Don't keep assets hidden, Great Falls business community told
| July 24, 2008 |  View for printing |
The Great Falls Development Authority invited the businesses and individuals that invest in the local economic organization to its annual meeting Wednesday at the C.M. Russell Museum.
About 35 people listened to the summary of local economic activity — there are 51 new projects and business expansions in the works and the Great Falls area is on the short list for another 43, GFDA officials said — and heard the highlights of a strategic economic planning project.
Great Falls can do a better job leveraging its assets, including the Missouri River corridor, and improving the aesthetics and pedestrian compatibility of 10th Avenue South, said Ben Loftsgaarden, senior project manager for Angelou Economics, the Texas-based firm hired to conduct the planning project. "Your assets are hidden," he said.
By JO DEE BLACK • Tribune Business Editor
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