The Montana Women’s Business Center Opens A New Sub-center In Hamilton, Montana

The Montana Women’s Business Center http://www.montanawbc.org/ (WBC), located at Prospera Business Network http://www.prosperabusinessnetwork.org/ , in Bozeman, announced today that Ravalli County Economic Development Authority http://www.rceda.org/ , in Hamilton, will host the second WBC satellite office in the state. They join the lead WBC center at Prospera along with the first WBC sub-center located at Career Transitions, in Belgrade.

"We are excited to expand the Montana WBC services to other areas of the state, as we continue our efforts to provide business assistance resources to Montana’s women entrepreneurs," said Montana WBC Director, Amanda Schultz. "In our first two years of the Montana WBC program, we have seen incredible success of our business counseling and trainings, which has resulted in job creation, new business starts and access to capital. Our expansion to this area of the state will help us continue to grow the program and our impact on our local and state economies "continued Schultz.

The Montana Women’s Business Center is a program of Prospera Business Network and is partially funded by the U.S. Small Business Administration. Established in October 2009, the Montana WBC is one of over 100 business centers across the country. The Montana WBC is focused on providing counseling, training, mentoring and networking services to women entrepreneurs.

"The Ravalli County Economic Development Authority is honored to have been selected by Prospera to host a WBC sub-center," said their Executive Director, Julie Foster. "We look forward to providing the same high standard of service that Prospera and the Montana WBC delivers to their program and clients," continued Foster.

The Ravalli County Economic Development Authority is a non-profit organization whose mission is to promote, stimulate, develop and advance the general welfare, commerce, economic development and prosperity of our local citizens, Ravalli County, and the state of Montana.

The Montana WBC is a SBA resource partner to SCORE and the Small Business Development Center. It is designed to compliment and fill the gaps of the other SBA programs.

For additional information on the Montana Women’s Business Center, contact Amanda Shultz, Montana Women’s Business Center Director, at 406.587.3113.

ABOUT PROSPERA BUSINESS NETWORK

Prospera Business Network is a private, non-profit, member-supported economic development organization in southwestern Montana. Originally established in 1985 as the Gallatin Development Corporation, Prospera plays a leading role in economic development serving a region that is one of the fastest growing economic areas in the northern Rocky Mountains. Prospera is dedicated to encouraging and supporting business expansion, retention and relocation by providing access to business consulting, financing, professional development and economic research.