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Governor Schweitzer: Montana is Bright Spot in Bad Economy

Montana’s economy is ticking right along according to Governor Brian Schweitzer http://governor.mt.gov/. He says the national outlook is gloom. But the treasure state is the bright spot in a bad economy. At the luncheon, Schweitzer told local business owners, "48 states are facing budget shortfalls. Two states don’t have budget shortfalls."

One of those states is Montana.

Full Story: http://www.kfbb.com/news/local/51435022.html

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Montana is on the Move with a robust economy and a wonderful quality of life. In Montana, we make it easy to do business. We work with you to get your business started. We walk you through the process and remove barriers – without runarounds. To learn how your company could benefit from locating in Montana: http://mt.gov/business.asp

Or contact:

http://business.mt.gov/aboutus.asp

The Governor’s Office of Economic Development serves to advise the Governor on policy issues related to economic development; lead the state’s business recruitment, retention, expansion, and start-up efforts; and serves as the state’s primary economic development liaison between federal, state, and local agencies, Montana tribal governments, private nonprofit economic development organizations and the private sector.

We work directly with Local Development Organizations, Certified Regional Development Corporations, and Tribes toward the retention, recruitment, and expansion of businesses. We help structure deals making maximum beneficial use of state programs and resources.

In the process, we also focus on workforce development, infrastructure development, technology development and permitting/regulatory issues. Additional areas of activity include economic development finance and tools, information tools, sector development, and cluster support.

The office is headed by the Chief Business Development Officer and also includes a senior economic development specialist (project development/administration), four economic development specialists (workforce development, Indian development, energy development and value-added agriculture development) and an office manager/technology specialist.

Main Office (406) 444-5634 Governor’s Office of Economic Development P.O. Box 200801 Helena, MT 59620-0801 [email protected]

Chris Aageson Economic Development Specialist (406) 444-5634 [email protected]

Pat Wise Economic Development Specialist (406) 444-5634 [email protected]

Shannon Hughes Economic Development Specialist (406) 444-5634 [email protected]

Lesa Evers Economic Development Specialist (406) 444-5634 [email protected]

Eric Stern Energy Specialist (406) 444-4521 [email protected]

http://business.mt.gov/

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