Montana Rep. Rehberg Secures $300,000 in Funding for Montana World Trade Center in Missoula
| June 27, 2008 |  View for printing |
Montana’s Congressman, Denny Rehberg, today secured $300,000 in funding for the Montana World Trade Center’s (MWTC) http://www.mwtc.org Enterprise Montana Initiative, based in Missoula, in the Financial Services Appropriations Bill.
“The Montana World Trade Center has been a valuable resource for local businesses trying to sell their goods internationally,” said Rehberg, the only member of Montana’s Congressional delegation on the Appropriations Committee. “These funds will help ensure the Trade Center can continue to hold trade missions as well as allow them to create new programs to expand their ability to assist Montana businesses.”
The EnterpriseMontana Initiative has brought together, for the first time in Montana, organizations and businesses in a public/private partnership to promote global trade of Montana products and services. Through trade missions, trade shows, training and advisory work, EnterpriseMontana over the past year has led to contracts and sales for Montana companies in excess of 50 million dollars.
The Montana World Trade Center will use the continuing support to aid Montana companies in working in the Canadian marketplace, particularly the Oil Sand region. Other initiatives will include, trade mission to Mexico, organizing international marketing clusters in the food/agricultural products and creative enterprises. Ongoing international business education and training programs will also continue to be offered.
“Congressman Rehberg has become a real champion of the Montana World Trade Center”, says Executive Director Arnold Sherman. “Denny understands the importance of helping small Montana Companies negotiate in the ever changing Global business environment.”
“The Trade Center has developed partnerships that work,” said Rehberg. “Expanding the global market for Montana products and services strengthens our state’s economy and that’s why I’m happy to put my weight behind the Trade Center’s efforts in anyway that I can.” 
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