presenting. Sarah - Sweetgrass Development; Casey Lozar - MT Dept. of Commerce Partners in Progress
Category: Presentations, 2016 MEDA Spring Conference, Partners in Progress
Review the great progress the people of Malta/Phillips County are making! While the Resource Team Assessment held in October 2014 cannot take all of the credit, the team did play a role in providing resources, prioritization, and sparking the community to take new action. This is a summary of the One Year Celebration and Training since the team's first visit.
Category: Resource Team Assessments, Resource Team Assessment Working Group
MEDA's leadership compiled and summarized the report-out information gathered from the Montana Infrastructure - Call to Action Town Hall Meeting as well as a Handout that describes the Call to Action information, Purpose Statement, and Next Steps.
Category: Call to Action, Infrastructure, Montana Infrastructure Report Card
This handout provides a summary of the Call to Action, next steps, and MEDA's definition of infrastructure, but also includes MEDA's Purpose Statement and Strategic Next Steps. It is hoped this handout will be of use to you as you discuss the critical topic of addressing Montana's infrastructure needs.
Category: Infrastructure, Montana Infrastructure Report Card, Call to Action
MEDA's Montana Infrastruture Town Meeting: Call to Action powerpoint. This file combines the MT Report Card, Maps, Laurel Presentation, and Beaverhead County Presentation.
Category: Infrastructure, Montana Infrastructure Report Card, MEDA Fall Conference 2015, Laurel, Beaverhead County, Dillon
At times those working in the fields of economic, community, and business development have a hard time describing to others just what it is they do.
Storytelling is all the rage these days as it has been proven that through telling a story, better understanding is shared. Mike Jackson, who has retired multiple times, gave permission to share the attached story. Keep it handy whe...
The Montana Economic Developers Association announces two award opportunities designed to recognize and celebrate economic development achievements. Deadline: August 25th MEDA Innovation Award and the Anthony J. Preite Champion of Economic Development Award.
The Montana Economic Developers Association announces two award opportunities designed to recognize and celebrate economic development achievements. Deadline: August 25th MEDA Innovation Award and the Anthony J. Preite Champion of Economic Development Award.
Category: MEDA Awards, Awards, Champion of Economic Development
The MEDA Day in the Rotunda IMPACT Slideshow featured Economic Develpoment Organizations, key economic development programs used, and business success stories.
Category: Rotunda Day, MEDA Slide Show, Past Events
Billings Works
Meeting Workforce Needs - in Partnership
Big Sky Economic Development, Billings Chamber of Commerce, Billings Job Service, MSU Billings/City College, Rocky Mountain College, City/County Leadership, School District #2/Career Center, Private Industry
Three Key Areas
1. Human Capital
-WorkNow Teams
2. Skills Development/Education
3. Data/Research/Accountability
Category: Workforce, MEDA Fall Conference 2014, Presentations, Fall Conference, Big Sky Economic Development,
This simple document is the Bozeman BEAR Strategic Plan for 2014. It is not an operations plan nor does it lay out goals and objectives in the traditional way. Instead, it asks seven big questions:
What’s our winning aspiration? What’s our reason for existing as a program and an organization?
Where will we play? What space will we occupy in the economic development landscape here in Bozema...
In the 1999 Legislative Session, Rep. Doug Mood sponsored HB260 entitled “Encourage Economic Development via Investment in Research/Commercialization Projects.” The bill was a product of Governor Racicot’s Jobs & Income initiative and the Vision 2005 (Agricultural) initiative. These initiatives were the product of strategic planning meetings that occurred all across Montana in 1997 and 1998. The bill was passed into law and used a coa...
Recognizing the need to continue with our effort to create a unified, regional approach to economic development in the five county Beartooth RC&D Area of South Central Montana, the Beartooth Economic Development Committee and Beartooth RC&D Board of Directors (Council) have prepared this updated Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS) with assistance from their sponsors.
Category: CEDS Reports, CRDC EDD Working Group, Resources, CRDC EDD
The Eastern Plains Economic Development Corporation was established in 2006 as a public benefit, regional non-profit corporation. The five (5) counties of Carter, D Dawson, Fallon, Prairie, and Wibaux, along with the communities of Baker, Ekalaka, Glendive, Plevna, Richey, Terry, and Wibaux, joined forces to create a means to stimulate and promote economic development in southeastern Montana.
The Great Northern Development Corporation of northeastern Montana is a private, non-profit corporation incorporated under the laws of the State of Montana. Articles of Incorporation were filed on October 18, 1995 in specific response to the federal legislation of P.L. 8-136, the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965, as amended. The Great Northern Development Corporation submitted its first regional Overall Economic Development Progra...
Facilitate planning and needs assessment processes for cities, counties, groups, and organizations involved in community and economic development, as requested or designed. Assist, whenever possible, in locating available funding resources for these entities for their respective planning efforts.
The 2011 Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS) update from Southeastern Montana
Development Corporation (SEMDC) represents the commitment and effort by our staff and Board of
Directors to listen, deliver and sustain a high level of attention and service to each of our members.
A CEDS is a document and planning process developed with broad participation that addresses economic problems and potential for an area. Underlying the research and recommendations in this document is a philosophy, based on a growing body of literature on economic development,
which states that successful approaches to prosperity, focus on creating conditions in which entrepreneurship will succeed. This involves capitalizing on existing assets, cultivating innovatio...
A COLLECTION OF COMPREHENSIVE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES (CEDS)
Compiled for the MEDA Transportation Working Group to Improve Collaboration and Interaction
Category: CEDS Reports, CRDC EDD Working Group, CRDC EDD, Resources, Transportation Working Group
Brownfield’s are abandoned, idled, or underused industrial and commercial
properties where expansion or redevelopment is complicated by real or perceived environmental contamination.
MEDA represents over 200 members who are actively involved in local economic activity, community development, job retention and job creation for Montana.
Welcome to MEDA Online News. The purpose of this webpage is to serve as a communication link within the MEDA membership. It is to be a member-to-member site to inform MEDA Members as to news within our organization. Let’s keep in touch and keep our network strong.
Welcome to MEDA Online News. The purpose of this webpage is to serve as a communication link within the MEDA membership. It is to be a member-to-member site to inform MEDA Members as to news within our organization. Let’s keep in touch and keep our network strong.